Water Supply 1

Abstract

ONE of the difficulties besetting the agriculturist in the vast area known as the Great Plains and constituting the central region of the United States is the irregular rainfall. The land is fertile enough, but a recurring series of dry years militates greatly against its effective development. Attempts have been made to remedy the evil by means of artificial irrigation, but so far these efforts have been sporadic and local, and, consequently, they have not produced the completely beneficial results which might be obtained if all the ground water were systematically conserved and utilised.