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Rocky Mountains (search for this): entry irrigation
Salt Lake (Utah, United States) (search for this): entry irrigation
California (California, United States) (search for this): entry irrigation
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United States (United States) (search for this): entry irrigation
Irrigation,
Artificial watering of land in arid regions for the purpose of utilization.
This subject has claimed much attention in the United States since 1890 on the part of the general and State governments, of large corporations, and of private individuals.
Associations designed to promote investigations into the water an is that there has not been much greater interest
A California Orange Grove, showing results of irrigation. manifested in this subject, since one-third of the United States territory is officially included in what is known as the great arid region, which needs only the magic touch of water to change it into fertile fields.
This
There are great tracts of public land which have been declared capable of easily maintaining as large a population as now exists within the boundaries of the United States if they could only be irrigated.
This, however, is deemed impracticable for the reason that water can be obtained only at great expense.
In order to bring it
Sierra Nevada Mountains (United States) (search for this): entry irrigation
Arizona (Arizona, United States) (search for this): entry irrigation
Colorado (Colorado, United States) (search for this): entry irrigation
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry irrigation