CONCLUSION.

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CONCLUSION.

In presenting this series of articles, which have been designed primarily for the farmers of Central Otago, it is realized by the writers that only a few of the most salient features in regard to the wide subject of “Irrigation and its Practice ” have been touched upon. Although irrigation is of great antiquity, there is much to learn, and still more to unlearn, before perfection in its practice can be attained. Experience, the master teacher, will at all times prove the most valuable factor in regard to the irrigation farmer realizing his aims and ambitions and, being practically without precedent in New Zealand to guide him, he must rely to a large extent on his own sound judgment. The conviction remains, however, that, with the intelligent and industrious class of farmer who is taking up this type of farming,. Central Otago has a great future before it. Finally, our thanks are due to Mr. F. W. Furkert, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department, and to Mr. A. H. Cockayne, Director of the Fields Division, Department of Agriculture, for the helpful suggestions and advice rendered in the -compilation of this series of articles.