International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Associations, Pearse, Arno Smith, 1872- · [Manchester] · leaf 57
unevenly distributed periods.It is therefore only by means of artificial irrigation that agriculturecan flourish there. Other parts of India, e.g., Madras, Bombay, Cen-tral Provinces, have also some means of artificially watering the growingcrops. The whole of the larger and more important works of… … Lifting water by means of baskets. There are three great classes of irrigation works: (1) Lifts, (2)storage, (3) river. These are represented by wells, tanks, reservoirs,and canals. Purely lift irrigation works are of a minor character, andLift. are not owned, or maintained, by the State. Private…
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