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Show IRRIGATION OLD METHOD nourished in Valleys of Euphrates and Nile. Where Civilization Was earn Insures Crop. j Farming by Irrigation la the oldest I method of farming of which we have 1 n record In the valleys of the Kit-filiates Kit-filiates nnd the Nile, where civilian-' civilian-' linn had Its birth, there Irrigation I flourished us nt no other time In the i world's history The millions of peo-I peo-I pie who wi re sustiiliied on n conipara-! conipara-! tlM-ly small na could not have ex-' ex-' Isted except ur.iler a system where In-t.n.iive In-t.n.iive cultivation nnd certainty of 1 yield existed. i li rlgntlon made Kgypt the granary jnf the wotld II will make nf arid ' Amerlin the greatest empire the world has ever seen. t inier Irrigation there Is n rertnlnty i of yield, one rar being like another, the fanner controlling (be moisture Just where and when he wanta II, an j titat under the aystem of Inteliae rill-I rill-I 1 1 wit lin (he tendency la to amnller acreage and better clnaa of farming. I nnd under prnper climatic condltlona j for subtly high clnaa crops. Nature ! fi i r ii I - Ik a the anil and sunshine and i the canal tuinlnhea the rain. The ! fanner has only lo apply the wnler to the soil and the sunshine does the rest Different imps require different qunntltlea of water for their proper I growth, grain., alfalfa and beela re- quiring much more (ban fruit or potatoes. po-tatoes. There Is no secret in Irrlga- j tlnn. The fanner who run tell when his crop needs rain can In a few weeks learn to Irrigate. I'nder Irrigation (he soil is prac- I ll( ally Inexhaustible. |