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Daily Nebraskan mimmu mmm lean nes 1raoTuiie&'s eweciiove miceir dose Monday, January 24, 1933 By Jim Wcgman The 17th annual meeting of the Irrigation Short Course sponsored by the UNL agricultural engineer ing department will be Jan. 24 and 25 at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege streets. In past years, the short course has drawn farmers, soil conservation service employees, center pivot manu facturers and farm managers from across the country, William Splinter, professor and head of the agricultural engineering department said. ylt's one of the largest continuing short courses in the area of irrigation in the country," Splinter said. Delynn I lay, extension specialist in water resources and irrigation , said the short course has gained a reputa tion for presenting material that is timely. Hay attended the course while he was a faculty member of Kansas State University. The first session begins Monday at 8 :30 a jn. in the auditorium of the center with an update given by Splin ter on the energy farm being developed at the NU field laboratory near Mead. The farm uses alcohol and photo voltaic cells to power irrigation pumps. The solarowered irrigation system is the first such system in the United States, Splinter said. Other topics on the first day include nitrogen manage ment , irrigation management , nitrates in ground water , insecticides and herbicides, electric load management, irrigation scheduling, efficient surface irrigation, lower-pressure-center pivot nozzles, reducing irrigation pump ing costs and feasibility of pumping plant repair. On Tuesday, Hay will begin the session with a discus sion of water planning and legislation. This will be follow ed by various presentations on other irrigation topics. The short course involves faculty members from the agronomy and entomology departments and the Center for Agricultural Meteorology and Climatology. It began 17 years ago at the university by Paul Fischbach, profes sor of agricultural engineering and irrigation extensionist. Other universities such as Utah State and the University of California at Davis also offer irrigation short courses, but Nebraska may have the longest running course, Splin ter said. Irrigation concerns have changed over the years, but the goal of the short course has always been to help farmers use water resources in an economical and pro ductive manner, Hay said. Irrigation dates back to 1895 in Nebraska, Splinter said. Since then, commercial operators in Nebraska developed the first center pivot systems; NU helped with scheduling for the system. NU also developed automated grated-pipe irrigation systems and was the first to be involved in siphon tube irrigation, Splinter said. The two-day short course will kick off several smaller irrigation shprt courses throughout the state. The courses will be tailored to the specific irrigation needs and con cerns of the particular areas involved, Splinter said. Smaller meetings are scheduled for Hastings, Feb. 3; Ogallala , Feb . 8 ; and Ainsworth , March 2 . Students are welcome to sit in on the proceedings, but should sit in the auditorium balcony unless they have registered. The short course costs $43 for both days and $32 for one day. The cost includes the text, "Proceedings Irrigation Short Course, Jan M 1 1 QO-5 V -' ri "SHARING is CARING" Thanks to You it'Worlts for All of Us c J CALL TOLL FREE 1- or WRITE: 00-040-0020 NUPOC NRD OMAHA 6910 Pacific St. Omaha, NE 68106 rjeClKSSS!! voun pno The NAVY is looking for quality engineers who are willing to challenge themselves. ncquircmcnto: 1. BSMS or within 6 months of graduation I 2. U.S. Citizen 3. GPA-3.0 or better. 4. 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