8 May, 1908.] Irrigated Agriculture in the Goulhum V alley. 



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Notwithstanding all this, there were some farms which were not fully ir- 

 rigated, although every acre of land paid the irrigation charge. I asked 

 a farmer the cause. He was, for Italy, a large landowner, having, as I 



STACKER IN OPERATION". 



recall, something over 300 acres. He said. '' It takes twice as much labour 

 to cultivate an acre of irrigated land as it does to cultivate an unirrigated 

 acre, and it needs three times as large a barn to hold the crop. In order 

 to change from unirrigated to irrigated farming, I must build more houses 

 for my men and more barns for my crops. I am adding to my irrigated 

 area as rapidly as I can provide money for these l)uildings." 



Xow, these farmers thought v,hen they began that all that was needed 

 to have irrigat'on was a canal. They found that the canal made necessary 

 an entire] \ different stvle of farming." There were larger and surer crops, 



ANOTHER FORM OF STACKER IN POSITION FOR RECEIVING LOAD. 



but thtre was need also of more outlav for men. houses, and barns. That 

 experience has been repeated manv times, and it will be repeated here. If 

 Trawool is built, there will be water to irrigate 750,000 acres in.stead of 



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