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Fig. 16. — The area of irrigated land increased 5 million acres, or oiu-third between 

 1909 and 1919 ; and the irrigation enterprises were capable of irrigating 7 million acres 

 more than were actually irrigated in 1919. There is sufficient water in the West to 

 irrigate double the area the enterprises were capable of iiTigatmg in 1920, or about 



total irrigable area. Estimates' of irrigable ax-ea were supplied by R. P. Teele. 



