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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



SO, as the periods of drought more surely cut off a portion of the crop 

 on an average than all other causes combined. 



Water is absolutely necessary to the growth and development of 

 vegetation, and it is becoming more and more apparent to intelligent 

 cultivators of the soil, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, that the natural 

 rainfall is too uncertain to be depended upon, especially with crops 

 ■where a large amount of time and money are necessaril}"- expended 



