Garland Globe | 1907-03-30 | Page 2 | Irrigation in Egypt

Irrigation in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt. Tho council has adopted tho proposition to Increase tho height of the Assouan dam sulll-clently sulll-clently to raise tho wator stored In thnt rosorvolr by nearly twenty feet above tho present maximum. It Is calculated cal-culated that this will give sjilllcieut now water to Irrlgato another million ucros of northern Egypt which It Is estimated would yield uu Increased ' cotton crop to the value of $17,500,000 to $20,000,000 annually. It Is stated that tho work will tako six years to coraploto nnd will cost $7,500,000.