Show irrigation FIGURES TO BE PUBLISHED the first effort made to secure definite facts regarding irrigation costs results etc has liden been started by the united states government the worl work of the investigators will be to visit every irrigation project of whatever kind whether pumping from underground gr flow utilizing the snows of the ILIO r ins or bluming the flouff of the spring time securing information about the time and oust cost of its installation expense of maintenance amount of water distributed landa irrigated and products grown thereon the census takers are instructed not to overlook any plant no matter how small compiling every bit of information possible to tn procure regard ing the subie subject ct the result will be fol foi the benefit of those interested in irrigation and will no doubt prove to be most comprehensive and ana instructive of any work published it will form a good basis by which to judge the cost of a new po ieca lect and will in all be a document of great value to the irrigation farmer to the capitalist contemplating the backing of a new project ct and to the country at large the work has already been taken up in arizona and will shortly be extended to the other states of the west where irrigation sa B stems are used ex |