trickle irrigation

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Origin of trickle irrigation

First recorded in 1970–75

Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, many old Nazis managed discreetly to trickle back to what they regarded as the Fatherland.
Hitler’s Henchmen in Arabia|Guy Walters|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the meantime, much of the book is already available online, and scholarly criticism has already started to trickle in.
Jesus Christ, Baby Daddy?|Candida Moss|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Months after the president stepped in to save the Yazidis from genocide, the airstrikes have slowed to a trickle.
Yazidis Face Genocide by ISIS After U.S. Turns Away|Josh Rogin|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Each year their fields need at least 53 billion cubic meters of water for irrigation.
The Aral Sea's Disappearing Act|Anna Nemtsova|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A small trickle of donations from friends and family, handled by a church in Indiana, was his main source of funding.
ISIS Thugs Behead Peter Kassig|Nick Schwellenbach|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Water itself is of course essential to the growth of every plant, but the benefits of Irrigation reach far beyond this.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
I laved his pain-twisted face with the cool water and let a few drops trickle into his open mouth.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The trickle of water sounded very pleasant to all the children as they lay down once more to drink.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
One company also has irrigation works, and ready-made farms for settlers in the prairie provinces.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Beardsley savored the thought tastily, and let it trickle away, and the look of glee on his cherubic face was gone.
We're Friends, Now|Henry Hasse