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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



August, 



WEI,L FLOWING ONE THOUSAND GALLONS PER MINUTE. 



gent agriculture in the matter of pro- 

 viding for the tables and appetites of 

 the public generally. 



Irrigation has made southern Cali- 

 fornia highly productive, it has given 

 life to the barren sands of central Ari- 

 zona, it has brought wealth to the farm- 

 ers of Colorado, and is making fortunes 



rice-growers 



of lyouisiana and 



for the 

 Texas. 



It is not new in any particular sense, 

 and yet the experiment of Mr. Collins 

 has m a manner extended the area pos- 

 sible of irrigation and brought into be- 

 ing a series of conditions which will 

 inure to the benefit of the country in 



SHOWING METHOD OF IRRIGATING THE FURROWS. 



