Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... Bear and the Jordan being the largest . The amount of land under cultivation by irrigation in this Territory is about 600,000 acres , which may be increased to 3,000,000 acres when the waters which are found in it and which flow through ...
... Bear and the Jordan being the largest . The amount of land under cultivation by irrigation in this Territory is about 600,000 acres , which may be increased to 3,000,000 acres when the waters which are found in it and which flow through ...
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... Bear , the American , the Tuolumne , the Stanislaus , the Merced , the Kings , the San Joaquin , the Kern , and many smaller streams flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the great valley of California , when utilized with a proper high ...
... Bear , the American , the Tuolumne , the Stanislaus , the Merced , the Kings , the San Joaquin , the Kern , and many smaller streams flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the great valley of California , when utilized with a proper high ...
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... bear the same burdens as are imposed on State lands and the lands of private persons ; and that the home- stead settlers who take such lands with the irrigation works con- structed for their reclamation , shall take them subject to the ...
... bear the same burdens as are imposed on State lands and the lands of private persons ; and that the home- stead settlers who take such lands with the irrigation works con- structed for their reclamation , shall take them subject to the ...
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... Bear Lake Basin , with its valley , table - lands , foot - hills , and mountains , in which could be seen the evi- dence of what irrigation produces in the farms and fields of the Mor- mon settlers , proved to be one of the most ...
... Bear Lake Basin , with its valley , table - lands , foot - hills , and mountains , in which could be seen the evi- dence of what irrigation produces in the farms and fields of the Mor- mon settlers , proved to be one of the most ...
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... Bear Lake County the total cost for the 21,500 acres irrigated is given at $ 73,500 , or a fraction over $ 3.60 per acre . The ditches of the northern portion of Bingham County cost $ 435,000 , or a cost per acre of $ 1.775 . Small as ...
... Bear Lake County the total cost for the 21,500 acres irrigated is given at $ 73,500 , or a fraction over $ 3.60 per acre . The ditches of the northern portion of Bingham County cost $ 435,000 , or a cost per acre of $ 1.775 . Small as ...
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