. The story of agriculture in the United States. The Same Land after Irrigation. hard that some of their plows were broken in theeffort to plow it. Sagebrush and scattered tufts ofbunch grass were the only signs of vegetation, except thesmall trees which grew along the few water the spirits of these men, moved by religious zeal,were undaunted. Probably they had never seen irriga-tion practiced, or even heard of it. But an ingenious 334 AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES member of the band suggested that the creek near by bedammed, and thus the spreading waters softened thehard soil a
. The story of agriculture in the United States. The Same Land after Irrigation. hard that some of their plows were broken in theeffort to plow it. Sagebrush and scattered tufts ofbunch grass were the only signs of vegetation, except thesmall trees which grew along the few water the spirits of these men, moved by religious zeal,were undaunted. Probably they had never seen irriga-tion practiced, or even heard of it. But an ingenious 334 AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES member of the band suggested that the creek near by bedammed, and thus the spreading waters softened thehard soil and at the same time watered the newly plantedseed. Such was the beginning of irrigation by Americanfarmers. Their grain did not develop that year, owingto the lateness of the season, but their potatoes did, andthe settlers were thus furnished with seed for the nextspring planting. Year after year, bands of Mormons followed the longand difficult trail across the plains and through themountain passes to Utah. Often storms and Indiansproved fatal enemies to the travellers. But t
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