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Show Whnt Seepage Does. h j ,J Tlio untold posslbllllleB of Irrigation jjj i AA nro elieiwn In in my Instances In tho J J iff (& West wheio tho soil, nfter It lias been if A il, irrigated Tor a number of years becomes H, J 1A no Btituruted Hut llttlo or no nrtltlclal t$l A i: wuleilng Is ntce-ssiry An exngger- sMSBlrf ntod Insinnce nf tld Is Been In reportn Iff 1 .IU fionilrcBiio rnllfornln vhero Inatend flJ4i'lK(l of too llttlo vvntor tho fanners and or- LliKf nil ehardlblB aie suffering; finm a too Mm'sHH abundant Biiprly Tho w)iolc vnlley Is 5( K ilHH Biiiurnted wllh witter diiu to Irrigation X JH of ucljiient linds and leukli. uf dltihex JCi WP mid pipes The gin mil tins become H.M flMm so wnlti-lllled Hint tlio water table Wfarlwr has risen fiom fifty feet below the sur- iwfl fine tu a uniform level nf within thtea HVriO feet of the surfate. Tlila la lotting ffffiJlCa tho roota of some nf tho orchnrds nnd tefflfnT-'T vlnejnnla None of the property own- fV7fWJo era nrpunel 1 resno hiv any need to (.'BlJnP use the IrrlBatlon illteheB In fact, It E UHf Is a question now with them of dialn- WjiTwl age from tho tftccts. ot the cc.ctlv tlffW win f'HSrll a): stipiU firth r iij the valley Innin' URyfilii iml In g id 1 i. ki i - th -ui irih i ik HIiBIKM ill H lurge ultuitlins of wiitet fin ' v iSUKmS Vtlr ' ll sears ftr Itrlgattnn Is liemm VIHmIU lit tb n the ftr.nin.l h.rnmes anturnti.l 9HIG I'iS ' "' Ml"' nddltlonnl vvalet Is Niulred WMI1B 1: f r growing . rops Thin mcnni. thai UEEKIfw "-1 Irrigation Is .xlondel e,.n If no JBlBnllli ' n wnler iwmirrn m d.vel.ped UHLiM ?. I "" h nrlilltloiiHl Idlid an be brinmht HlHlii fc 14 y i1" unlir lUltlMitlnn |