| Show hie the rower of 0 irrigation ic I 1 c evolutionary profesa of 0 the last twenty years has brought out some very valuable lessons tor for the future of california it aas derr derron ontra grated ted that irrigation is essential to the high eat standard oi ot civilization the ef cin n of 1890 revealed the tile tact fact that two tao thirds of the gain in rural stood to the credit of eight counties where irrigation prevailed the counties which rely upon rainfall hal about reached a or scored a loss tho the people hive have alays been divided oa an tho the question as to whether irrigation 1 Is necessary those who appos a urge that it 11 breeda breeds maleria anil and injures the finality quality of 0 the fruit th those so who favor insist that it Is essential to tho most scientific agriculture and la in the of 0 denie population the lait pronty years hae liae an the question forever the an ewer conslaw cons lai of a compall son between the tho south and the north the one was born pt pf the irrigation canal the other of tho the wining camp and the wheat ranch the one Is characterized by a high civillia uon tion the other by a low one century |
