v.3. Rocky Mountain region and Great Plains. v.4. Statements by Director Powell and other officers of the U. S. Geological Survey. Consular reports. General report on irrigation in United States. Miscellaneous papers. [v.5] Irrigation in the United States. By R.J. Hinton... being a 2d ed. of Misc. doc. 15, 49th Cong. [2d sessU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... agricultural , but also from a scientific point of view , and merits much more attention than is now given the ... agriculture prosecuted in this section of the country ? Mr. WILLIAMS . In various ways . There has been a good deal of ex ...
... agricultural , but also from a scientific point of view , and merits much more attention than is now given the ... agriculture prosecuted in this section of the country ? Mr. WILLIAMS . In various ways . There has been a good deal of ex ...
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... agricultural resources of Tom Green County , Tex . , and how such re- sources may best be increased or improved by irrigation , I would briefly and imper- fectly submit as follows : Tom Green County , Tex . , or perhaps , better to ...
... agricultural resources of Tom Green County , Tex . , and how such re- sources may best be increased or improved by irrigation , I would briefly and imper- fectly submit as follows : Tom Green County , Tex . , or perhaps , better to ...
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... agriculture before 1884 that would justify the settlement of this country for agricultural purposes ? Mr. CLARK . There had been to a limited extent . We came in 1884 and we found that many claims had been taken by men that came in 1876 ...
... agriculture before 1884 that would justify the settlement of this country for agricultural purposes ? Mr. CLARK . There had been to a limited extent . We came in 1884 and we found that many claims had been taken by men that came in 1876 ...
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... agricultural country I am con- vinced in my own mind that with the exception of the want of water here it is one of the finest agricultural countries in the entire West . I believe that with the soil we have in southwestern Kansas all ...
... agricultural country I am con- vinced in my own mind that with the exception of the want of water here it is one of the finest agricultural countries in the entire West . I believe that with the soil we have in southwestern Kansas all ...
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... agricultural country here . Senator PLUMB . What I want to know is how the Government should do that . Mr. GREGORY . The extent to which the Government should go would be , as I have stated , to the extent of demonstrating what should ...
... agricultural country here . Senator PLUMB . What I want to know is how the Government should do that . Mr. GREGORY . The extent to which the Government should go would be , as I have stated , to the extent of demonstrating what should ...
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