Excerpt from The Plantworld, 1909, Vol. 12: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of General Botany Irrigation Farming by Lucius M. Wilcox is the title of a recent interesting book dealing particularly with western agri culture. It contains 494 pages and includes numerous diagrams and illustrations, being a revised and enlarged edition. The author has endeavored to treat in a general way the entire sub ject of irrigation, twenty-four chapters being devoted to as many different topics, Of which the following are the more prominent: effects of irrigation upon different types Of soils; treatment of alkali in land; canal construction; pipes and flume's; reservoirs and ponds in irrigation; methods of applying water to the field, orchard, vineyard and garden; irrigation in humid climates and winter irrigation; all about alfalfa; windmills, engines and pumps for irrigation, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.