What Water Will Do 



Top. — With — where the oranges grow. The orange groves 

 and other irrigated lands in the foreground obtain their 

 water from the mountains in the background, which are 

 included in the Angeles National Forest, Cal. At the 

 lower elevations these mountains are covered with a dense 

 growth of brush, or chaparral, while at the higher eleva- 

 tions are forests of western yellow pine, Jeffrey pine, and 

 other trees. The value of citrus fruits produced in the 

 eight southernmost counties of California in 1914 is esti- 

 mated by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to 

 have been $33,000,000. 



Bottom. — Without — where the agaves grow. Semi-desert 

 land near Silver City, N. Mex., now used during part of 

 the year as stock range. If irrigation were possible many 

 of the desert areas throughout the West could be converted 

 into fertile agricultural land. Water, rather than soil, is 

 frequently the decisive factor in determining whether cul- 

 tivation is practicable. 



