Show irrigation TODAY and FORMERLY the flie office of sta idling lias has endeavored to enlarge en largo its plans to meet the demands for information in III tho the past water for foe irrig irrigation purposes was plentiful aad d in th the old school methods of uc preat great quantities berc wasted in ill I 1 many na n y parts 0 of tho west this old method still prevails but tile the improvement pro irrigation 0 ad vacated by the department is is rapid ly displacing choso of former da days 3 and good le jults are noticeable when the arri irrigator irrig ator atoM 3 of the ym sall jenquin 11 llcy fin bai began oan irn inia a tiou ticy they usel over nina feet about one thi dillof ali lound found to b bo C ample tho the water bors of greeley in am 11 districts of colorado thought all tasir I 1 r crops would bum up tip unless they hafi had a miners miner inch ot water to the ner acre L now they ar arc raising crops on oil tile the same ground r un that are woi woith ali about four 4 times iles as s much with one fourth tile water formerly tl used S c d so important is the need of furthering tile the investigation 0 of f irrigation th chit at several western states state are no now vi cooperating opera wit with h the department in the prosecution of the ast studies dies irrigation is ig being taken tip up in hum humid id re regions dioris also iii iti order to insure against aga nat droughts |