Which preposition to use with irrigations

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"The Irrigation of Mesopotamia," p. 5 (London, 1911: Spon).]

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The Mesopotamian plain, the cradle of civilization, and for centuries the granary of the world, was to be redeemed by irrigation from the encroachment of the desert, order and security were to be restored, labour to be set at work, and science and power to be devoted on a great scale to their only proper purpose, the increase of life.

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Indeed, Kansas soil produces almost anything to perfection, and the State, thanks largely to works of irrigation in the extreme western section, is producing larger quantities of indispensable agricultural products every year.

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But experiments in transfusion have not been fruitless; they have culminated in demonstrating the inestimable value of infusions of 'normal,' or 'physiological,' solutions of sodium chloride, and not only of infusions, but also of peritoneal irrigation with such solutions.

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I founded many new buildings throughout Assyria, and I opened out irrigation for corn in excess of what my fathers had done.

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Three of them have already been adopted, and virtually incorporated with agricultural science and economy; and the fourth, or irrigation by steam power, bids fair to find as much favor, and as many adherents in the end as the others have done.

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The Captain would not have to resort to irrigation on his lands to-day.

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The land is barren and dry, which compels them to induce irrigation through long canals from far away streams, and the men are never afraid of work.

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The advantages of irrigation to the country, through which it passed, were nothing compared to the expense of its construction.

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K.A. Wittfogel, Oriental Despotism, New Haven 1957 regards irrigation as a key economic and social factor and has built up his theory around this concept.

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