Lower Povolzhie № 23 (1961)

Irrigation in the Volga.

View of the Volga steppes.

Ripening wheat.

View of the artificial irrigation pond.

Panorama of Tolstoy reservoir in Saratov Zavolzhye.

Panorama of the irrigation system of the farm "Komsomolets".

One of the irrigation channels of the farm.

Overlapping channel portable canvas jumper.

The water goes on the field.

The ears of corn ripening in irrigated wheat field.

Farm leaders and participants of the regional workshop for hydro and irrigation foremen of crews examine ears of wheat on irrigated field and the dry land before harvest, compare them.

The participants of the seminar acquainted with the technique of irrigated agriculture.

Participants in the workshop learn planner for leveling fields before watering and trencher for aligning time of the sprinklers.

Participant Mashtakov shares his experience with colleagues.

The seminar participants acquainted with the work techniques for construction of irrigation facilities.

Hydraulics of farm A. I. Ermakova leads field trip on the shore of an artificial pond, face Ermakova.

Children swim in an artificial reservoir.

Panorama of the ponds for breeding fish.

The face of an old farmer I. S. Chicherova.

The faces of the farmers and irrigators.

Chicherov talks about the alteration of the landscape after irrigation systems (synchronously).

View of the shelterbelts.

Panorama of corn fields with seedlings.

Master green squares F. e Kulik is at the helm of the tractor.

New earthmoving equipment in the construction of irrigation systems, the work of the trencher KM-800.

The process of digging ditches.

Laying of irrigation furrows with tiller.

Laying of temporary irrigation canals with the help of special machines.

Panorama of the area near the irrigation canal.

Compaction of the soil at the permanent irrigation canal.

The weeds on the banks of a permanent irrigation canal.

View of the temporary irrigation canal.

View of the floating pump station to supply water from the river in sovkhoz Pugachevskiy.

Internal view of the station.

The process of pumping water into the pool.

A worker opens the valve.

The water rushes into the channel irrigation canal.

View of irrigation canal supplying water to the plantation.

Panorama of the newly planted orchard.

The field crew on weeding the tomatoes.

The face of the foreman Frolova.

Members of the team at work.

Latest irrigation technology.

Irrigation areas using delestraint machine.

Panorama dual console sprinkling unit DDA-100M.

Sprinkler work.

Harvesters go into the field, combine the helm.

View of the irrigation canal.