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Show MANY ASK ABOUT IRRIGATION Number of Eastern People Seeking Information of United States Increases In-creases 40 Per Cent, in Year. The number of eastern people seeking seek-ing information about agricultural conditions con-ditions in the irrigated territory of the west has increased more than 40 per cent, during the last year, says Dr. A. C. True, director of experiment stations, in his annual report to Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture Wilson. "The thousands of settlers who have made their homes on irrigated lands ifuring three years." he adds, "are for the most part Ignorant of irrigation practices and methods. To assist them as well as the old settlers, who also are confronted with new problems prob-lems from time to time, agents have been maintained throughout the year In ten western states and in three other? p.ir! of the year." |