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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



of the most foolish of all the forms of trying to get something for noth- 

 ing. It has beggared thousands in the waiting, bub now the day is done 

 when any amount of waiting will avail. The sooner the land owner 

 awakes and says: "I know what water costs and expect to pay for it, I 

 want the works to be a financial success because I don't want my land un- 

 der works that are a failure" the sooner he will get somewhere before he 

 dies. And on that basis there is plenty of capital today that will take 

 hold of irrigation works and plenty of places where they can still be 

 made to pay. 



