. Farm development; an introductory book in agriculture, including a discussion of soils, selecting & planning farms, subduing the fields, drainage, irrigation, roads, fences, together with introductory chapters concerning farm business, and the relations of general science to agriculture . a state may devise itsgeneral law, special and minor laws will be for injury to canals or gates and for the un-authorized use of water are necessary. Tn all stateswhere irrigation waters are likely to be used, laws underwhich water rights can be secured should be passed, andthe county or
. Farm development; an introductory book in agriculture, including a discussion of soils, selecting & planning farms, subduing the fields, drainage, irrigation, roads, fences, together with introductory chapters concerning farm business, and the relations of general science to agriculture . a state may devise itsgeneral law, special and minor laws will be for injury to canals or gates and for the un-authorized use of water are necessary. Tn all stateswhere irrigation waters are likely to be used, laws underwhich water rights can be secured should be passed, andthe county or state engineer should l)e required to makesurveys with proper records of all claims at the timethe rights are entered upon for water available for irri-gation, and these records should be evidence of priorityof rights. These records should include a record of thesize of ditch used in leading the water away from anystream or lake. Water rights often conflict with the rights of thoseinterested in transportation by water. Especially is thistrue with owners of water powers and with logging com-panies who desire to use the flood water from rivers,lakes and reservoirs to aid them in floating their logsto the mills and near to their Figure 142. Raising water by liand in Egypt. (Bui. 130, Office of Experiment Slatioiis. United States Department of Agriculture.) ikki(.;ati().\ 245 Most efficient arrangements are being worked out tomeet all the conditions of law, of ownership of waterrights and lands, of irregular supply of w-ater, and ofseasonal needs of crops under large irrigation combining storage reservoirs with the regular sum-mer water flow\ by arrangements for exchange of rightsto water at given times, and by other devices, associa-tions of w^ater users, through their officers, can utilizewater to the best possible advantage. The building ofreservoirs in which to store up flood water has onlyl)egun to utilize the vast resources of this class of waters. Survey
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