14 IRRIGATION FARMING. 



consequently does not wear out the soil; produces sup- 

 port of dense population ; multiplies the producflive 

 capacity of soils ; destroys insedls and worms and pro- 

 duces perfe<5l fruit ; creates wealth from water, sun- 

 shine, and soil ; makes the farmer independent of the 

 rainfall ; will redeem 100,000,000 acres of desert lands 

 in the United States alone ; yields large returns to 

 investors ; adds constantly to the security of invest- 

 ments ; will yield support for 50,000,000 of increased 

 population in America ; makes the produ<5lion of 

 choicest fruits possible, and prolongs the harvest period 

 of various crops if so desired ; affords a sure founda- 

 tion for the creation of wealth ; lessens the danger of 

 floods ; utilizes the virgin soil of the mountain regions ; 

 is now employing more than $1,000, 000, 000 of capital ; 

 insures two or more crops annually in the lower lati- 

 tudes ; will increase threefold the value of lands hav- 

 ing rainfall ; keeps off the early approach of Jack 

 Frost ; improves the quality and increases fully one- 

 eighth and oftentimes one-fourth the size of fruits, 

 vegetables, and grains ; makes farming profitable in 

 waste places and forever forestalls the inroads caused 

 by the ghost of drouth ; and will finally solve the great 

 labor question and fortify against the alarming increase 

 of city populations. 



The farmer who has a soil containing an abundance 

 of all the needed elements, in a proper state of fine- 

 ness, cannot but deem himself happy if he have always 

 ready at hand the means of readily and cheaply sup- 

 plying all the water needed by his soil and growing 

 crops, just when and in just such quantities as are 

 needed. Happier still may he be if, besides fearing no 



