70 KKP(»UT OF OFFICE OK EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



sioiis, ;uiil tlic iiniiiiici' in wliicli this divcrsioM of tlir sticiiiiis has 

 iiitci-t'crrd w itli natiiiiil coiulit i()ii> as (lu>v existed hcforc di\('rsions 

 hciiaii. Iliis woik lias hccii caiTiod on. since the, n'sii^iiatioii of C. T. 

 rlolmston. iindii' ilir direction of ('. K. Tail, assisted l»y Frank Adams, 

 W. B. Diintoii. W. F. Hartlctt. Professor Stout of (he Fniversity of 

 Nebraska, and Professor FlcMiinii- of the Univ'crsitv of \\'vominjr. 

 I'rof. Hichai'd T. Fly. of the rniversity of Wisconsin, has been eneao-od 

 as a special expert to study the social and economic (juestions in\()lved. 

 The collection of these data has been a laborious undertakine- aiid one 

 season is not sullici<Mit to complete the woi'k. it is beiiexcd that th(^ 

 report on this study will thi'ow much needed liuht on many of the 

 impoi'tant piactical features of iriieation l)eai"in^ on the issues now 

 beinjif ])rescnted to the United States district and Supreme courts, and 

 will aid in reachin*^ ri^ht conclusions. 



Durinof 1903 this Office ])eoan the systematic collection of tlio results 

 of the best irrigation practice as developed by ii-i-io-ators and canal 

 managers. We intend pul)lishine- l)ulletins thereon for the use of 

 beg'inners in irrioation. The su])jects dealt with w(u-e the prepai'ation 

 of land for in-ieation and the desi<i;n and construction of current 

 wheels for liftin<^" water from streams. Fach of the at^HMits of this 

 Otlice was requested to send in desci"iptions and illustrations of the 

 prevailing practice in the region where he was carrying on investi- 

 gations and to describe any current wheels in use in his district. The 

 bulletins giving the results of these reports wull be published in a 

 short time. The collection of similar data along other lines of irriga- 

 tion practice will be continued during the coming year. 



IRRIGATION rUBLICATIONS. 



The pul)lications on ii-rigation for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1903, 

 included five bulletins, two Year))ook articles, and one circular. The 

 subjects treated in these publications are as follows: 



Irrigation Laws in Utah; Fgvptian Iirigation; Plans of Structures 

 in Use on Irrigation Canals in the United States; lieport of Irrigation 

 Investigations for 1902 in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, Mon- 

 tana, California, South Dakota, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, Wisconsin, 

 New Jersey, and Hawaii; Storage of W^ater on the Cache la Poudre 

 and Big Thompson Rivers in Colorado; Some Fngineering P^Mitures 

 of Drainage; Preliminar}' Plans and Fstimates for Drainage of Fresno 

 District, Califoriiia. 



