Agricultural Irrigation - With Information on Water Quantities, Sewage, Reservoirs and Various Methods of Irrigation

This volume offers a detailed treatise on agricultural irrigation, including information on water quantities, sewage, reservoirs, and various methods of irrigation. A thorough text complete with useful tables and a wealth of helpful and practicable information, this antique volume will be a useful tool for modern farmers and others with an interest in irrigation. The chapters of this book include: 'Irrigation', 'Water may act as Manure', 'Amount of Water needed by Plants', 'Wilting', 'When do Plants Wilt?', 'Quantity of Rain that Falls', 'Amount of Water used in Irrigating', 'Ruin caused by the Destruction of Irrigation Works', 'Some Evils of Irrigation', 'Reservoir for Irrigation Water', etcetera. Many antique books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are proudly republishing 'Agricultural Irrigation' in an affordable modern edition for the edification of those interested.