Show IRRIGATION TI N IN SIBERIA I Winter Snow Stow Is Used Ved U In the Sum Summer Summer mer If II the th th winters are ie long lone in Siberia and very cold cold OB on the other hand the tha summers are extremely warm and dry drI dr The Th small mall streams trems t of or water dry up during dl this season on and agriculture suf suffers suffers sufers fers ers much from this state of things To remedy rem ly dy the evil the following Is what the Inhabitants of certain dis ds districts do During the winter they col collect colbet bet lect the snow Inow which as is well known falls in abundance in these regions and accumulate it at the bottom of or orsome it and some narrow valley They press pre make it compact sc IK c that it will be more resistant to thawing At JU the end of or orthe the winter they r the pile pUett which they have bus Itus J us formed with branches straw manure or earth erth in order to protect the stow against the rays raye of the sun and aM th exterior heat ht Then when alter after long day daye without rain the temperature is much elevated and the water othe streams trean begins to dry up the mo no in spite of ot its cover covering covering coverIng ing commences commence to melt and by means of or a ditch made for this purpose puree the water which runs run down supplies the river until the return of winter 1 |