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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... produce crops . It is , however , more favorably situated than any of the other interior States on account of the great opening in the Cascade Moun- tains through which the Columbia River flows . The mouth of the Co- lumbia River is a ...
... produce crops . It is , however , more favorably situated than any of the other interior States on account of the great opening in the Cascade Moun- tains through which the Columbia River flows . The mouth of the Co- lumbia River is a ...
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... produce crops . The certainty of crops every year in an irrigated country where the water supply is sufficient is a most important con- sideration . Besides , in nearly every part of the arid region more than one crop can be produced ...
... produce crops . The certainty of crops every year in an irrigated country where the water supply is sufficient is a most important con- sideration . Besides , in nearly every part of the arid region more than one crop can be produced ...
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... producing lands on which this occurs are small in extent at present , though they are quite numerous . These areas ... produced by irrigation , warrants a close attention to the united appeal of the people of California for such a survey ...
... producing lands on which this occurs are small in extent at present , though they are quite numerous . These areas ... produced by irrigation , warrants a close attention to the united appeal of the people of California for such a survey ...
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... producing anything , or , if he does attempt to cultivate it , he has to do so by expensive and inefficient labor . He goes ... produce every- thing that men can and need to live upon . That is what brings wealth into any State . All our ...
... producing anything , or , if he does attempt to cultivate it , he has to do so by expensive and inefficient labor . He goes ... produce every- thing that men can and need to live upon . That is what brings wealth into any State . All our ...
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... produced by irrigation in eastern Wyoming , especially on Laramie Plains , said : I simply know that the experiment has ... produce very handsome crops of nearly every sort except Indian corn , if watered . There is already a ditch there ...
... produced by irrigation in eastern Wyoming , especially on Laramie Plains , said : I simply know that the experiment has ... produce very handsome crops of nearly every sort except Indian corn , if watered . There is already a ditch there ...
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