The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-24
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&ct Scotland K IS estimated that
more s1&a sS.0aGlQ0 acres are under
irrigation throughout the world.
History records that the valley Of
March, Il Arabia, was supplied with
water drawn from 3 reservoir made by
! tam 20 feet in height, and two
miles n length. This wall was con-
sc-uctei of hewn stones and it re-
strained the swift current of an impor-
tanC stream for more than 1000 years.
Mention is also made of the canal of
Jhe Pharaohs, connecting the Red sea
with Potassium. Flood waters of the
river were used to irrigate the valley
OF the Nile centuries before, and the
plains of Babylon were literally crisis
crossed with canals, some of them
hundreds of miles in length. The Ro-
mans also operated vast systems,
while the Chinese supplied moisture
to their rice lands by artificial means
before the Christian era.
Mormons settling on the shores of
the Great Salt lake, in Utah, were the
first of the English-speaking people TO
make a systematic application OF the
principles of irrigation in the west.
They turned the waters of the Wa.
satch mountain streams upon their
holdings, the present site of Salt Lake
City. mastering the art after wears of
effort. Priests of the early missions
also made use of water on the lands
in southern California. where TODAY
may be seen the ruins of pretentious
works built by the Indians. Placer
gold miners in California utilized tn.
water from their bitches for irrigation
purposes.
The result obtained in Utah and
California induced settlers in other
states and territories to try the nlan
and small tracts of land were mt nm
der the bitches in Idaho, Washington
and Oregon. The Indians in the Clear
water country, in Idaho, were the frs,
in this part of the country to use arti
fcally supplied moisture in the culti
walton of crops. Rev, Henry n
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