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CHAPTER XVI 168 



The irrigation problem Drainage Drainage essential 

 to successful irrigation Lands poisoned by salt brought 

 to surface by capillary action unless subsoil water level 

 kept down Mr. John Ashford's tube well pumps water 

 without sand An invention of very great importance 

 Government very slow in proceeding to use it Hydro 

 electric stations generally useful for irrigation wells, also 

 for the manufacture of nitrolin for manure. 



CHAPTER XVII 177 



Coal and iron ore Electric fans and motor cars help to 

 make the heat more tolerable. 



CHAPTER XVIII 179 



Government not to blame for everything that is wrong 

 For instance, the early marriages, the borrowing of 

 money which cannot be repaid, poor men selling them- 

 selves into slavery Agricultural banks Local com- 

 mittees to regulate loans and rate of interest People 

 must reform their fashions and energise their own 

 advancement. 



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