By means of this Act farmers are helped in carrying out a good many improvement, such as transforming his property into irrigable land, well-prospecting, purchase and installation of pumps for water elevation, construction of reservoirs, electrification, erection of buildings for agricultural exploitation (hen-houses, stables, barns, hogsties, etc.), new plantations, stockfeed silos, dungmeres, land-supporting, etc.
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