Excerpt from The Fruit Magazine, Vol. 2: Published Monthly, in the Interests of Fruit Growers, Fruit Dealers and Fruit Consumers; October, 1910-March, 1911 While this is only my second trip to British Columbia, I have during the past year taken two other trips in the arid region of the Northwest of the United States. My first visit to British Col umbia was a short one last May, when I had occasion to examine the fruit lands project across the river from Kamloops. From this examination, as well as from the general view I had of this part of the province, I was impress ed oi the similarity of your country with some portions of Eastern Washing ton, and so I do not feel a stranger to your irrigation conditions. I have selected for discussion topics which I believe are of general interest to those engaged in irrigation work. In the first part of my paper I shall discuss Seepage and evaporation losses in the conveyance of water, and their preven tion. 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.