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4. Land possible to reclaim. See map. 



a. Location. 



b. Source of water. 



c. Area. 



5. Reclamation under this act. 



a. Completed projects. 



b. Projects under waj-. 



G. Detailed account of projects showing what was accomplished and difficulties over- 

 come. 



a. Salt River. 



b. Roosevelt Dam. 



c. Klamath, Oregon. 



d. Shoshone. Wyoming. 



e. Milk River. 



f. North Platte. 



g. Others. 



Number of acres being reclaimed, population that can be given homes, and 

 increased wealth to countrj-. 



Field Work. 



1. What land in your community can be reclaimed? 



2. What, if any, irrigation system in your community? 



Where does the water come from? (Ask some one who uses it.) 

 How extensive is the system? (Chamber of Commerce or real estate dealers 

 Avill have pamphlets.) 



3. What land would be more useful in your community if supplied with water? 



4. What, if any, projects for reclaiming land are under way? 



0. What laud have you seen anywhere that has been reclaimed by irrigation? 



References. 



Pupils' Readings. 



Nelson's Cyclopedia — "The Newlauds Bill." 



James, Geo. W. "Heroes of California." 



World's Work, 25 : 306— Newell, F. H. "What I am Trying to Do." 



Outlook. S3: 933-950— Newell, F. H. "Reclamation." 



Review of Reviews, 46 : 451 — Will, F. E. "The Everglades of Florida." 



World's Work, 19 : 12.595— Hill, J. J. "Our AVealth in Swamp and Desert." 



United States Government Bulletin — "Irrigation Projects of United States Govern- 

 ment Reclamation Service." 



National Geographic Magazine. 



Ibid., 19 : 250 — Blanchard, C. J. "Home Making by the Government." 



Ihid., 20: 403— Blanchard, C. J. "The Call of the West." 



Technical World, 23 : 169— Dean, W. H. "Drama of the Desert." 

 For Student Teachers. 



Report of Irrigation Investigation in California, 1901. 



Nelson's Cyclopedia. 



American Year Book, 1913. 



Matthews, J. J. "The Conservation of Water." Chapters I, II, III, VII, X. 



Smythe. "Conquest of Arid America." 



World Today, 19 : 1029-1038— "The Making of Tomorrow." 



Review of Reviews, 46: 457 — Laut, Agnes C. "How Irrigation is Making Good." 



World's Work, 22 : 14815 — Wilson, Owen. "Rescuing a People by an Irrigation 

 Ditch." 



Independent, 72 : 1129. "Our Swamp Lands." 



World Today, 10 : 158 — Wright, H. "Government as a Home Maker." 



World Today, 13: 777 — Mitchell, G. E. "National Drainage Problems." 



World Today, 19 : 1020— Bauskell, F. N. "Rio Grande Irrigation Project." 



