THE WORK OF RUNNING WATER 



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Fig. 94. Fields prepared for irrigation by method of squares. Las Cruces, 



N. M. 



The lands thus used are mostly in valleys and on plains adjacent 

 to mountains. The government has undertaken the construction 

 of many reservoirs for water in favorable places in the mountains, 



Fig. 95. Map showing irrigation projects completed and under construction; 

 spring, 1906. (U. S. Rec. Serv.) 



