Show u r L t Primitive r f n Plan of Lund Land Reclamation J W t OWN In time the lower lover valley of Iho tho D J Illo In 11 this country gom KO ov U eminent engineers l for or many yearn year studied the problems problem of oC Hood flood n 9 anti and have bare h e made nude re rev reo for feasible and adequate re re v sites Rite Since the th of tho mho Irrigation law tha Ihl lie IlIr eit of ot the tho have havn pursued theio thew Ine lions lion and mi an especially fine n re reservoir slit hl has been beon located l which prom to n a won wonderful desert rl valley alley all Into one of our r meal productive mind A 1 peculiar Interest attaches to time tho times s of Ihl reservoir site lite lt front from flit fart fact that till the region I la II to tn bo L by II limo tho waters conserved In III InH r It H U is 18 today being Irrigated by h the one oldest Irrigation s In III Lisa till In III thin this motto conn try If Thin hie of Cf Iho lima Hlo Rio r la II s l ns na mho tho mauls I Mille I and this lien on bout both tildes sides l of tilt the river be bo between h tween ten two Io of flit Hooky Hork b nt at the north of Tort Fort It utmost tr tn tim the tho corpor me I of HI m on un the south a II I of 06 GG mopes miles In III width It U VIII I IM lee from runt rom 5 G to 10 7 T mile On tie the gnat oost amid west Its liB ate tho the lofty lott of ot the highest of oC the to toa a It 1 height of fe feet t above time the sen lel The Tho general elevation of ot time the valley alley RII I Is set feet Irrigation canals and ditches constructed con cony so long HBO ago that the date data Is 18 forgotten are aro Mug befog ht used today In III ind much touch the seine ame primitive manner In d 4 t which the ancestor of the time present race used steed them nor have the methods method of agriculture changed to nay any nn appreciable among these thelle descendants at ot old I I al exl c o oThey s pioneers to o the polled State They The are lire indeed d strikingly like those by b the farmers of oC i Spain pair ever since tin fifteenth nU century The Tho method of raising wheat among the Mexican irrigators of the alloy 1110 I Inot Is II not unlike that lint which prevailed a thou santi yearn before the era The Time inlets of the loll coil In III the th days day of Iho Pharaohs If they hey Ih could he called 3 back would require no 00 training to take lake taken laken n a position on Oil one of these tit Mexican farms II arly 1 In the tho the Mexican nod his hla family faintly forth Into the fields nells and amid collect and hum horn the forests forest tor of ot weeds hn have In baled led during the summer Then forth the nc r u with a Ii of wheat which tic hr sent tern sera broadcast over ocr the lend hind Th The IM follows follow H driving Ing generally a small lIOn Deny Only the of th Ihl the ground U is I stirred and title seldom to n R of or more titan Ilse three inches Then Thon time the field l Is 18 divided Into Info square quare 1015 by h turro 1 turned up 1111 hv by h time thi I hI plough the edges raised rained by I high borders to In hold mold the water The Tho squares are tiro with water from mho Hie ditches tams tio tI water liln IHlI again mind and until the th soil Mil i II thoroughly The now becomes IN hp n gentlemen of ot leisure with time to 10 burn hurn lie II squats squat In 11 the sun nun un or 01 In the shade hadl of ot III adobe hut hili and III In hand watches Dame Nature hustle hu fur tor or him Mary l rl in to June i lilu hili II h Include Includes sons onn card ho hI proceeds dM to tu the IiiI field armed hU his sickle Hired at tit u II very or remote date dale mind cuts cute the till crop The rhe straw Is lien left standing UH ItH It Il no flo to la the The fhe grain In la brought to 10 the th Ilona which ch Iii 1st tn lit of C beaten mud A herd of coats oalA or sheep and often orlen ponies I IB Is brought up lip and driven round and amid round until the tho grain It le thrashed out Thin Thill will call to 10 mini mind the tho of trending of ot the corn The Th short horl straw Is 11 now 1101 raked nu a lousing leaving tho Ito wheat and chart chaff Now follows follow a tho the winnowing which U Is I performed formed US un it was In the tilt days lu s of or Abraham The rite grain Iraln Is 18 high In the air Ir amid the wind carries nuy nw ay the Corn Corll I lit second In lit Importance ns na a n 1 crop amp In valley mile The fhe need In IH sown own at Intervals in a n 1 small furrow by y hand Ax la soon noon ns nil the plant shows up upwell upwell well Avell the rows rOil are hlll U and through throughout out the Season the tho Melds ileitis me ore frequently In Is 18 a n very r rm Important m nt crop In the valley a II 1 cord Its WI alue for tor forage le IM is II fully tull recognized liming Bellut a perennial plant requiring but hut butone butone one planting It In Is II very er popular with the Mexican agriculturist The Tho present mo wasteful of water minter and ancl ow owing owIng ing to the careless fanning the crop yields yield are 1118 very cry ery light fight Lately ToRtel nil mill till the Irrigators have ha been of ot shortage of water valor The construction of Immense canals in llo on Oil tho lino Iwa of tin tho Klo Itlo Grande linn ban greatly lessened 1 8 the How of tho ho stream oil there Is III a It crying need of storage to hold back the great spring now 1101 wholly holl unutilized and run to 10 New w York Sun Hun |