Show Big Canal Project San Francisco 7Work on the Merced Mer-ced Canal a project to irrigate a va tract t-ract of dry land in San Joaquin Valley is being rapidly pushed forward When completeda quarter of a million acres of poor wheat land will be turned into good fruit and vegetable land Should the scheme prove a financial success it will be the commencement of other similar canals which will make the San Joaquin Valley the heaviest wheat raising section on the continent The great drawback hitherto has been the want of water the natural water sources being controlled by a few monopolists who have peddled iL out at prices ruinous to farmers |