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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



ment shall culminate in fruition, suplemented and 're-inforced by cor- 

 porate and syndicate companies and by individual effort in the construc- 

 tion of ponds and basins on the farms throughout the vast drainage basin 

 of the Mississippi and her tributaries, the question of climatic change, 

 of increased humidity, evaporation, dews and rain-fall resolves itself 

 into a self evident result: And the problem of redemption for the arid 

 West will be conclusively and forever solved. 



