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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... experience in railroads , was em- ployed by Colonel Nettleton to do the platting , and the map before you is his work . The blue line [ indicating ] describes the lake as it would exist when flooded . The average is 3 miles in width and ...
... experience in railroads , was em- ployed by Colonel Nettleton to do the platting , and the map before you is his work . The blue line [ indicating ] describes the lake as it would exist when flooded . The average is 3 miles in width and ...
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... experience in Montana . Fort Keogh , Miles City , was my stamping ground . The same rule applies there as down here . If you can get plenty of water you can raise plenty of stuff . This country on both sides of the river presents less ...
... experience in Montana . Fort Keogh , Miles City , was my stamping ground . The same rule applies there as down here . If you can get plenty of water you can raise plenty of stuff . This country on both sides of the river presents less ...
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... experience shows us , in a commercial way , is to our benefit . We buy their grapes , pears , apples , peaches , corn ; we trade with them in every respect ; and you may say that the valley of the Rio Grande opposite us is practically ...
... experience shows us , in a commercial way , is to our benefit . We buy their grapes , pears , apples , peaches , corn ; we trade with them in every respect ; and you may say that the valley of the Rio Grande opposite us is practically ...
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... experience in Deming is concerned , it is this : I have bought town lots 25 by 142 feet that , with the exception of my dairy and barn and the rest , are planted in fruit trees . I have a large pump and an 18 - foot well in connection ...
... experience in Deming is concerned , it is this : I have bought town lots 25 by 142 feet that , with the exception of my dairy and barn and the rest , are planted in fruit trees . I have a large pump and an 18 - foot well in connection ...
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... experience of Colorado , at a very conservative rate , as we think , about 50 acres for each cubic foot per second . The CHAIRMAN . That is , a miner's inch to the acre ? Mr. SPRINGER . Yes , I believe that amounts to the same thing ...
... experience of Colorado , at a very conservative rate , as we think , about 50 acres for each cubic foot per second . The CHAIRMAN . That is , a miner's inch to the acre ? Mr. SPRINGER . Yes , I believe that amounts to the same thing ...
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acres acres of land agricultural amount of water Arkansas River average basin bushels canal Cañon Cañon City capacity cent CHAIRMAN City Colorado committee construction cost Creek crops cubic feet cultivation Dakota depth Director POWELL Ditch Company east engineer evaporation expense farmers farming feet deep flood flow forest furnish Government Gray County inches irri irrigation Kansas LA GRANGE Lake Laramie Laramie River laws MEAD Mexico miles mountains Nebraska North Platte North Platte River owners party Paso Pecos Pecos River person places plains portion present pump purposes quantity railroad rain rain-fall raise reservoirs San Luis Valley sand season Senator JONES Senator PLUMB Senator REAGAN side soil spring square miles STATEMENT storage stored streams sufficient supply of water surface survey Territory Texas thereof timber tion valley water rights water supply western wheat Wyoming