An irrigating canal would make productive a belt as wide as the supply of water could be made to spread over across this entire country, and would secure a cordon of settlements connecting the present population of the mountain and mining regions with that of the older States.
Grant describes the potential benefits of an irrigating canal for agricultural productivity.
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