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 $TLIN IBRiGTIoN -is men and yet more men, and the willing to help them by sapplying encouragement and instruction. State is ever water, nloney, Types of farms Farms on the irrigable areas are of varying sizes from 2 to 200 acres. The smaller 15 the laborer, and in some cases, the business man of an adjoining town. Each acre of irrigable land has a permanent "water-right" attached to it. The great balk of the farms range from 30 to 50 acres in size, farms from 2 to acres are designed to meet the reqnirements ,of. vegetable grower, the small orchardist, the farm of irrigable if reqnired, nay agreement. The with permanent water-rights. acres, shitable for dairy and areas up to 80 acres supplied daring the season; water-right is attached to each acre land disposed of. Further volumes, be sold to the landholder under with water-rights attached. water-right is defined as one acre-foot--that is, a depth of one foot of water over one acre, to be irrigating and one snch charge for water is 5 shillings (Rs. 3-12) per acre-foot, no distinction being made as regards the character of the crop waered. This charge is reduced by half for the first year, increasing yearly by 6d. (As. 6) cre-foot to the maximum charge, 5s. These all the requirements of .domestic, and irrigation they represent one of 'orld. We may note that the prevailing charge on the great canals of the United .Provinces is Rs. 4 pet' acre for all rabi crops and Rs. 2 per acre for. kharif crops, which require less ater. In India the rabi crops are usually given more than one foot of water daring the season; but per charges for water will cover the settler, both for stock, parposes. It is claimed that the cheapest sapplies in the The larger farms of 200 mixed farming, include A