Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Irrigation |
Common terms and phrases
acres acres of land agricultural alfalfa amount of water ARID LANDS arid region artesian average basin Bear River Boisé bushels canal Cañon Cassia County CHAIRMAN City Colorado committee construction cost Creek crops cultivation Custer County Dakota Director POWELL east estimate extent farm farmers flow Fork Government Idaho inches irri irrigable lands irrigation IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION irrigation districts irrigation survey James River miles long miner's inches Missouri Missouri River Montana mountains Nevada North Dakota oats places portion produce purposes rain-fall raise reclaimed RECLAMATION OF ARID reservoir sites reservoirs River Valley Salt Lake Salt Lake County Senator JONES Senator PLUMB Senator REAGAN settlers Sevier Sevier River side SMITH Snake River snow soil spring square miles STATEMENT storage stored streams sufficient Territory timber tion topographic Utah Utah Lake Walla water rights water supply Weber River wheat Yellowstone