Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands: Irrigation in the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... storage on on the Mojave . The land below is he Government . The universal tes- best . It is covered with grass and the year , and is capable , under irri- riant and profitable crops . Artesian- in places on the desert , but the ex ...
... storage on on the Mojave . The land below is he Government . The universal tes- best . It is covered with grass and the year , and is capable , under irri- riant and profitable crops . Artesian- in places on the desert , but the ex ...
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... storage res- arger streams of the coast all head the county of San Diego having a e miles . In the first belt the water- the third 1,655 square miles . The and northern slopes of its ridges s of pine , oak , and madroña . The e growths ...
... storage res- arger streams of the coast all head the county of San Diego having a e miles . In the first belt the water- the third 1,655 square miles . The and northern slopes of its ridges s of pine , oak , and madroña . The e growths ...
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... storage . They may on and conservation of the under- he neighboring mountain drainage . ke a close approximation of the re- th the water " in sight " certainly mate . Water storage on a grand t , will insure the reclamation of at Merced ...
... storage . They may on and conservation of the under- he neighboring mountain drainage . ke a close approximation of the re- th the water " in sight " certainly mate . Water storage on a grand t , will insure the reclamation of at Merced ...
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... storage becomes a onment finally of the small ditches , orks on a larger , and of necessity , g the medium between the two irrigation in Idaho may be set at cres of $ 1,187,000 . 10 renders the reclamation of its 1. The need of storage ...
... storage becomes a onment finally of the small ditches , orks on a larger , and of necessity , g the medium between the two irrigation in Idaho may be set at cres of $ 1,187,000 . 10 renders the reclamation of its 1. The need of storage ...
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... storage . There is plenty of wate whole country . I am speaking of Lev not raise fruit in the garden without L. F. Cartee , formerly surve horticulturist by irrigation , gav of his own work and observatio Idaho sage - brush land is ...
... storage . There is plenty of wate whole country . I am speaking of Lev not raise fruit in the garden without L. F. Cartee , formerly surve horticulturist by irrigation , gav of his own work and observatio Idaho sage - brush land is ...
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acequia acres aforesaid agricultural appeal appointed appropriation of water artesian assessment ater ation average California canal cañon Carson River cent certificate claim Colo Colorado construction corporation cost county commissioners court Creek crops cubic feet cultivated Dakota damages decree depth distribution district ditch diverted duty election engineer estimated extend feet per second flow flume Fresno Fresno County gate head-gate hereby inches irrigation Kern Kern Island Kern River L-AP VOL Lake located ment miner's inches mountain natural stream necessary Nevada notice owner or owners party payment petition pipes Plains portion priority proprietor quantity rain-fall reclamation region reservoir riparian River season Sevier River soil square miles storage subirrigation surface thereof tion tract Truckee River Tulare Lake Utah Valley wate water commissioner water rights water supply width