of the largest irrigated district in Europe is 40 inches, and is better 

 distributed than the rainfall of Ohio, Illinois, or Iowa. 



There is every reason to believe that as i)opulation increases and 

 land becomes more valuable the zone in which irrigation can be 

 j)rofitably employed will be extended in this country as it has been in 

 Europe. With higher-priced crops and more intensive cultivation 

 irrigation will inevitably take its place as an important agency in the 

 agriculture and horticulture of the eastern half of the United States. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Elw^ood Mead, 

 Chief of Irrigation In r est ig at ions. 



A. C. True, Director. 



