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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... stored , you think there is an abun- dance of water in the Rio Grande to furnish water to all the land ? Mr. BRONSON . To every acre that could be put under cultivation . It flows a great bold river every year through the periods of the ...
... stored , you think there is an abun- dance of water in the Rio Grande to furnish water to all the land ? Mr. BRONSON . To every acre that could be put under cultivation . It flows a great bold river every year through the periods of the ...
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... stored in the four months of idle season , in winter , is almost indefinite . The CHAIRMAN . Have any streams been taken out ? Mr. BRONSON . Small streams have been taken out at Pecos City , on the Pecos River , about 50 miles below ...
... stored in the four months of idle season , in winter , is almost indefinite . The CHAIRMAN . Have any streams been taken out ? Mr. BRONSON . Small streams have been taken out at Pecos City , on the Pecos River , about 50 miles below ...
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... stored . One way is to choke off these fellows in Colorado and New Mexico who have taken out the water in the face of an undeniable right . There should be a storage system here , by which the waters of the river could be retained in ...
... stored . One way is to choke off these fellows in Colorado and New Mexico who have taken out the water in the face of an undeniable right . There should be a storage system here , by which the waters of the river could be retained in ...
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... stored in the mountains above ? Mr. STREERUWITZ . The Colorado River of Texas might ; the Llano River partly ; the San Saba River ; part of the Brazos River ; the Pecos River ; the Nueces River ; the San Antonio River ; in fact , you ...
... stored in the mountains above ? Mr. STREERUWITZ . The Colorado River of Texas might ; the Llano River partly ; the San Saba River ; part of the Brazos River ; the Pecos River ; the Nueces River ; the San Antonio River ; in fact , you ...
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... stored , to irrigate 50,000 acres of land ? Mr. HELDT . Yes , I do . They are irrigating 12,000 acres of land at Del Rio and at San Felipe Spring , and that spring must come from the Devil's River somewhere , because every time that ...
... stored , to irrigate 50,000 acres of land ? Mr. HELDT . Yes , I do . They are irrigating 12,000 acres of land at Del Rio and at San Felipe Spring , and that spring must come from the Devil's River somewhere , because every time that ...
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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