Show SIMPLE PLAN OF irrigation extensive reservoirs and expensive machinery not used in certain parts of india in india famine has always been a serious question to cope with and by b means of 0 canals anil and irrigation works much lias has been dono done to mitigate the effects of drought in III certain districts a primitive but effectual method of irrigation still ex ests adiong the natives who convey water to their rice and paddy fields by a simple contrivance of their own invention it consists of the trunk of a tree dug out to form a kind hind of scoop or trough which Is attached to out onu end of a long polo pole tile other end ot the polo pole Is weighted with lumps of earth and the lie whole lz 16 bulat balanced iced at the conter on oil an upright so as to form a lever the irrigator Irrl gator dips tile the trough into the water and on releasing his hold the weights at the other end of the pole cause the water to run town down the trough into a wc well il dug in fit the ground the supply to is then distributed by means of channels this performance Is carried on oil in III duplicate ono one trough taking in water and the other oilier dl ing it popular mechanics |