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  eases; 
  plagues 
  of 
  insects; 
  hopping, 
  running, 
  jumping 
  things 
  of 
  the 
  

   field 
  — 
  grasshoppers, 
  rats, 
  and 
  rabbits 
  — 
  everything 
  to 
  discourage 
  and 
  

   drive 
  away 
  the 
  venturesome 
  settler; 
  and 
  yet, 
  when 
  these 
  difficulties 
  

   are 
  overcome 
  and 
  a 
  hardy 
  citizenship 
  is 
  established 
  on 
  the 
  land, 
  

   there 
  is 
  probably 
  no 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  where 
  a 
  greater 
  reward 
  for 
  

   toil 
  and 
  thrift 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  than 
  on 
  these 
  reclaimed 
  lands. 
  

  

  While 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  certain 
  similarity 
  in 
  the 
  investigations 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  

   and 
  plans 
  to 
  be 
  prepared 
  and 
  structures 
  to 
  be 
  built, 
  yet 
  each 
  locality 
  

   offers 
  its 
  peculiar 
  problems 
  — 
  not 
  merely 
  in 
  engineering, 
  but 
  more 
  

   than 
  this 
  in 
  climatic, 
  cultural, 
  human 
  and 
  economic 
  relations. 
  The 
  

   reclaimed 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  vary 
  in 
  conditions 
  from 
  those 
  

   somewhat 
  tropical 
  in 
  character, 
  with 
  all-the-year-around 
  crops, 
  and 
  

   consequent 
  insect 
  and 
  plant 
  pests, 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  snowy 
  North, 
  

   where 
  the 
  short, 
  hot 
  summer 
  renders 
  possible 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  quick- 
  

   growing 
  hay, 
  grain, 
  or 
  vegetable 
  crop. 
  Then 
  follows 
  the 
  long 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  turned 
  to 
  advantage 
  in 
  the 
  feeding 
  of 
  domestic 
  

   animals. 
  

  

  The 
  conservation 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  upon 
  which 
  rest 
  all 
  

   land 
  values 
  in 
  the 
  arid 
  regions, 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  certain 
  climatic 
  and 
  

   topographic 
  limitations 
  peculiar 
  to 
  each 
  project. 
  At 
  one 
  extreme 
  

   are 
  the 
  erratic 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest, 
  in 
  whose 
  broad, 
  bowlder- 
  

   strewn 
  channels 
  water 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  only 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  months, 
  or 
  

   even 
  years. 
  When 
  it 
  does 
  occur, 
  it 
  may 
  come 
  in 
  great 
  cloudbursts 
  

   carrying 
  destruction. 
  Here, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  lands 
  is 
  dependent 
  

   upon 
  water 
  storage 
  capacious 
  enough 
  to 
  hold 
  these 
  floods. 
  The 
  

   other 
  extremes 
  are 
  the 
  steadily 
  flowing 
  rivers 
  which 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  

   high 
  mountains; 
  here 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  water 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way 
  pro- 
  

   portional 
  to 
  the 
  sun's 
  heat 
  falling 
  upon 
  the 
  snowbanks 
  in 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  ; 
  the 
  regularly 
  recurring 
  floods 
  of 
  each 
  spring 
  vary 
  within 
  rela- 
  

   tively 
  narrow 
  limits. 
  Under 
  such 
  conditions 
  the 
  minimum 
  storage 
  

   may 
  be 
  required 
  and 
  other 
  works 
  can 
  be 
  built 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  

   regular 
  regime 
  of 
  the 
  streams. 
  

  

  After 
  all, 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  undertaking 
  is 
  measured 
  in 
  terms 
  of 
  

   human 
  relations. 
  The 
  making 
  of 
  opportunities 
  for 
  homes 
  is 
  in 
  itself 
  

   largely 
  mechanical, 
  and 
  the 
  engineering 
  construction 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  success 
  unless 
  these 
  opportunities 
  for 
  home-making 
  are 
  

   utilized 
  and 
  fully 
  enjoyed. 
  To 
  have 
  such 
  utilization 
  and 
  enjoy- 
  

   ment 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  an 
  adaptation 
  or 
  a 
  making 
  over 
  of 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   number 
  of 
  people. 
  The 
  newcomers, 
  transplanted 
  to 
  these 
  new 
  sur- 
  

   roundings 
  must 
  be 
  able 
  and 
  willing 
  to 
  adapt 
  themselves 
  to 
  new 
  

   ways; 
  they 
  must 
  drop 
  the 
  methods 
  which 
  they 
  learned 
  in 
  humid 
  

   regions; 
  their 
  ultimate 
  success 
  will 
  be 
  measured 
  by 
  the 
  quickness 
  

   with 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  appreciate 
  the 
  new 
  ways 
  of 
  doing 
  things 
  

   and 
  of 
  putting 
  these 
  to 
  use. 
  

  

  