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be below a better site for a reservoir, underdrainage of the swamp 

 will turn it to the growth of good grasses while the outflow from 

 the drains can be converted into garden crops below. 



Again even when the surface after the rainy season shows 

 no sign of moisture, it is often possible to keep a good supply in 

 sight by closing some small vale and dry-creek bed with a dam to 





Boggy Land Caused by Seepage. 



Reclaimed by Reservoir Building. 



hold for summer use in the garden some part of the volumes of 

 water which rush down from the water-shed during the winter 

 rains. 



All these are elementary problems in water developing and 

 water saving. It would reflect upon the speaker's intelligence 

 to mention them in some parts of the state, and yet in the imirri- 

 gated regions there lie these neglected opportunities monuments 

 of inattention or unthrift. 



