Irrigation
Farmers pumping river water and spraying the water onto their fields of growing crops is known as crop irrigation.
Farmers take or divert water from a river for irrigation purposes, and to water their crops.
They dug holes to move it and they built dams to make sure they had enough water but there crops didn't flood.
Farmers could use the water to water the crops
Flooding is good for farmers because farmers like water.
The Aztec farmers watered their plants by waiting for rain to give them water.
the fertile soil
In chapter 5 for The Grapes Of Wrath, the owners of the land suggest the tenant farmers to move to California.
The farmers put lime water on acidic soil.
Farmers get their water by the irrigation. (called the Central Valley Project)
Farmers and other Industries can conserve water by recycling it to be used again.