Show Danger of Irrigation When man interferes with nature he often finds that he has upset the balance balance balance bal bal- ance and brought new troubles into his life liCe says the the Pathfinder Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation tion unless done with great intelligence intelligence intelli intelli- gence will ruin land by bringing up salts from from down deep in the soil and making the tho land alkaline Now a new d danger nGer on the samo same score has turned up In Egypt The huge dams on the Nile and other splendid irrigation works constructed ted by the tho government there under British authority are having an effect effect- no one dreamed of namely the water table or normal level of water in the soil has been been- raised so much that many lands which were formerly dry are now water- water soaked or flooded The result Is that the tho water coming up through the soil brings with it Injurious salts thus destroying destroying destroying de de- de- de its fertility Already great tracts of the best cotton land I In Egypt on which they raise the cotton that brings 30 or 40 cents a pound have been Injured in this way and the production of Egyptian cotton which Is the best In the world Is bound to toj to show a decrease |