Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1897 — Irrigation in China. [ARTICLE]

Irrigation in China.

Since the year 2627 B. C.—ten years after the accession to the throne of Hoangti—or 4,523 years ago, the Chinese are known to have irrigated their lands for agricultural purposes.