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Show I CEMENT CANALS I in CALIFORNIA H L. A. Merrill, director of the agrl- H culture college experiment station re- H turned yesterday from a two weeks' j trip through California. 1 "Agricultural conditions In Califor- j nla," he says, "are better than ever H and indications aro that the agrlcul- H tural and horticultural crops this year 1 will be the heaviest in the last ten j years. The condition of the crops Is. H attributed to the heavy rains, the past j few months being an unusually wot 1 period for the state of California, 1 "The Rtate of Utah can profit bv a M study of the moisture conserving i methods adopted by the agrlcultural- H ists in the southern part of California. j All of the canals are lined with cement, M eliminating tho former waste of wat- M er through seepage. Many of the later M als are also llnedi with concrete, as a M further means of moisture conserva- H tion. In this time, the water of the " southern part of the state is made to go ten times as far as It did before these methods were adopted." , on -i . - |