470 IRRIGATION PRACTICE 



The experiment stations have brought forth much 

 new irrigation knowledge, and have disseminated widely 

 all the sound information existing upon the subject. 

 Nearly all the stations in the arid region are now under- 

 taking systematic studies having for their purpose the 

 establishment of a science of irrigation practice. 



268. The Irrigation Congress. The reclamation act, 

 the land laws making irrigation settlement possible, the 

 founding and work of the experiment stations, are all the 

 result of the championship of irrigation by clear-headed, 

 far-seeing, courageous men, in and out of office, who, in 

 legislative halls, from the platform, on the printed page 

 and in private conversation, have taught the needs and 

 the possible future of irrigation in America. 



These men, whose names are easily forgotten, now that 

 the work is done, organized in Salt Lake City the Irrigation 

 Congress. The first session was held in September, 1891, 

 since when sessions have been held in practically all of the 

 irrigation states. Its lists of officers during these many 

 years include the names of the irrigation leaders of America 

 names of national renown for great service rendered. 

 The proceedings of the Congress developed and sustained 

 the enthusiasm which has made irrigation a national 

 issue. No doubt the Irrigation Congress made possible 

 much of our recent irrigation progress. Now that reser- 

 voirs and canals are being rapidly built and irrigation has 

 been firmly established, the mission of the Congress looms 

 larger than ever to make systematic, profitable and per- 

 manent the use of the water upon the land. 



Major Richard W. Young, a grandson of the founder 

 of modern irrigation in America, is the present President 

 of the Irrigation Congress. The Congress for 1914 will be 

 held in the province of Alberta, Canada. 



