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Show IRRIGATION NEW IN SPAIN Government Starts Work on Plant Calling for Expenditure of $8,156,-0C0 $8,156,-0C0 Ten Branches to Canal. During the four months from Juno to September practically no rain falls In the province of Andalusia, Spain. As a result a large area of fertile soil which should be highly productive is almost idle, the frequency of droughts and the small annual rainfall discouraging discour-aging agriculture. v To remedy this condition the government gov-ernment has started work on irrigation irriga-tion plans calling for the expenditure of $8,156,000. Work has already been begun on a long irrigation canal which will ultimately have ten branches, the aggregate length of the main artery and branches being 153 miles. The main canal will have a length of 53 miles and will be completed com-pleted in six years. The project has been brought tc the attention of American firms interested inter-ested in this work, with the idea that they may secure concessions on conditions con-ditions similar to those under which irrigation has been provided for arid sections in the United States. It Is suggested that a responsible syndicate could acquire rights for the installation installa-tion of electric power plants for industrial in-dustrial purposes, to utilize the tremendous tre-mendous power of the water gates. |