Show I I S The of or Irrigation The be water used for irrigation in Chins China is' is drawn up from ponds and water w courses by an e endless rope pump This Is Ia worked by one or two wo men who tread upon n a wheel made with a number of ot ra arms causing It to t turn rn upon Its axis 51 horizontal pole polo is Ie made fast a about bout five ove tho the shaft and upon this t the he a men inca support themselves while treading trending One ne end of ot the box which the end end- l less ess chain or rope draws drawe the buckets bucket is placed in a pond at an angle of ot about 45 de do- degrees grees grecs and the water Is drawn up and emptied J i Into nto the field This machine is kept goIng go go- L Ing ag night and day during the Irrigation sea sea- s ton on Horses uie oi are very Terr seldom seen in the tho p province of ot where this system prevails pre pre- r aIls vails and nd team steam power has not been intro Intro- d Tb II b irrIgation Is 15 principally done b by dU U flooding through a series of ot dams and nd embank embank- ments If It ItIs Is caught In one plat and remains u until it overflows the tho small embankment when I It t goes to a second plat where It is held by another another anther an an- o other ther dam r i Gardens and small fruIts are arc watered by byA b band and the water being carried on n the backs of ot l laboring people people- men women and children l Farms arms are lire so em sn 11 and labor so BO cheap that ItIs it itis Its I is s not likely thi System which has been in v vogue ogue for tor t of ot years will be changed A farmer who o 0 oland o Is s but one or two acres of It l land and does doe not ca en tc c to Invest in n any modern Iry Irrigation Ir- Ir r tr y so BO long a as he be can employ can employ a a. laborer to kee up up the time-honored time pump a at t from 10 lO to toof 2 3 per year The laboring c lasses classes also sly ly oppose the tho introduction o of ot f every species of ot labor saving machinery The rhe river fl S ws wa through this province and d divides divide Into seve sevc al branches making t loa Uon possible in every valley Many of ot the o orchards and are watered by the tho bucket process process-Abat ia S m ed cd on either end of ot a a. pole and carried on tho the shoulders of ot the inen nen and women The water Is carefully sprinkled over every vegetable patch and moisture is kept upon the tho surface all the time nice Is tho Iho principal product grown and all the available land even up on the mountain side is u used cd There arc are no laws governing the use of water Custom rules In th this s as in other business |