Why irrigate during times of wet weather?  

However, both today (May 10) and last week, during our two heavy days of rain and snow I saw two different areas of irrigation going on west of Shield Crest Golf Course on both sides of Highway 140.

I don't profess to be a farmer or know anything about farming, but I am a gardener and have quite a bit of common sense and it seems to me that on a rainy day it's wise to conserve water and shut those sprinklers off.

Maybe a farmer in the area could enlighten me about why it would behoove someone to irrigate on a rainy day, especially when we are in a drought situation.

Those sprinklers were going at 6:30 a.m. when my husband left for work, at 10:30 a.m. when I left to go to town and still going at 1:30 p.m. when I came home.

It seems to me that it would be in the farmer's best interest to use that as a "free" watering day and irrigate when the soil was once again drying out.

Please use your water wisely or you will lose public support rapidly.

That's just my opinion but I'm sure I'm not alone.

Suzy Field

Klamath Falls