Engineering and Contracting . ork,as well as policies and methods to be adopted. -SGRICULTUR.^L On most projects it may be advisable tohave employed one or more agricultural ex-perts to assist the farmer on the farm and inhis farm life. Such men if employed shouldbe carefully selected and must be men wellqualitied by training, experience, and tempera-ment to make a success of work of this na-ture. Men amply suited to this class of workcan usually command good salaries, and manyprojects cannot afford to employ men of thischaracter. A less expensive man or one of Typical Inclined Drop
Engineering and Contracting . ork,as well as policies and methods to be adopted. -SGRICULTUR.^L On most projects it may be advisable tohave employed one or more agricultural ex-perts to assist the farmer on the farm and inhis farm life. Such men if employed shouldbe carefully selected and must be men wellqualitied by training, experience, and tempera-ment to make a success of work of this na-ture. Men amply suited to this class of workcan usually command good salaries, and manyprojects cannot afford to employ men of thischaracter. A less expensive man or one of Typical Inclined Drop for Irrigation Canal, Milk River Project, U. S. Reclamation Service. (Staflf Article.).\ series of live drops in the St. MarysCanal of the Milk River irrigation projectdiffer structurally somewhat from earlierdesigns of the Reclamation Service drops are all of the same type, anddrawings of one alone are sufficient to illus-trate their construction. Figure 1 shows ahalf plan and the essential sections; all con-. Fig. 1. Inclined Drop for St. Marys Canal, Milk River Project, U. S. Reclamation Service. manage the maintenance and betterment workcovered by his beat. The rider should there-fore be sclectd with the idea of permanency•n mind, and so far as possible riders shouldl>c selected who have qualifications that willpermit of advancement to higher positions. The fact that a rider owns land under theoroject should not disqualify him for the posi-tion. Other things being equal the ownershipof land and his acquaintance with the problemsof the farmers should tend to increase ratherthan decrease his usefulness as a canal is best, however, lor obvious reasons notto assign a rider to a beat from which he willdeliver water to his own land, or to his rela-tives or neighbors. The rider shoubl be required to give his en-tire time to the matter of canal ridmg, andnot he allowed to devote a portion of his timeto farming ami private work. Loitering shouldnot be t
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