. Book of Texas . Typical Longleaf Pine of the Texas-Louisiana Region. Cypress SwampNear Jefferson—Bullet in No. 47 in Bureau of Forestry Long Train at the Deweyvtlle Plant of the Sabine Tram Company Courtesy of C. E. Waldcn Transporting Lonoleaf Yellow Pine Loos by Water in Southeast Texas Courtesy of the Sabine Tram Company TURNING THE WATERS 205 considerable. A good many hundreds of acres are beingirrigated, and thousands of cattle are being watered fromthese wells. Their permanent possibilities form one of themost interesting subjects for speculation in Texas at thepresent time. The Artesi
. Book of Texas . Typical Longleaf Pine of the Texas-Louisiana Region. Cypress SwampNear Jefferson—Bullet in No. 47 in Bureau of Forestry Long Train at the Deweyvtlle Plant of the Sabine Tram Company Courtesy of C. E. Waldcn Transporting Lonoleaf Yellow Pine Loos by Water in Southeast Texas Courtesy of the Sabine Tram Company TURNING THE WATERS 205 considerable. A good many hundreds of acres are beingirrigated, and thousands of cattle are being watered fromthese wells. Their permanent possibilities form one of themost interesting subjects for speculation in Texas at thepresent time. The Artesian Belt is another interestingregion, south and southwest of San Antonio, to which theabove remarks also apply. The laws relating to irrigation are amusing, irritating,incomplete, and imperfect. The code handed down bySaxon forefathers didnt cover irrigation; Thomas Jeffersonand John Marshall were silent on this topic. Even thatpalladium of our liberties, trial by jury, doesnt seem to getanywhere, though proper irrigation of a jury has oftenbrought peculiar result
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