Show f EGYPTIAN IRRIGATION TONJ TION T J Jf fth f- f th tho Nile Kile country can stand an nn expense of 24 4 for reservoirs for irrigation purposes Utah ought to be willing milling lo to see that th t irrigation h works are aro worth all their cost The ile reservoir with its dams at and will make wide tra tracts ts of land bear two crops a year and increase the sugar cultivation area in the valley The reservoir res rca will supply one billion cubic meters of water annually for irrigation This dam is one and a half miles long and is pierced by ISO openings twenty three feet high and seven seyen feet wide These are equipped with steel sluice gates by bJ means of which the flow of water into the canals which carry carly it to the irrigated lands can be perfectly con trolled The Egyptian Government estimates that these irrigation works will soon become a a. highly profitable investment yielding ample returns year year after year Jear and doing loing for the land what nature in her kindest moods could not accomplish The Jardan Jordan Jor Jar dan valley offers an equally inviting prospect for forthe forthe forthe the designs of the When we have re fully appreciated the possible results of artificial watering w-atei-ing we will hesitate at no reasonable expense to reclaim the land by ditching and reser- reser |