Word: watering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...grass in the western part is excellent for grazing purposes. The rainfall in this region is from 10 to 15 inches per year, while 23 inches are necessary for profitable agriculture. The snow in the mountains, however, fills the streams and brooks, and although a great deal of the water is wasted, a large amount of it is used to great advantage by irrigation. Reservoirs are being built in case these streams dry up, and thus millions and millions of acres are being reclaimed...
...southern California and along the Rio Grande irrigation is carried on very scientifically and advantageously. The method used at present is to tap a stream up in the mountains; water is led off by long canals down into the valleys, and each farmer in turn taps the canal to irrigate his land. The laterals are at times but 100 feet apart, and the water flowing through them moistens all the intervening ground...
...Cornell freshmen will put a crew on the water this year and will probably challenge the Yale freshmen crew to a race at New London...
...greater part of the winter. But if the baseball management or college authorities object to this why could it not be done to Norton's Field? It is much larger, there is no grass to hurt, and it would take comparatively little money to have it made to hold water, and indeed there is always quite a large amount of water after every rain. This would have a great advantage over the ponds around Cambridge, as it would be much nearer and being on college grounds could be used exclusively by the students...
...Hastings a few days ago a water tank, situated over number 43 overflowed, leaked through the ceiling and spoiled a great part of the furniture...