Show IN tho the agriculture of arizona ie Is m made 1 I the eul hect of the n aalt 1 of a eerie of bulletins issued b by the census bun au all prepared b ifon L 0 rower rowers here it in our arld sub lib tropical southwest are c e of the idest american arri gation at alie i dewent time bower of the aarre of land in tj the territory mr rowers powers states only acrea acres are irrigated or a quarter of mo per cent thesel bigum never thedoe show tho the largo increase of acre acres since the census of 1890 during which decade miles of ci ditches were constructed at a cost of tl mr powers rowers alacce the present average value of land at per acre nere which he states e Is a low estimate or this area of reclaimed land la Is bu but t a ridiculously email proportion t f arl art zone a irrigable area the geological survey estimates that wilt acres of land in the territory can be irrigated if tte water in sig sight ht is stored and utilized does n not ot include artesian sources and la is moreover con a very conserva it the figure the development of the territory by reclaiming its arid but fertile land rower powers presents problems of water fit storage orage of great importance 11 bue bile no great reservoir reservoirs have yet been wert constructed the futudo t tion of large areas of land de depends perlis upon the storage of flood waters on the sites which nature has provided |