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| Well Russ, I bet there aren't very many on here up early to "change the water" at daylight, but I be one of them. Flood irrigators have their own language for sure. Here borders are sometimes just called ridges, the ground between two borders is a "land". The amount of water in a ditch is called a "head" of water, as in I have a big or little "head" of water. Big R in manufacturing in Greeley used to make siphon tubes but bet they don't anymore. Farm stores used to carry irrigation dams, boots, and #1 or 0 shovels but not anymore. Any other shovel is for digging basements. They evidently quit making those shovels too. They are not only a tool but in earlier times were sometimes a weapon in water disputes.
My father was a master irrigator. He could look at a ditch and know exactly how many tubes to "set," which also is a term used for starting siphon tubes. The county fair used to have a irrigation tube setting timed contest. I cheat today as old age catches up. We have big old sod bank ditches and use mostly cuts in the bank. Prehistoric I know, but am on the end of two ditches which means I often have all the water or none, frustrating for sure but difficult to impossible to keep siphon tubes running because of variable water levels. And all the tumble weeds.
Getting light out so time to pull on the rubber boots and get muddy once again.
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For Russ in Idaho- more grass
