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shares of water shall be appurtenant to specified areas of land ; and 

 that priority of appropriation gives the better right to the use of wa- 

 ter, etc. Tney therefore provide for the enforcement of these neces- 

 sary but hitherto much neglected features of the irrigation law. With 

 a constant influx of settlers knowing nothing of the principles govern- 

 ing irrigation, sustained effort is needed on the part of the associa- 

 tions of irrigators, those called upon for legal advice, and educa- 

 tional institutions, to the end that all users of water may understand 

 and observe willingly these indispensable equities in the use of wa- 

 ter. That the adoption of irrigation generally will produce splendid 

 results may be most confidently expected. Not only can crop yields 

 be absolutely assured, but they can be greatly increased, in some 

 cases doubled and trebled at an expense that is trifling when com- 

 pared with the increased returns secured. Intensive farming is rap- 

 idly becoming the slogan of practical irrigators, and to the effective 

 carrying out of this idea must be brought all the experience and sci- 

 entific research of those who make a special study of the problems 

 demanding solution. (Ex. S. Bui. 226; Bui. 216.) 



