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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... Dakota , and represented the most important agricultural and town interests , including officers of the Farmers ' Alliance , of the Black Hills section , the counties of Beadle , La Moure , Spink , Dickey , Grant , Marshall , Douglas ...
... Dakota , and represented the most important agricultural and town interests , including officers of the Farmers ' Alliance , of the Black Hills section , the counties of Beadle , La Moure , Spink , Dickey , Grant , Marshall , Douglas ...
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... Dakota , revealed climatic conditions that were a surprise even to the members present of your committee . It had been accepted almost as unquestioned that the Dakotas were among the most secure and most advanced in agricultural ...
... Dakota , revealed climatic conditions that were a surprise even to the members present of your committee . It had been accepted almost as unquestioned that the Dakotas were among the most secure and most advanced in agricultural ...
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... Dakota - that is of nine stations , a majority of which are east of the Missouri - is 22.98 inches per annum . The summer season rain - fall is estimated at 15 inches ; yet , it is shown to be wholly inadequate be- cause of inequality ...
... Dakota - that is of nine stations , a majority of which are east of the Missouri - is 22.98 inches per annum . The summer season rain - fall is estimated at 15 inches ; yet , it is shown to be wholly inadequate be- cause of inequality ...
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... Dakota , to Yank- ton , in the extreme southern part of the same State , there are now about 50 artesian town wells in operation , striking water at a depth that ranges from 1,576 feet at Jamestown to 610 and 600 at Yankton and ...
... Dakota , to Yank- ton , in the extreme southern part of the same State , there are now about 50 artesian town wells in operation , striking water at a depth that ranges from 1,576 feet at Jamestown to 610 and 600 at Yankton and ...
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... Dakota . Opinion was unanimous in the two Dakotas in support of a liberal appropriation for an irrigation survey , and the demand was made on all sides that the General Government should appropriate also a sum of money sufficient to ...
... Dakota . Opinion was unanimous in the two Dakotas in support of a liberal appropriation for an irrigation survey , and the demand was made on all sides that the General Government should appropriate also a sum of money sufficient to ...
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