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HORTICULTURE BY IRRIGATION. 



factors in Colorado fruit growing. The questions, how to irrigate and 

 when to irrigate, are questions of deep importance, and I hope will 

 receive a good share of the time of this meeting. With an enlightened 

 practical experience on this water question, a country the proper contour 



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 a, canal ; b, checks in canal ; c, gates at the head of each row. 



which is adapted to the right application of water at will, and living on 

 the direct line of the mean temperature of the North American conti- 

 nent, the Colorado horticulturists have a bright future before them. 



