Irrigation.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 160, 31 May 1909, Page 4

Irrigation.

Irrigation reclaims arid waste ;makes a prosperous country; causes the desert to blossom and overcome the destructive effects of the parching southern winds; insures full crops every season; improves land at eachj submergence, and consequently does not wear out the noil; produces support for dense populatoin; multiplies the productive capacity of soils; destroys insects and worms and produces perfect fruit; creates wealth from water, sunshine and soil; makes the farmer independent of ths rainfall . . . makes the production of the choicest fruits possible, and prolongs the harvest period of various crops if so desired: affords a sure foundation for the creation of weaith; lessens the danjjcr of floods; utilises the virgin soil of the mountain regions ... insures two or more crops annually in the low altiudes: will increase three-fold the value of lands having rainfall; keeps off the early approach of Jack Frost; improves the quality, and inrceases fully one-

eight and sometimes one-fourth th«size of fruits, vegetables and grains; makes farming profitable in waste places, and forevrr forestalls the inroads caused by the ghost of drought; ande will finally solve the great labour question,and fortify against the alarming increase of city population-).