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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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available for irrigation, and the gentle 

 slopes of the undulating prairies make 

 the application an easy matter. On ac- 

 count of the steadiness of the wind there 

 is much more to be said in favor of the 

 windmill for the plains of the middle 

 West than for the states east of the Mis- 

 sissippi ; for it must be borne in mind 

 that the windmill is very apt to stand 

 idle during the period it is most needed 



in the East, for the drouth times are also 

 times of least wind, when no breezes 

 stir and the land seems to bake in its 

 own shimmering heat. 



Wisconsin. Mr. George H. Patch, of 

 Stevens Point, Wis., has made some 

 valuable contributions toward the gen- 

 eral practice of irrigation in humid re- 

 gions. His method of applying water 

 is of the simplest. He uses a large 



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Courtesy U. S. Geological Survey. 

 WINDMILL AND WATER ELEVATOR ON BLUE RIVER, NKAK MII.KORD, NKHRASKA. 



