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Excerpt from Report on Irrigation Investigations in Humid Sections of the United States in 1903
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report on investigations and experiments in irrigation in different parts of'the humid region of the United States carried on by this Office in 1903. The report deals almost exclusively With the irrigation Of market-garden crops. Most of these grow rapidly and have but a short season, anda few days Of dry weather seriously check their growth. 'there are few seasons when such dry periods do not occur, and irrigation as an insur ance against them has proved very profitable. In Some sections this is becoming so well known that many inquiries are received as to equipment and methods of irrigating. The report of Professor Voor hees describes a number Of plants now in use, and will be useful in answering such inquiries.
In sections farther west there is doubt as to the value of irrigation and some prejudice against it, and the experiments at Columbia, mo. Reported by Professor Waters, have. Been made for the purpose of testing the value of irrigation in that Section. As may be seen from the report, irrigation has generally proved profitable.
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