Excerpt from Irrigation Ought Montana to Aid It if So, How?: A Report to Governor Jos; K. Toole, Being a Supplement to a Report on the State Arid Land Grant Commision Dear Sir: - In examining Arid Land Grant Commission matters I noted that Wyoming had reclaimed much more land, under the Carey Act, than any other state. Interest in the subject led me to a comparison of irrigation conditions, legal and physical, existing in various states. As a result of such study I became convinced there was urgent need for the enactment by Montana of an irrigation code. That conviction prompts submitting to Your Excellency and the public the following. During my investigation I learned that Director S. Fortier of the Montana Experiment Station and Mr. E. C. Kinney, manager of West Gallatin Irrigation Co., were working on the same subject and had arrived at conclusions similar to mine. Both those gentlemen assisted in framing the proposed law herewith and are entitled to credit for persistent endeavors in behalf of this reform. The subject affords material for a volume: the limit of this communication compels omission of much convincing data Those who wish more information will find Bulletins Nos.58, 96, 100, 86 and 104, issued by the Office of Experiment Stations, D. C., very interesting and profitable. All are obtainable at the State Historical Library or the Helena Public Library and some from the issuing office. Irrigation - Ought Montana to Aid it, if So. How? The future of Montana, her growth in wealth and homes, depends first and most on the development of her agricultural resources and that means irrigation, since only in Flathead and Cascade Counties are crops produced without. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.