Irrigation in the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - 386 pages |
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... seasons . In the northern or Dakota portion the average is more evenly maintained . This division will include the western half of Kansas and Nebraska , one - third ( or the eastern foot - hills and plains region ) of Colorado , the ...
... seasons . In the northern or Dakota portion the average is more evenly maintained . This division will include the western half of Kansas and Nebraska , one - third ( or the eastern foot - hills and plains region ) of Colorado , the ...
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... season rain falls in sufficient quantity to give life to vegetation and insure good crops . The average temperature is 520. The rain - fall of the year does not average more than 20 inches . South of the Snake River it is not more than ...
... season rain falls in sufficient quantity to give life to vegetation and insure good crops . The average temperature is 520. The rain - fall of the year does not average more than 20 inches . South of the Snake River it is not more than ...
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... season : Clear Lake , 1,300 feet elevation , six years , 16.2 inches to 66.7 inches ; Visalia , three years , 6.7 inches to 10.3 inches ; San Francisco , twenty - two years , 7 inches to 49.3 inches ; Piliarcitos , nine years , 39 ...
... season : Clear Lake , 1,300 feet elevation , six years , 16.2 inches to 66.7 inches ; Visalia , three years , 6.7 inches to 10.3 inches ; San Francisco , twenty - two years , 7 inches to 49.3 inches ; Piliarcitos , nine years , 39 ...
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... season through a long series of years . Fresno , Tulare , and Kern Counties form the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley . The three counties have an aggregate area of 21,770 square miles , or about 13,932,800 acres . Of this large ...
... season through a long series of years . Fresno , Tulare , and Kern Counties form the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley . The three counties have an aggregate area of 21,770 square miles , or about 13,932,800 acres . Of this large ...
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... season . This has not happened in the southern portion of the valley . The deeper wells continue to flow regularly . It is claimed that some of the wells in Tulare County will each irrigate 160 acres of land thoroughly , and after the ...
... season . This has not happened in the southern portion of the valley . The deeper wells continue to flow regularly . It is claimed that some of the wells in Tulare County will each irrigate 160 acres of land thoroughly , and after the ...
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Irrigation in the United States Richard Josiah Hinton,United States Dept of Agriculture No preview available - 2016 |
Irrigation in the United States: A Report Richard Josiah Hinton,United States Dept of Agriculture No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 247 - ... for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same ; and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Page 240 - Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States, according to the principles of the Constitution; and in the mean time, shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty and property, and secured in the free exercise of their religion without...
Page 247 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 156 - ... their free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Page 240 - Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico, and which remain for the future within the limits of the United States, as defined by the present Treaty, shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said territories, or disposing thercof, and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their being subjected, on this account, to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever.
Page 173 - Priority of appropriation shall give the better right as between those using the water for the same purpose ; but when the waters of any natural stream are not .sufficient for the service of all those desiring the use of the same, those using the water for domestic purposes shall have the preference over those claiming for any other purpose, and those using the water for agricultural purposes shall have preference over those using the same for manufacturing purposes.
Page 172 - That private property shall not be taken or damaged, for public or private use, without just compensation.
Page 180 - If the board fail to appoint a board of election, or the members appointed do not attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the electors of the precinct present at that hour may appoint the board, or supply the place of an absent member thereof. The board of directors must, in its order appointing the board of election, designate the house or place within the precinct where the election must be held.
Page 240 - ... in the said territories after the expiration of that year without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans shall be considered to have elected to become citizens of the United States.
Page 179 - Such petition shall be presented at a regular meeting of the said board, and shall be published for at least two weeks before the time at which the same is to be presented, in some newspaper printed and published in the county where said petition is presented, together with a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented...