| Show new forms farms planned for Nis missouri basin washington D C Cs harold L ickes former secretary of interior estimated just before resigning his onice office that more than Irrl irrigation galon ond and multiple purpose projects are needed in the united states about ot of these have been authorized slid and some of them ari arch already in operation by bul building I 1 d ing Irrl BaHon n and multiple purpose projects almost now new aro would be badt t ovail loadable able for foe settlement ol of veterans and aid others reclamation experts clairn the samp same reservoirs impounding m storage or irrigation would the gen generation cration ot of great hydroelectric hydro electric energy to ba used for tion wal j vanik rural tion needs and stimulating f food and related in destrie dus tries 3 wk ann we it arf 4 f 11 0 sects acts would increase employment opportunities port unities on a nationwide basis they say much of the material tor for building dams power plants band and canals comes from the sl states state sout outside of the arld arid and semiarid semi arid arld regions of the west approximately new irrigated farms could be created in the missouri basin and the population would vastly lil increase crease cpr it proposed reclamation projects embracing nearly one sixth of the U S are carriddi car out mr ickes declared |
