Show WORK BY THE government much of a general nature such as uniform extension of accurate geodetic control points irrigation in texas implies more than the watering of arid lands said governor colquitt of that state in an address before the national irrigation congress held at salt lale lal e it im plies the mat watering eTing of wet met lands added the governor and the subsequent of both arid and met net lands by mea means is of drainage this two told fold feature of irrigation bald said the governor was demonstrated in the practice of rice irrigation in the coastal prairies where the average rainfall ranges from 20 30 to 46 inches annually a and aad ad where by means of irrigation the state of texas produces more than one third of the rice I 1 grown in the united states the legislature of texas s said the governor is having a survey made of all the swamp and overflowed lands in the state alth the view of reclaiming them by this elaborate tern of drainage undoubtedly the burden of doing the detailed and special part of the eur eying will always fall upon the sattes remarked the governor but much of a general nature at least should be done by the federal gov eminent such in part for example as the uniform extension of accurate geodetic control points and precise level benchmarks over areas where no basis measurements now exist and where the regular preliminary topo graphic mapping by the fede federal ral bureaus may be definitely postponed the measuring in second feet of the flood volumes in streams and aird rivers as well as the flow with more extensive and uniform record of the climate features oO over verning ning them and he the more systematic collection 0 of data and continuous beering of rec of the underground water supply in areas where such information la Is vital an interesting report of conditions ilithe in the state of washington was made to the he congress by gov M E hay he stated that the irrigated area in bis his state embraced acres but that as soon as projects now under construction are completed the arri gated area will mill be acres ad dit lonal ional he estimated that the possible irrig able area in the state was over 3 acres this does not include the western portion of the state where heavy rainfalls obviate the necessity V of artificial irrigation although lumber has been generally regarded r as the main source of the wealth of washington the governor 4 made the astonishing statement that it would not be long before the pro ducts of the irrigated farms of the state would rival in wealth the corn com billed returns of cereal farms and the lumber industry incus try the governor stated that the public s service commission in his state N was as keeping an eagle eye out for all 16 fraudulent irrigation projects and land grabbing schemes in the debern detern de ama tion of preserving of the lands tor for the home builders |