b. The territory affected.
(See the World’s Work, Dec., 1907.)
F. How the government gets its money back.
a. Sale of land in tracts not exceeding 160 acres to an individual.
b. Payment in ten equal annual installments.
Where can the water be obtained for irrigating purposes in these dry areas?
(Conversation. Assignment to books in use by all of the class. Assign article in Review of Reviews, 31:701-704, to a pupil as a special topic.)
How can the supply of water which falls during the rainy season be kept for use during the dry season?
(Assignment of special topics relating to particular subjects.)
How is the water in the reservoirs or rivers distributed to the fields when it is needed?
(Illustrate by an outdoor lesson; or if the nature of the country is not suited to illustrate the process, use the sand table and construct a system of irrigation showing reservoir, main canals, and the distributing ditches. Assign subirrigation as a special topic.)
How does the United States government aid in reclaiming the waste lands of the West?
What disposition does the government make of the reclaimed lands?
Ref. the Cosmopolitan, 37:715-722.
The World’s Work, Dec., 1907.
G. The effects of irrigation.