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profit for the labor and time expended in their cultivation.

   The scarcity of water for irrigation is the greatest drawback to the successful pursuit of agriculture in this location.   the land is favorably located for farming, but the seasons are so dry, the Earth becomes parched and vegetation burned up by the extreme temperature.

   During the past eight years the average amount of rainfall per month has been 2.01 inches - the amount of moisture in the atmosphere from ? 60.19 and the average amount of radiation or evaporation during the same time and ? 67.39, from which it will be observed that the saturation more than counterbalances the amount of moisture in the air.  the Climate is very dry and the quantity of snow falling hardly perceptible -  In consequence of these ?national?