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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... nearly all the convention delegates tes- tified , representing fifteen counties . Sessions were held in the Dakotas on the train , as elsewhere , and many witnesses so examined were found presenting the collective opinions and wishes of ...
... nearly all the convention delegates tes- tified , representing fifteen counties . Sessions were held in the Dakotas on the train , as elsewhere , and many witnesses so examined were found presenting the collective opinions and wishes of ...
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... nearly or quite all of the waters in sight that through its upper channels flow down to and across the wonderful mountain bowl of San Luis and from the Rio Grande River and Valley . After crossing the great basin plain , almost ...
... nearly or quite all of the waters in sight that through its upper channels flow down to and across the wonderful mountain bowl of San Luis and from the Rio Grande River and Valley . After crossing the great basin plain , almost ...
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... nearly or quite one hundred flowing wells in South Dakota , though all but those named as town wells are usually of small bore and were sunk for farm purposes only . The re- markable features of this belt of artesian water are its ...
... nearly or quite one hundred flowing wells in South Dakota , though all but those named as town wells are usually of small bore and were sunk for farm purposes only . The re- markable features of this belt of artesian water are its ...
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... nearly forty years . Not one - fifth of the present population could be sustained without it upon the soil of the Territory . As it is , Utah feeds not only its own population of at least 175,000 persons , but has a considerable surplus ...
... nearly forty years . Not one - fifth of the present population could be sustained without it upon the soil of the Territory . As it is , Utah feeds not only its own population of at least 175,000 persons , but has a considerable surplus ...
Page 47
... nearly doubled if all the mountain lakes which physical geography plainly shows are within the proper drainage areas ... nearly 24 , of oats about 29 , of barley nearly 30 , and of potatoes 140 bushels to the acre . The average yield of ...
... nearly doubled if all the mountain lakes which physical geography plainly shows are within the proper drainage areas ... nearly 24 , of oats about 29 , of barley nearly 30 , and of potatoes 140 bushels to the acre . The average yield of ...
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