ES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION OF IRRIGATION OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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Announcing the Biennial Meeting of the
Irrigation and Drainage Research Association Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California
June 30, l93E1
A meeting of the Irrigation and Drainage Research Associa-tion is to be held at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, in connection with the Annual Convention Of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Our Association meeting is to be essentially an informal affair where short discussions and possibly a few brief papers will be offered at this time. It is quite probable that there will ber enough interest in the various subjects discussed to warrant an adjouyeed meeting of our group and should this prove to be true the time and place best suited to all concerned will be decided at the conclusion of our pr,c<fam on the afternoon of the 30th.
If you are planning to be present at this gathering of research workers a brief summary of some phase of your activities will be quite in order. May we have the pleasure in having you with us on this occasion.
Fort Collins, Colorado R. L. Paroha11, President June 8, 1938
Announcing the Biennial Meeting of the
Irrigation and Drainage Research Association Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California
June 30, 1938
A meeting of the Irrigation and Drainage Research Associa-tion is to be held at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, in connection with the Annual Convention of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Our Association meeting is to be essentially an informal affair where snort discussions and possibly a few brief papers will be offered at this time. It is quite probable that there will be enough interest in the various subjects discussed to warrnnt an adjourned meeting of our group and should this prove to be true the time and place best suited to all concerned will be decided at the conclusion of our program on the afternoon of the 30th.
If you are planning to be present at this gathering of research workers a brief summary of some phase of your activities will be quite in order. May we have the pleasure in having you with us on this occasion.
Fort Collins, Colorado R. L. Parshall, President June 8, 1938
CO-OPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK
IN
AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION SERVICE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CO-OPERATING
Mr. R. L. Parshall
Senior Irrigation Engineer Division of Irrigation Colorado State College Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dear Ir. Parshall:
FARM ADVISOR WORK AGRICULTURE CLUB WORK HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK
Office of the Director College of Agriculture Berkeley, California
May 13, 1938
Thank you very much for your copies of the Bulletins on Parshall measuring flumes.
I have received a communication from Mr. Raymond Olney, Secretary, American Society Agricultural Engineers, assigning me a place on the program of the June meeting.
Hoping to see you at that time, I am
Very truly yours,
J. B. Brown
Extension Specialist in Irrigation
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS
SAINT JOSEPH MICHIGAN
THIS LETTER IS FROM THE SECRETARY. PACIFIC COAST SECTION 320 HILGARD HALL, BERKELEY. CALIF.
Mr. R. L. Parshall
Senior Irrigation Engineer Colorado State College Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Mr. Parshall:
April 28, 1938
A meeting of the Irrigation and Drainage Research Association is announced on the A.S.A.E. program for 2:30 P.M. Thursday, June 30.
It may be that you will want to adjourn this meeting to a later date at Berkeley or else-where, but it is going into the program as stated above.
WWI"
curs very truly,
Walter W. Weir Secretary
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
BRANCH OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CITRUS EXPERIMENT STATION AND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ITLOPICAL AGRICULTURE
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
April 22, 1938
Mr. Ralph Parshall
Chairman, Western Irrigation
and Drainage Association
Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Mr. Parshall:
After a long delay I have got around to answering your
letter in regard to a meeting of the Western Irrigation and
Drainage Association.
While Dr. Batchelor will not be able to attend,he
wished me to state that he is interested in the aims and
purposes of the associationend hopes that a meeting can be
arranged.
I expect to attend the American Society of Agricultural
Engineers and will plan to attend the Association meeting
also. It would appear that from a point of view of
convenience and conservation of time it would be advisable to
hold the meeting at Monterey following the A.S.A.E. meeting,
namely on Friday and Saturday, July 1 and 2.
I will be willing to help in any way I can but feel
that my efforts should be confined to a discussion rather
than to an attempt to present a paper.
I hope that you will be successful in arranging a
meeting.
MRH:VA
cc - Dr. L. D. Batchelor
•
Very truly yours,
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS
SAINT JOSEPH MICHIGAN
THIS LETTER IS FROM THE SECRETARY, PACIFIC COAST SECTION
320 HILGARD HALL, BERKELEY, CALIF. Larch 5, 1938
Yr. R. L. Parshall, Chairman
-estern Irrigation and Drainage Association Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear hr. Farshall:
Dr. C. B. Hutchison, Director of the
Agricultural Experiment station, has handed to me your recent letter regarding the suggested meeting of the estern Irrigation and Drainage Association. He did not know, of course, that you had sent
similar letters to others interested in this subject here at the University. I am sure that he has no preference in the matter but will be glad to cooper-ate. I have already told him that some of us had suggested a meeting at Asilonar immediately following the A.S.A.E. Convention.
If you have not written similar letters to the Irrigation Group at Davis, I would be glad to discuss this with them.
WWW/W
urs very truly,
-alter
HARRISON C. DALE, PRESIDENT E. J. 'DOINGS, DEAN AND DIRECTOR
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION MOSCOW, IDAHO
March 3, 1938
R. L. Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation and Drainage Assoc. Colorado Experiment Station
Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Ralph:
I am very much interested in your letter of February 24 re-garding the proposed conference tentatively scheduled to be held at Monterey, California, next June.
I am not able at this time to make any commitments but hope that we may be represented.
With personal regards, I am,
EJI:RC
Very truly yours,
J. Iddings Dean and Director
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE BROOKINGS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION Mr. R. L. Parshall Irrigation Investigations Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Atir. Parshall:
March
4
1 9 3
8I wish to thank 5ou kindly for your letter of February 24th and the invitation to present a paper before the estern Experiment Station workers. I have a very deep interest in this irrigation problem and I hope very much to be able to attend the meeting thich you mention. I am planning on making the trip to the lest Coast to the annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and also for several other purposes.
I do not feel that I should present a paper at this meeting, unless it were merely to briefly present the irri-gation situation in this State. bucn presentation could be made in ten minutes or less.
The vriter is not an experienced irrigation engineer. I am rather an experienced drainage engineer, having had consid-erable experience in drainage work throughout the swamps of Annesota. Of course, as you knot, there is a close relation-ship and right not I would be very much interested in attending this meeting for the valuable information I would secure from it.
Again thanking you for remembering us, I am, yours very truly,
Ralph L. Patty
Extension Specialist & Chairman, Department of Agricultural Engineering
UTAH STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
LOGAN, UTAH
March 3, 1938
Professor R. S. Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation and Drainage Association Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Professor Parshall:
Your letter of February 24, addressed to the Director of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, is received and has been taken up with our newly appointed director, Dr. R. H. Walker, who will assume his new duties April 1.
Dr. 0. lig Israelsen is giving a paper at the annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers to be held in Asilomar at Pacific Grove, California, on June 27-30, so if the research workers'
meeting is called just before or just after these meetings, it will be possible for Dr. Israelsen to attend.
Dr. Walker has tentatively planned to attend soils meetings at San Diego, California, on the 20th and 21st of Tune, and he thinks that it will probably be impossible for him to be in attendance at the Irrigation meetings. However, it occurs to us that perhaps some of the soils people would like to attend the irrigation research meeting, and if so it mould be better if the meeting was set prior to the meetings of American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
/burs very truly,
David A. Burgoyne Executive Secretary
cc. G. D. Clyde 0. W. Israelsen R. H. Welker
EDWARD HYATT, STATE ENGINEER
CHIEF OF DIVISION
FRANK F. MERRIAM
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA
EARL LEE KELLY
DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Department of public gorks
SACRAMENTO
March 2, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall
Chairman, Western Irrigation and Drainage Association Colorado State College
Agricultural Experiment Station Irrigation Investigation
Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Mr. Parshall:
Receipt of your circular letter of February 24th in regard to a meeting of the Western Irrigation and Drainage Research Association in California is ac— knowledged with thanks.
We in this office have a great deal of inter-est in the meetings of your Association and the papers presented therein and are glad to note that the meetings are being resumed. We shall make every effort to attend.
Mr. S. B. Morris, Dean of Engineering, Stanford University, would, I think, be interested also in your meetings. cc Mr. S. B. Morris Dean of Engineering Stanford University California Sincerely yours, State Engineer
STATE OF
OREGON
CHAS. E. STRICKLIN, STATE ENGINEER SECRETARY
STATE RECLAMATION COMMISSION HYDROELECTRIC COMMISSION OF OREGON
OFFICEOFTHE
STATE ENGINEER
WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT SALEM
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS CHAS. E. STRICKLIN, STATE ENGINEER
SALEM. OREGON
AND REFER TO FILE NO.
March l, .1938
Mr. R. L. Parsnall, Chairman
Aestern Irrigation and Drainage Association Irrigation Investigations
Fort Collins, Colo.
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of February 24, relative to a meeting to be held in June of this year at Monterey or Berkeley, California.
Ahile I am very much interested in the scope of your work, it is impossible at this time to state whether or not I can be present at this meeting or send a representative from this office.
Very truly yours,
OEE")-CHAS. E. STRICKLIIi State Engineer
Pitillersitg
rizona
TUCSON
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
March 1, 1938
Professor R. L. Parshall
Colorado Experiment Station
Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Professor Parshall:
I will answer your letter of the 24th
promptly. We are interested in the revival of
the Research Association, and I feel sure that
either Professor Schwalen or myself or both
will be in attendance.
I shall be glad to provide a paper on a
timely subject for discussion.
I would suggest that the meeting of the
Research group be heldaitrix the meeting at
Asilomar. As you know the American Society of
Civil Engineers are meeting in Salt Lake City
two or three weeks later, and I hope to make
the rounds in one trip from here. Therefore,
it will be preferable to have the Research
Association Conference just after the meeting
at Asilomar.
Very truly yours,
*e
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G. E. P. Smith
Irrigation Engineer
OREGON STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENT STATION EXTENSION SERVICE
CORVAI-LIS
February 28, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall Chairman
Western Irrigation & Drainage Assn.
Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Mr. Parshill:
I just received your letter announcing the meeting of the
Irrigation and Drainage Association in California just before or
following the A. S. A. E. Convention to be held in Colifornia next
June. I will be at the A. S. A. E. meeting and would be interested
in attending your irrigation meeting.
It is doubtful if there is any subject that I dhould suggest,
on which I might present a paper at this meeting. I gave a paper
at the Chicago meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers
last December on "Sprinkler Irrigation in the Humid Sections of Oregon,"
in which I reviewed the rapid expansion of this method of irrigation,
attempting to give Some of the reasons for its development and expansion
in this area. I could go into this matter somewhat at your meeting
if it would be appropriate for the occasion.
Yours very
tjra,27y
,
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F. E. Price,
CO-OPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK
IN
AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION SERVICE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CO-OPERATING
Mr. R. L. Parshall
Chairmstn, Western Irri6ation and Drainage Association Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dear Ralph:
FARM ADVISOR WORK AGRICULTURE CLUB WORK HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK
Office of the Director College of Agriculture Berkeley, California
March 1, 1938
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of February 24 regarding the meeting of the Western Irrigation and Drainage Association to be held following the American Society of Agricultural Engineers' meeting at Monterey next June.
I shall be pleased to assist you in any way I can and would be willing to prepare a paper and demonstration on soil and moisture relations. This would be similar to the paper and demonstration presented at the Institute of Irrigation Agriculture at Corvallis in March 1937.
My suggestion is that this meeting be held either at Berkeley or Davis where it will be possible to show results of investigational work and where we will have denonstrational material available.
Ibith best personal regards, I am
Very t iuly yours,
J. B. Brown
Extension Specialist in Irrigation
COOPERATIVE
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INVESTIGATIONS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OREGON STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF SOILS
CORVALLIS, OREGON
February 28, 1938.
Mr. R. L. Parshall,
Senior Irrigation Engineer, Colorado State College, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dear Mr. Parshall:
I have your letter calling atention to the proposed meeting at Monterey next June.
I have sent copies to Mr. H. C. Schwalen at Tucson; Mr. E. J. Thomas; State Engineer of North Dakota; Mr. W. C. Burnham who has the corresponding position in Oklahoma; Clyde McKee, 0. W. Monson and H. E. Murdock of Montana.
I wond,./- if it would not be well to include the State Engineer or corresponding official for Texas since we are including others from the sub-humid area. I do not have his name so that I am not sending one to him.
I note that in your list of addresses you have the spelling of Tucson, wrong. It should be Tucson rather than Tuscon.
I assume that you intend to send a second notice to these men later when the time of the meeting is definitely fixed and I presume that at that time notices will be sent to the staff of the Division of Irrigation.
Yours very truly,
M. R. Lewis,
Irrigation Engineer.
MRLHJ
CC - McLaughlin
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
RENO, NEVADA
March 1, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation & Drainage Assn.,
Irrigation Investigations,
Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dear Mr. Parshall:
I thank you very much for calling
my attention to the meeting of the American Society
of Agricultural Engineers next Tuly in Berkeley.
It appears quite probable that some
member of the Station group will be in a position
to prepare a paper dealing with one of the topics
suggested.
In any case, I shall plan to have the
Station represented at the meeting.
With best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
S. B. Doten, Director
SBDtg
.47g74-DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND IRRIGATION A. C. TILLEY STATE ENGINEER
fttir of NrhrttAtt
R. L. COCHRAN. GOVERNOR LINCOLN Bridgeport. Nebraska, February 2, l93g. Mr. R.L. Parshall, Chairman. Western Irrigation and DrainageAssociation.
Fort Collins, Colorado.
ROADS AND BRIDGES
IRRIGATION. WATER POWER AND DRAINAGE MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Dear Mr. Parshall:
Replying to your letter of February 24,
l93g, relative to a meeting of the Association at
Monterey. California, next June, this is to inform
you that it will be impossible for me to attend the
proposed meeting.
With kindest personal regards.
R.H. Willis, FS.
Very truly yours.
DEPARTMENT OF ROADS & IRRIGATION,
/\/ • 7 7`t-,e(-,,; Chief. Bureau of Irrigation. Water Power. and Drainage.
M. C. HINDERLIDER &TATE ENGINEER C. C. HEZMALHALCH DEPUTY STATE OF COLORADO ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DENVER February 28, 1938 R. L. Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation and Drainage Assin Fort Collins, Colorado
L. T. BURGESS
CHIEF HYDROGRAPHER
W. T. BLIGHT
CHIEF CLERK & DRAFTSMAN
SUBJECT:
Dear Mr. Parshall:
In reply to yours of February 24th, concerning the contemplated meet-ing of your Association next June at Berkeley, please be advised that I think you have tentatively selected a very interesting and valuable program, in which the writer is particularly interested in connection with our early initiation of attempts to obtain a more beneficial use of the waters of the South Platte valley.
If at all possible, I would be delighted to attend this meeting, but at this time, I feel the very limited funds available to this office for such purposes will preclude such attendlace. I snould like also to accept your invi-tation to prepare a paper for preseninvi-tation at the meeting, but I feel that any additional time I may have will be completely absorbed in the gathering and
committee
preparation of material for the forthcoming/report of the American Society of Civil Engineers on interstate water problems, of which committee the writer is chairman.
ilACH:EP
With best regards, I am,
Very truly yours,
COLORADO
STATE COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTSAND
EXPERIMENT STATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY
FORT COLLINS. COLO. March 11 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall Campus
Dear Mr. Parshall:
I have your letter of February 24 in regard to the meeting of the .american Society of Agricultural Engineers next June and the special conference of Station and Federal workers in the irrigation drainage field. I doubt if I will be able to be present but I would like to very much and I am glad to know in advance what is coming up.
AK E
Very truly yours,
Alvin Kezer, Chief Agronomi
UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
DIVISION OF IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS AND PRACTICE BERKELEY
February 28, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall, Chairman
Western. Irrigation and Drainage Association
Colorado Experiment Station
Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Mr. Parshall:
Your letter of February 24 arrived just as Mr.
Adams was leaving the State for perhaps a rather
ex-tended absence. I was able to reach him by telephone,
however, and get his reaction to your suggestion of a
meeting of the 1::estern Irrigation and Drainage
Assoc-iation either prior to or following the June meeting
of the A.S.A.E.
Mr. Adams agrees with Mr. W. W. Weir that it is a
very good idea to have another meeting of the
associa-tion and that the most satisfactory time for it would
be Thursday afternoon, possibly carried through
Thurs-day evening, June 30, since the A.S.A.E. meeting ends
at noon Thursday and most of the members will be
stay-inF over until Friday. To get the group together
be-fore Monday, June 27, or after Thursday, June 30, would
be difficult, Mr. Adams thinks. The obvious place for
a meeting on this date, of course, would be Monterey
(Asilomar).
Yours truly,
Af-tigAe
Frank Adams
by
UTAH STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
LOGAN, UTAH
February ?8, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation and Drainage Ass'n Colorado Experiment Station
For t Collins, Colorado Dear Mr. Parshall:
Response is made to your circular letter of February 24 relative to the proposed California meeting of the Western Irrigation and Drainage Association.
In view of the fact that the Engineering Society meetings are the first four days in the week, it seems to me appropriate
that the Irrigation and Drainage Association should meet on July 1. Let the California Irrigation and Drainage workers arrange the place of meeting in harmony with their own wishes. I have been requested to prepare for the Engineering Society, a paper concerning Water Application Efficiencies in Irrigation. Possibly the members of the Irrigation and Drinage Association might be interested in an amplification and discussion of this paper.
Most of the research funds of our Station last year were used in irrigation surveys - Utah Lake and Jordan River System. It would be a pleasure to report these surveys and invite criticism as to our objectives and procedure, if you feel that the members of the Association would be interested.
Yours ver truly,
0. W. Israelsen
Irrigation and Drainage Engineer OWI:DF
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
COLORADO STATE COLLEGE AND EXPERIMENT STATION
FORT COLLINS. COLO
March 3, 1938
Mr. It.L. Parshall,
Gamut's.
Dear Mr. Parshall:
lour recent letter regarding the
meeting in Monterey has beeu received.
I seriously doutq if I will be
able to attend although I assdre ,you I am
quite interested.
Ihanking you for your kind
invitation, I am
Very truly yours,
w. Durrell,
LtD:TH
Botanist.
OFFICE OF DIRECTOR
MONTANASTATECOLLEGE
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION BOZEMAN
Ur. R. . Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation et Drainage Association Fort Uollins, Colorado
Dear Professor Parshall:
I have your communication of February regarding the proiJosed meeting of the estern Irrigation and Drainage Association in California some time next June.
AE you know, Montana is very much concerned ihith irrigation and we should like to be kept informed. as to the plans for this meeting.
I can not say at this time whetner this institution can send a representative. HolAever, Le wilL want to do this if it is at all possible.
No doubt certain members of our staff will be in a position to submit papers for the program.
CZ:LE
Very truly yours,
Cly lacKee Director
STATE
WATER
COMMISSIONER
STATE HOUSE PHOEN IX, ARIZONA
MARCH
7
1 9 3
8
Mr. R. L. Parshall,
Chairman, Western Irrigation
and Drainage Association,
Irrigation Investigations,
Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dear Sir:
EDWIN T. $TEWART ENGI N EER
Your letter under date of February 24th, 1938, addressed
to Mr. Edwin T. Stewart, former State Water Commissioner,
State of
Arizona, was duly received, and I read with interest the history
of
your association from 1925 down to date and note your intentions
to
renew its activities with a meeting to be held either at Monterey
or
Berkeley, California sometime during the month of June of this year.
I will make an extreme effort to attend this meeting.
The time and place will make very little difference to me, either
the city of Monterey- or Berkeley will be satisfactory and
any date
in June would also be satisfactory.
The subjects outlined in your letter that you contemplate
presenting to the association for discussion, appear to be very live
topics, and all but the last one interest this State very much. If
I ammlected as one to assist in the various discussions I would
suggest that the third one, namely "Water Supply and its Physical
Control" be assigned to me, and that a general outline be sent me
as to the nature and extent of the discussion or paper. Being
new
to this kind of work I would not desire to take the lead
and be
responsible for the discussion of the subject in its entirety,
and
would suggest a discussion or a paper that would not require
more
than fifteen minutes being assigned to me, if you see fit
to make
me an assignment.
lam
JCW:T
Thanking you for your attention in this connection,
Sincerely yours,
ow/41_2_4
JESSE C. WANSLEE
TE WATER COMMISSIONER
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
March 8, 1938
Mr. R.L. Parshall
Chairman Western Irrigation Drainage Association Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear LT'. Parshall:
In reply to your letter of February 24, I think your plan is an excellent one. I believe the organization of viestern Irrigation Drainage research workers should continue to function and I will make recommendations to the President that Utah be represented at this meeting.
I am attemptin- to have Dr. Israelsen authorized to attend the meetings of the American Society of Engineers at 1Lonterey and while on the same trip he could attend the meetings of the :estern
,ssociation.
Yours very truly,
George D. Clyde
Dean of Engineerinc and Mecilanic Arts
The iztt.e of
gontittil
STATE ENGINEER'S OFFICE
Theucurte
March 10, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall
Senior Irrigation Engineer
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Mr. Pershall
Your letter of February 24th, requesting an expression of my interests in the next meeting of the Western Irrigation and Drainage Association, was received during my absence from the office attending the illness of my father in the East.
I have reed your letter with a great deal of interest and, if possible, would like to attend this conference because T believe a great many questions will be discussed, from which T might gain valuable information concerning the orderly de-velopment of the resources of Wyoming.
No doubt, you have written a letter of like nature to several of the other State Engineers of the West, requesting their reaction toward taking part on the program by submitting papers on the subjects mentioned in your letter, or any other question that would be of interest to the members of this Con-ference. With this thought in mind, I would gladly relinquish the task of preparing a paper to any of the State Engineers, es I believe that most of us would probably choose the third subject mentioned - "Water supply and its physical control". This is about the only subject mentioned in your letter with which I am very familiar and on which I would be at all cap-able of preparing a paper.
I am not at all anxious for the task of writing a paper on any of these subjects but if you are unable to fill your program otherwise, T can promise you my full cooperation. of at least making an attempt to do so.
Not being a member of your association, T do not feel that I have any voice in commenting upon the time and place of the meeting as mentioned in the seventh paragraph of your letter.
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R. L. Parchall 3-10-38
I shall await your instructions as to whether I shall stay up nights and try to collect some thoughts on paper for your conference.
Very truly yours,
JOHN D. QUINN State Engineer
DEPARTMENT OF IRRIGATION
MONTANASMATECOLLEGE
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
BOZEMAN
March 8, 1938
Ir. R. L. Parshall
Chairman Western Irrigation and Drainage Association Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Sir:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of February 24. I thank you for your invitation to attend the meeting of the association at Monterey during the coming June. I also ap-preciate your invitation to present a paper at this meeting. I shall be very pleased to attend this meeting and shall plan to do this if it is possible, although at the present time I can not say definitely.
So far as presenting a paper is concerned, however, I doubt very much that we have anything here which would be of in-terest down at this meeting. Our work al:fnsisted of some
a.ho
water supply studies, particularly the petween stream flow and existing water rig l& Also, the forecasting of sea-sonal supply by the aid of snow surveys. In addition to tais, we are doing some rezk cn the pathological effects of irrigation on the growth of peas. Also, the effects of methods of irrigation on tIle quality and yields of garden vegetables are being studied. Another field of activity has beer_ the de-signing of howerade water lifting devicealn which we have been successful in designing a homemade centrifugal pump which is proving rather popular throughout the state.
It at all Possible, I shall plan to attend the meeting, pro-vided it is held after the close of school here. Will you . therefore kindly keep me on your mailing list to receive
fur-ther notices concerning it?
Yours very truly,
0. W. Monson
Irrigation Engineer
NEW MEXICO
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
STATE COLLEGE, NEW MEXICO
:larch 9,
Mr. R. L. P-rshall, Chairman
restern Irrigltion and Drainage Association Irrigation Investigations
Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Mr. Parshall:
I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Febraury 24 Lith reference to the coming annual convention of the American
Society of Agricultural Engineering to be held in June at :Ionterey, California.
Te have been thinking this matter over but just at present I hardly think we will be able to attend the meeting at that time of the year. June is a very hard time to get away from our work as at that period of the year we are busy in closing the year's work. Just now we are also somewhat liEited in State funds and we are having a hard time to carry on some of our state experimental activities. I think that such a meeting as this should be attended by our representative in irrigation work. It may be th t 1-ter on we may find our way clear to have our representative there but I cannot promise at this time. I certainly wish it lere possible for one of our men to be there to take part in the discussions of the different subjects.
Let us hear from you what progress you are making regarding the meeting.
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
OFFICE OF THE DEAN AND DIRECTOR
Mr. R. L. Parshall
Irrigation InvestUations Div.
Colorado Agricultural Exp. Sta.
Fort Collins, Colorado
Pear Sir:
March 11, 19,7B
I am in receint of your letter of February
24 and should like very much indeed to be able to
attend the meetings which you are planning to hold
coming June in California. However, I cannot
tell at the present time whether it will be
pos-sible or not. I should be glad to have you keep
me informed as to plans for these meetings.
I am
P. S. Burge
Dean and Di ector
PSB::On
BARZILLA W. CLARK, GOVERNOR
STATE
OF
IDAHO
DEPARTMENT OF RECLAMATION R, W. PARIS, COMMISSIONER BOISE March 11, 1938 R. L. PARSHALL, ChairmanWestern Irrigation & Drainage Association Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Sir:
PAUL L. HENRY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
I have your letter of recent date and note what you say with reference to the biennial conference of the Irri-gation and Drainage Research Association, to be held in Tucson, Arizona, in July.
I am sorry to have to advise that owing to press of other duties and obligations, I can see no prospect of being able to attend the meeting. I appreciate your request that I attend and participate in the activities.
Yours very truly,
R. W. FARIS,
Commissioner of Reclamation
THE STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON PULLMAN, WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF THE DEAN AND DIRECTOR
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
March 10, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall, Chairman Western Irrigation and Drainage
Association
Colorado Experiment Station Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Yr. Pardhall:
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Your courteous invitation of February 24 to attend a meeting of the Western Irrigation and Drainage Association at Monterey, California, next June has been read with care and discussed with several members of the staff.
So far as I can see at the present time, this institution will not be represented at the meetings.
Sincerely,
Edw. C. Jo son Dean and •irector ecj :lwy
IRRIGATION BRANCH STATION
PROS•ER. WASHINGTON IN COOPERATION WITH
U. B. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
THE STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
iv.arch 21, 1.6.6
hir. R. L. Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation & Drainage Association Colorado Experiment Station
fort Collins, Colorado
Lear sir:
IN REPLYING TO THIS LETTER PLEASE ADDRESS
IRRIGATION BRANCH EXPERIMENT STATION
PROSBEF/. WASHINGTON
I was very much interested in receiving your statement relative to tne meeting of Station and rederal workers, to be held at Lonterey, California, next June. We have no one on the Station staff here who is carrying on the type of work that is to be discussed but Dr. Carl A. Larson of the Division of Western Irrigation Agriculture has been doing some work on alkali recla-mation that might be of interest. In talking with Dr. Larson,
however, he does not believe that it will be possible for him to attend, on account of lack of funds for travel.
Very truly yours,
IRRIGTION RANCH EXPERIMENT STATION
•
NEW MEXICO STATE COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS STATE COLLEGE, NEW MEXICO
Agricultural Experiment Station Department of Irrigation Investigation
Mr. R.L. Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation and Drainage Association Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Sir:
March 15, 1938
This is in reply to your letter of February 24 concerning the proposed meeting and program for the western irrigation and drainage workers.
Your proposed program for this meeting appears to be very interesting to me. However, since it seems to be im,,)ossible for us to obtain
funds for travelling in connection with irrigation work, it will not be possible for me to attend this meeting. Naturally the time and place of meeting selected by your group would be satisfactory with me.
I hope that your meeting will be of sufficient interest and im-portance so that those in attendance will decide to hold it regularly, and that sometime in the future, I may be priveleged to attend.
If the minutes of this meeting are to be published, I would certainly appreciate receiving a copy.
Very truly yours,
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In Charge of Irrigation Investigations ASC/ma
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
MOSCOW. IDAHO March 22, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall, Chairman
Western IrriFation an Drainage Issociation 'Tort Collins, Colorado
Deer ILr. Parshall:
We are interested in the meetin6, of the Western Irrigation and Drainn7,e Research Association and expect to attend.
Either Monterey or 3erkeley would be stis-factory as a meeting place and either before or after the convention for the time.
We have been interested in a problem of recla-mation of drained land near Emmett, Idaho and got the coop-eration of the Soil Conserv-tion service in making a vege-tative cover survey of an area where some reclamation had been partially successful.
We Jo not have any great amount of Jata, but the method of approach may be of some interest. We will be pleased to Five a proFress report on the problem and methods if it is desired.
personal reFards, I am
Very truly yours,
Mark B. Kulp, Irrio.ationist
Corvallis, Ore., Mar. 19, 1938.
Mr. . T. hitchelson,
Llenior Irrigation I;ngineer, P. U. Box 18U,
Berkeley, Cslif. Dear Mr. Mitchelson:
I am enclosing herwith throe more letters gust received from Mr. Pnrshnll hmving to do with the proposed meeting of the -':estern Irrigntion nnd Resenrch itsociation. I suggest that ofter you have noted their contents you return them to Av. Nrshnll.
t'• note by Mr. Pnrshall accompanying the letters rends:
"Enclosing ts letter from L. T. 5mith concerning our meeting. This is dated the lOth but appnrently aid not reach me till yesterday. There ere no other letters ut this time on ny desk hsvinr to do with our proposed meeting. Have rift heard from Mr. 7eLeugh1in hs to whether
he end weir could decide upon dste. It appesrs from the aeverol letters that most every one fyvors the meeting date following the con-vention.
"Adding letter from Rurnhem jut received, also one from Brackett."
I presume that by this time the date hits been fixed. Yours very truly,
cc Parshall M. R. Lewis,
COOPERATIVE
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INVESTIGATIONS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
CORVALLIS, R EGON
Feb. 14, 1938.
Mr. R. L. Parshall,
Senior Irrigation Engineer, Colorado State College, Fort Collins, Colo.
Dear Parshall:
OREGON STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION DEPARTMENT OF SOILS
I hove your letter of Feb. 12 and the copies of a proposed letter and mailing list attached.
I note that you have sent copies to McLaughlin. It is not cuite clear whether you expect to wait for a reply from him before going ahead with your prono7,a1 to write the Directors of the different Experi-ment Stations. I had gathered from the copy of your letter to TIrcLaughlin on this subject SOMB time ago that he had trld you to go ahead. In crder to save any unecessary delay in communicating with me again I am returning the proposed letther and suggest that you send it out.
I looked up the report of the first meeting held at Berkeley and so far as I can see there were no Extension Division men there. It was my recol-lection that we purposely confined the orlmnization to research workers. For this reason I have questioned the inclusion of extension people both in the text of the letter (And in the mailing list.
I have made a few suggestions for changes in the text which it seems to me add slightly to its clarity.
I have indicated questions in the mailing list in connection with hedds of agronomy and chemistry departments and some others who were not par-ticularly interested in irrigation problems. Other suggested changes are for obvious reasons.
I have a feeling that it was the sense of our rroup when we did meet that the particular merit of the group was that it was small and compact and that we were all primarily interested in irrigation and drainage research. If I do nroperly interpret the feeling of the group it would seem best not to invite the attendance of men primarily interested in other fields.
I will make no objection at all if I am overruled on any of these points.
Yours very truly,
cc EbLaughlin, Washington M. R. Lewis,
Colorado State College
Tort Collins, Colorado
Yebruilry 21, 1938
Professor' R. Levi
Irrigation aiOncer
OrQgon
Dear Professor Louis:
I htive your air nail letter of February 19
quotint: in part Pr. McLaughlin's letter to you
con(erning the June nostning of the Western IrriPtior
end DrainFlge !'eseLrch Associction. mre McLaughlin
enclosed a copy of his letter to you concerning this
subject.
I am no, 7)repering a final copy for
mi-20o-gra;hing end folllwing your surgestion that this
tter
be sert out from this office.
I am giving due consideration to your several
stions end elso th,t contained in Mr. McLauphlin's
letter.
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•-•1 )t-t-AA-4 t/1-411COOPERATION BETWEEN
COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS
FORT COLLINS. COLO.
February 24, 1938
Because of the need of definite information
concern-ing problems in the inter-mountain states suitable for
investigational work under Purnell or other Federal acts,
Director Gillette of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment
Station, in August 1925, issued a call suggesting that a
meeting of western Experiment Station workers be held
September 3 and 4, at Berkeley, California, to consider
this matter.
A rather large group of representatives of these
Stations, together with representatives of the U. S.
Depart-ment of Agriculture and others attended this meeting,
discussed the many problems then under investigation and
outlined a comprehensive plan for future experimental and
research work as applied to irrigntion and drainage. A
report of this meeting was prepared and submitted to
Director Gillette who later brought this matter before
the Association of Land Grant Colleges meeting at Chicago
in November.
Impressed with the need of such conferences by the
Station and Federal workers,
a
second meeting was held in
Berkeley in December 1927. A mimeographed report of
near-ly 60 pages resulted. The success of such gatherings
where the individual may become personally acquainted
with other men doing similar work in other states„, exchange
ideas, broaden the horizon of investigational and research
work,.
inspect equipment, and learn at first hand the nature
of problems under different environments; proved to be
great.
The third meeting of this group of workers was held
at Logan, Utah in June 1929. Because of the success of
the previous meetings$ this conference of scientists
organized under the name of the Western Irrigation and
Drainage Research Association, with the understanding that
meetings would be held biennially in turn at the
differ-ent State Experimdiffer-ent Stations, Colleges or Universities
of the western states.
In July 1931 the fourth biennial conference of
this associationwas held at Tuscon, Arizona.
COOPERATION BETWEEN
COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION U. S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS
FORT COLLINS, COLO.
February 24, 1938
Because of the need of definite information
concern-ing problems in the inter-mountain states suitable for
investigational work under Purnell or other Federal acts,
Director Gillette of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment
Station, in August 1925, issued a call suggesting that a
meeting of western Experiment Station workers be held
September 3 and 4, at Berkeley, California, to consider
this matter.
A rather large group of representatives of these
Stations, together with representatives of the U. S.
Depart-ment of Agriculture and others attended this meeting,
discussed the many problems then under investigation and
outlined a comprehensive plan for future experimental and
research work as applied to irrigation and drainage. A
report of this meeting was prepared and submitted to
Director Gillette who later brought this matter before
the Association of Land Grant Colleges meeting at Chicago
in November.
Impressed with the need of such conferences by the
Station and Federal workers, a second meeting was held in
Berkeley in December 1927. A mimeographed report of
near-ly 60 pages resulted. The success of such gatherings
where the individual may become personally acquainted
with other men doing similar work in other states; exchange
Ideas, broaden the horizon of investigational and research
work, inspect equipment, and learn at first hand the nature
of problems under different environments; proved to be
great.
The third meeting of this group of workers was held
at Logan, Utah in June 1929. Because of the success of
the previous meetings, this conference of scientists
organized under the name of the Western Irrigation and
Drainage Research Association, with the understanding that
meetings would be held biennially in turn at the
differ-ent State Experimdiffer-ent Stations, Colleges or Universities
of the western states.
In July 1931 the fourth biennial conference of
this associationwas held at Tuscon, Arizona.
COOPERATION BETWEEN COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION U. S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS
FORT COLLINS, COLO
February 24, 1938
Because of the need of definite information
concern-ing problems in the inter-mountain states suitable for
investigational work under Purnell or other Federal acts
Director Gillette of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment
Station, in August 1925, issued a call suggesting that a
meeting of western Experiment Station workers be held
September 3 and 4, at Berkeley, California, to consider
this matter
A rather large group of representatives of these
Stations, together with representatives of the U. S.
Depart-ment of Agriculture and others attended this meeting,
discussed the many problems then under investigation and
outlined a comprehensive plan for future experimental and
research work as applied to irrigption and drainage. A
report of this meeting was prepared and submitted to
Director Gillette who later brought this matter before
the Association of Land Grant Colleges meeting at Chicago
in November.
Impressed with the need of such conferences by the
Station and Federal workers, a second meeting was held in
Berkeley in December 1927. A mimeographed report of
near-ly 60 pages resulted
The success of such gatherings
where the individual may become personally acquainted
with other men doing similar work in other states)
exchange
ideas, broaden the horizon of investigational and research
work, inspect equipment, and learn at first hand the nature
of problems under different environments; proved to be
great.
The third meeting of this group of workers was held
at Logan, Utah in June 1929. Because of the success of
the previous meetings, this conference of scientists
organized under the name of the Western Irrigation and
Drainage Research Association, with the understanding that
meetings would be held biennially in turn at the
differ-ent State Experimdiffer-ent Stations, Colleges or Universities
of the western states.
In July 1931 the fourth biennial conference of
this associationwas held at Tuscon, Arizona.
S
z
During the following few years, because of the
depression, curtailment of state funds virtually precluded
the possibility of going on with the scheduled biennial
meetings of this association. However, at the annual
con-vention of the American Society'of Agricultural En7ineers,
held at Estes Pork in June 1936, a small group consisting
of several of the members of the association held a rather
informal meeting to report progress in some of the more
outstanding fields of investigational and research work
and to re-elect officers for the ensuing biennial period.
It is the purpose of this letter to call to the
attention of the directors of the several western
Experi-ment Stations and their staffs, that it isthe intention
of this association to meet at Monterey, California at
the time of the coming annual convention of the American
Society of Agricultural Engineers, next June, either
just prior to or following the convention, or as an
alternative, to meet at Berkeley following the
adjourn-ment of the convention. Your comadjourn-ment covering the point
of time and place of meeting will be appreciated.
Definite announcement concerning this meeting will be made
shortly.
At this time it is planned to present papers and
discussions dealing with the following general subjects:
Plant and Irrigation Relationships
Soil and Irrigation Relationships
Water Supply and its Physical Control
Institutional Irrigation and Drainage Relationships
Drainage and Reclamation of Water—logged Alkali
and Overflow Lands
I would be especially pleased to havu you
communi-cate to me as Chairman of this Association, at Port
Collins, an expression of your interest in this next
merting and also whether or not you might be able to
take part in the program to the extent of offering a
paper dealing with some particular Station problem that
would be of interest to other workers attending this
conference.
In order that definite coordinating plans may be
arranged for in the near future, an early reply will be
greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
riq.fP
ed/
R. L. Parshall
Chairman, Western Irrigation
and Drainage Association
•
During the following few years, because of the
depression, curtailment of state funds virtually precluded
the possibility of going on with the scheduled biennial
meetings of this association. However, at the annual
con-:-vention of the American Society'of Agricultural Engineers,
held at Estes Park in June 1936, a small group consisting
of several of the members of the association held a rather
informal meeting to report progress in some of the more
outstanding fields of investigational and research work
and to re-elect officers for the ensuing biennial period.
It is the purpose of this letter to call to the
attention of the directors of the several western
Experi-ment Stations and their staffs, that it isthe intention
of this association to meet at Monterey, California at
the time of the coming annual convention of the American
Society of Agricultural Engineers, next June, either
just prior to or following the convention, or as an
alternative, to meet at Berkeley following the
adjourn-ment of the convention. Your comadjourn-ment covering the point
of time and place of meeting will be appreciated.
Definite announcement concerning this meeting will be made
shortly.
At this time it is planned to present papers and
discussions dealing with the following general subjects:
Plant and Irrigation Relationships
Soil and Irrigation Relationships
Water Supply and its Physical Control
Institutional Irrigation and Drainage Relationships
Drainage and Reclamation of Water-logged Alkali
and Overflow Lands
I would be especially pleased to hay° you
communi-cate to me as Chairman of this Association, at Fort
Collins, an expression of your interest in this next
meeting and also whether or not you might be able to
take part in the program to the extent of offering a
paper dealing with some particular Station problem that
would be of interest to other workers attending this
conference.
In order that definite coordinating plans may be
arranged for in the near future, an early reply will be
greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
. jA\FPOLADACt-f)-e
R. L. Parshall
Chairman, Western Irrigation
and Drainage Association
•
During the following few years, because of the
depression, curtailment of state funds virtually precluded
the possibility of going on with the scheduled biennial
meetings of this association. However, at the annual
con-vention of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers,
held at Estes Park in June 1936, a small group consisting
of several of the members of the association held a rather
informal meeting to report progress in some of the more
outstanding fields of investigational and research work
and to re-elect officers for the ensuing biennial period.
It is the purpose of this letter to call to the
attention of the directors of the several western
Experi-ment Stations and their staffs, that it isthe intention
of this association to meet at Monterey, California at
the time of the coming annual convention of the kierican
Society of Agricultural Engineers, next June, either
just prior to or following the convention, or as an
alternative, to meet at Berkeley following the
adjourn-ment of the convention. Your comadjourn-ment covering the point
of time and place of meeting will be appreciated.
Definite announcement concerning this meeting will be made
shortly.
At this time it is planned to present papers and
discussions dealing with the following general subjects:
Plant and Irrigation Relationships
Soil and Irrigation Relationships
Water Supply and its Physical Control
Institutional Irrigation and Drainage Relationships
Drainage and Reclamation of Water—logged Alkali
and Overflow Lands
I would be especially pleased to have you
communi-cate to
'me as Chairman of this Association, at Fort
Collins, an expression of your interest in this next
merting and also whether or not you might be able to
take part in the program to the extent of offering a
paper
dealing with some particular Station problem that
would be of interest to other workers attending this
conference.
In order that definite coordinating plans may be
arranged for in the near future, an early reply will be
greatly appreciated.
Sincerely ours,
CL4
R. L. Parshall
Chairman, Western Irrigation
and Drainage Association
COOPERATIVE
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
INVESTIGATIONS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OREGON STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF SOILS
CORVALLIS, OREGON March 26, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall
Senior Irrigation Engineer Agricultural Experiment Station Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear L . Parshall:
I have the copies of your air mail letters to Tr. Weir and Dr. Veihmeyer of March 24. I am entirely in accord with the suggestions made in your letter to Mr. Weir, and I trust that they may be carried out.
Yours very truly,
m
M. R. Lewis, Irrigation Engineer. MRL:gt cc: W. W. McLaughlin W. W. Weir F. J. Veihmeyer A. T. LitchelsonUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
DIVISION OF IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS AND PRACTICE
BRANCH OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
March 29, 1938
Mr. P. L. Parshall Colorndo StRte College Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Mr. Parshall:
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA
I have your letter of March 24 together with a copy of a letter to Mr. W. W. Weir. I think your sucrestion as to the meeting of irrigation end drainage workers is fine. The only sugrestion I hRve, is as to the time you have set st 2 P.M., Thursday, June 30, Rt Asilomer. It so happens that on Thursday afternoon, June
triI hes been arranged for inspection of the water storege system of the Ssnta Clara Valley ietter Conservation District. This trip is in-tended for those who are interested1IIin irriEstion and water conserva-tion. I believe, therefore, that mRny of those uho would went to attend your meeting, would also went to take the trip. Perhaps some other afternoon could be selected. For instance, on Ihednesdey, June 29, a trip is scheduled for the dairy section of Salinas Valley. I doubt whether many of those interested in getion and drRinage would want to take this trip, end I, therefore, believe thet Wednesday would be a better day than Thursday.
Very truly yours,
J Veihmeyer, Profrsor Irrigation Investigations anW Practice FtTisR
NORTH
DAKOTA
AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURESTATE COLLEGE STATION, FARGO
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING March 31, 1938.
Mr. R. L. Parshall
Chairman, Western Irrigation and Drainage Association Colorado Experiment Station Fort Collins, Colorado
Subject: Irrigation Dear Mr. Parshall:
I was very much interested in your letter of February 24th
relative to the past and present activities of the Western Irrigation and Drainage Association. You are probably aware of some of the irrigation developments that are being made in North Dakota.
Undoubtedly investigational work will be initiated in this state and the U. S. Department of Agriculture will be cooperating. A letter is being sent our experiment station director, asking that the aid of the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, Division of Irrigation, be solicited.
We feel that the following are important problems in irrigation: 1. Increase in yields with irrigation over dry land agriculture. 2. Response of varieties of crops to irrigation, i.e., common
strains of alfalfa will respond more favorably to irrigation than the more drought resistant Grimm.
3. Rate and time of water application best suited to North Dakota conditions.
4. Cost of irrigation for different kinds of crops with different kinds of pumping plants.
5. Critical concentrations of harmful salts in soil and water for important North Dakota crops.
6. Rate of penetration of muddy Missouri River water into different types of soil ("sealing up" effect produced).
We have a full time extension man in irrigation, but we know that experimental results and facts are needed as a basis for the work.
2 R. L. Parshall
It is not certain whether I will get to the annual A.S.A.E.
meeting this year or not. Since we do not have any irrigation research at present, I believe we would be in rather poor position to present a paper on your program. However, we would be very interested in receiving any of the results of the conference, in case no one attends from this institution.
Very truly yours,
HFMA H. F. McColly
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION OF IRRIGATION
Proposed meeting - Western Irrigation & Drainage Assoc.
Mr. R. L. Parshall Colo. Agr. Exp. Station Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Mr. Parshall:
222 POST OFFICE BUILDING BERKELEY, CALIF. MAIL ADDRESS: P. 0. BOX 180 March 21, 1938
I an returning herewith a letter from L. J. Smith of the State College of Washington, from W. C. Burnham, Chief Engineer of the Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board, and from E. E. Brackett of the University of Nebraska, all having to do with the proposed meeting of the Western Irrigation and Drainage Association. These were sent to this office by Mr. Lewis with the request that they be returned to you.
Regarding Mr. McLaughlin's decision as to a date for the meeting, he was called to Washington last week and therefore could not give this matter consideration, but before his departure he referred the matter to Professor Weir for attention, and he, I understand, has already written you regarding it.
Very truly yours,
Division of Irrigation, BY Paul A. A. Ewing Irrigation Economist Enclosures
3
CC-Mr. Lewis1
THE STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON PULLMAN, WASHINGTON
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION March 10, 1938
Irrigation Investigations Fort Collins
Colorado
Attention: R. L. Parshall, Chairman
Western Irrigation & Drainage Assin Dear Sir:
IN REPLYING TO THIS LETTER FbLEASE ADDRESS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON PULLMAN, WASHINGTON
Acknowledging your recent letter in regard to holding another Irrigation and Drainage conference early this summer, it seems to me that this is an excellent idea and I trust that the meeting will be worth while. Tnis far I cannot state as to whether or not I can attend. Neither have I a definite guggestion at the present time concerning the program, unless it wuald be something along the line of mechanical pumping equipment. It may be that there are a number a developments in recent years which together wiyald make a topic along this line worth while.
It seems to me that the best time to hold this meeting would be immediately after that of the A.S.A.E. meetings in California.
I wish to thank you for calling my attention to these matters and will be glad to make suggestions to you if any worth While occur.
Very truly yours,
THE STAME COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON Department of Agri]. Engineering
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OKLAHOMA PLANNING &
RESOURCES BOARD
DIVISION OF
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RESOURCES
OKLAHOMA CITY • OKLAHOMA
F•L•VAUGHAN • DIRECTOR
March 15, 1938.
Mr. R. L. Parshall Fort Collins, Colorado
Dear Sir:
I have your letter of February 24, 1938, in regard to a meeting next June.
The writer is very much interested in furthering the irrigation projects in Oklahoa. I will be glad to cooperate by preparing a paper discussing requiraaents in Oklahoma and attend the conference if possible.
Thanking you for your invitation, I am,
Yours very truly,
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W. C. BURNHAM, Chief Engineer Division of lhater Resources
Oklahoma Planning and Resources -board
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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
March 16, 1938
Mr. R. L. Parshall, Chairman,
Western Irrigation and Drainage Association, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dear Sir:
If plans for next summer materialize, I will at-tend the A.S.fi.E. meeting at Pacific Grove, California
June 27-30, and if the Western Irrigation and Drainage As-sociation should meet there, or nearby, on adjacent dates I will try to arrange to attend. At this time I En inclined to favor Berkeley or Davis on July 1 or 2.
As to offering a paper--I must decline as I feel that the available time should be allotted to men who can make a worthwhile contribution. Our attention is now dir-ected primarily to the problems that come with the expansion of pump irrigation, and those that are coming to many of our farmers who will have water available from the canals of our power and irrigation projects now under construction. Prob-ably there are very few problems of a distinctly unique char-acter involved.
I appreciate your thoughtfulness in calling my at-tention to the tentative plans you have under way, End I hope I may be able to attend.
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Yours very truly,
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING DIVISION OF IRRIGATION
222 POST OFFICE BUILDING BERKELEY, CALIF. MAIL ADDRESS: P. 0. BOX 180 Conference - Western Irri- Marah 19, 1938.
gation & Drainage Association
Mr. Re L. Parshall Colo. Agr. Exp. Station Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Mr. Parshall:
I am enclosing the file of letters received by you
in response to your questionnaire sent out regarding attendance at the forlcoming meeting of the Western Irrigation and Drainage Association. This file of letters was sent to the Berkeley Office by Mr. Lewis with the request that it be returned to you.
Very truly yours, Division of Irrigation
BY
A. T. Natchelson
Senior Irrigation Engineer Enclosure
