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Show ECONOMY IN USE OF WATER Conservation for Irrigation Purpose It Essential In Order to Expand Ex-pand Available Acres. The science (if Irrigation l a yet hardly out of Its hnhy shoes, and It goes without saying that the next ten years will witness h treincndoini (lo-vclepiiienl (lo-vclepiiienl In thin direction. As the prlnelplcH of Irrigation are hetler understood un-derstood niid practiced, the heneflt of ihetii will become apparent more and more. Ah n mutter of fact Irrigation should hy no nieanH he confined to arid or semi arid countries, hut ran be and should he Hpplled Judiciously everywhere, where farmers are raising rais-ing Vegetation. L'von colllllrli'H hav-liiK hav-liiK an iiiiniial rainfall of 40 Inched or more will experience at limes tho ef-fect ef-fect of a drouth which will cause a cornplele or partial failure of crop; iIiIm could he relieved or entirely prevented pre-vented where a parllal system of Irrigation Irri-gation is maintained so that In case of a failure of rains to arrive at the right time the farmer enn turn hla v.uier Into l.ls laud and supply the de-llclency, de-llclency, savs the Irrigation Are. As the Irrigated areas are constantly constant-ly Increasing (he matter of economic use of water Ik receiving attention. Tills In a very Important subject and should lie followed up with th tnont perslHtent effortK. If ronhervatlon of natural reHourcen mennH anythliiK It means that there ahotild he no wimte; it iloeH not mean that our foreaiH or water fullM uliould he fenced In and kept from being lined; thin would he utterly foolish and keep the people from their lierlliiKe; hut It tnenna that our national renourceH should he mo handled that they will serve the present pres-ent generation as well uh aucreedlng K neratloiiH mid hence economy In their uae Ih an Itnperntlve neceaKlty. Kconomy In tho iihp of water for Irrigation Ir-rigation purpoKeH la nereHHury In order or-der to expand the number of acres available for Irrigation. It I eaalljr undrrKtood that when the pioneers In Irrigation tiHik hold and developed projects It was done on lima of the h ast resistance and least coat. Tlma water was led along rough dltchea to i the nearest hind and the traeta thua i Irrigated produced Hplendld reaulta. No one in ii 'I lixpilrles uh to the qunn- lity of water which actually leaked ' away from the ditch and wax thus 1 wanted. Aa the value of Irrigated land In constantly rising the value of the water thiiH wanted heeomeH ap- parent and tneaiiH are (IIkcumkciI and adopted to conserve thU wiiHled wa- ler; how to accomplish thin pnult to the Ik nt advantage Ih one of the prlie clpal problems In Irrigation at the pr sent time. |