. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. PLANTS AND WATER 43 with cattle. In diy seasons this part is injured by drought, and finally becomes entirely uni)roductive a month sooner than does the cultivated abaca on poorer ground. IRRICxATlON Various Methods. In spite of excellent cultivation, some lands are so dry, and some crops so dependent on. Y\v,. 32. Arid land in western Anieriea before irngaiinn water, that their profitable cultivation depends on irriga- tion. There are various ways of putting water on land: by hand, by windmills, by engines, and by gravity. Human labor can be
. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. PLANTS AND WATER 43 with cattle. In diy seasons this part is injured by drought, and finally becomes entirely uni)roductive a month sooner than does the cultivated abaca on poorer ground. IRRICxATlON Various Methods. In spite of excellent cultivation, some lands are so dry, and some crops so dependent on. Y\v,. 32. Arid land in western Anieriea before irngaiinn water, that their profitable cultivation depends on irriga- tion. There are various ways of putting water on land: by hand, by windmills, by engines, and by gravity. Human labor can be used only where a valuable crop can be raised on a little ground, especially in gardens. In these, the water should be put on the ground in the late afternoon. Windmills, too, are used only for irriga- tion on a small scale, raising crops so valuable that a man needs but little land. Steam pumps are used in the United States to irricrate Gfreat rice fields; but in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Copeland, Edwin Bingham, 1873- [from old catalog]. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. , and Manila, World book company
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