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Report on Agriculture by Irrigation in Western Part of the United States 1890
Report on Agriculture by Irrigation in the Western Part of the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890 by F.H. Newell
Hard Cover
336 pages
Copyright 1894
CONTENTS
Letter of transmittal of the Commissioner of Labor in charge to the Secretary of the Interiorvii
WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES:
Number of farms and area irrigated 1,2
Percentage of land surface irrigated 2, 3
Percentage of number of farms irrigated 3
Percentage of farm area irrigated 3, 4
Character of crops and proportion irrigated 4, 5
Value of land and crops 5, 6
Size of farms 6-8
Cost of irrigation 8, 9
Total investment and enhanced value9-11
Cost of irrigating canals 11
Water supply 11, 12
Duty and value of water 12, 13
Rainfall 13, 14
Artesian wells 14-19
Reservoirs 19
Methods of conducting water 19, 20
Methods of applying water 20,21
STATES AND TERRITORIES:
Arizona 22-32
California 33-89
Colorado 90-135
Idaho 136-156
Montana 157-176
Nevada 177-192
New Mexico 193-201
Oregon 202-217
Utah 218-235
Washington 236-247
Wyoming 248-256
SUBHUMID STATES:
General remarks 257-260
North Dakota 260-262
South Dakota 263-266
Nebraska 266-273
Kansas 273-277
Texas 278-283
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
View of cement lined canear Santa Anita, Los Angeles county, California, illustrating improved method of conducting water.19
View of orange orchard, showing method of applying water by basins on terraces 20
View of Korn river and canal on south side above Bakersfield, Kern county, California 51
View of cement distributing ditch, North Pomona, Los Angeles county, California, illustrating method of distributing water to orchards 57
View of distributing ditch, Los Angeles county, California, illustrating method of conserving water by cement lined ditches 59
View of 52-inch redwood pipe crossing Warm Springs creek near Redlands, San Bernardino county, California, on the main
high line of the Bear Valley canal 72
View of artesian well and measuring device, Gage system, San Bernardino county, California 73
View at upper end of tunnel about one-half mile below head of North Poudre canal, Larimer county, Colorado 118
Scene on Rio Grande canal near Del Norte, Colorado, showing bifurcation gates, about 2 miles below main head gate 128
Scene on south branch of Payette river at point of diversion of the canal of Payette Valley Irrigation and Water Power Company, about 2 miles above Emmett, Ada county, Idaho 141
View of Bruneau dam and canal, Owyhee county, Idaho 155
View of valley and bench lands along West Gallatin river, Gallatin county, Montana 166
View in canyon of Bear river, Boxelder county, Utah, looking east, showing waste ways of Bear River canal on the left 223
View of Belmont canal near head, Cheyenne county, Nebraska 261
MAPS.
Western part of the United States, showing location of areas irrigated in 1889 2
Irrigation canals in the Gila valley, Arizona 28
Relative location of irrigation districts of California 39
Irrigating canals in the vicinity of Fresno, Fresno county, California 48
Irrigating canals in the vicinity of Bakersfield, Kern county, California 54
Irrigating canals in the vicinity of Tulare, Tulare county, California 85
Colorado, showing irrigated areas in 1889 91
Principal irrigating canals of Conejos and Rio Grande counties, Colorado 105
Irrigating canals in the vicinity of Greeley, Weld county, Colorado 134
Idaho, showing irrigated areas in 1889 137
Irrigating canals in the vicinity of Idaho Falls, Bingham county, Idaho 147
Montana, showing irrigated areas in 1889 157
New Mexico, showing irrigated areas in 1889 193
Utah, showing irrigated areas in 1889 218
Wyoming, showing irrigated areas in 1889 248
Irrigating canals along Arkansas river in western part of Kansas. 275
DIAGRAMS.
Classification of irrigated farms according to size 7
Annual rainfall at important stations in the western part of the United States 13
Average monthly precipitation at important stations in the western part of the United States 14
Daily discharge of Salt river at Arizona dam, Maricopa county, Arizona 27
Daily discharge of Arkansas river at Canyon, Fremont county, Colorado 111
Daily discharge of Rio Grande above Del Norte, Rio Grande county, Colorado 128
Daily discharge of West Gallatin river below Spanish creek, Gallatin county, Montana 167
Daily discharge of Yellowstone river at Horr, Park county, Montana 174
Daily discharge of Truckee river at Vista, Washoe county, Nevada 190
Daily discharge of Owyhee river at Rigsbys, Malheur county, Oregon 214
Daily discharge of Bear river at Collinston, Boxelder county, Utah 223
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