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Circular No. 50. Preliminary Plans and Estimates fur Drainage of Fresno District, 

 Cal., ])y C. G. Elliott. Pp. 12, pis. 2. 



This circular discusses the practical »ilit>- of drainat^e as a remedy 

 for alkali and fjives the surveys for lavino- out the drains considered 

 necessary for a tract of 25 square miles around the cit}' of Fresno, and 

 estimates of the cost of their construction. 



Separates were printed as follows: 



Bulletin No. 110. Report of Irrigation Investigations for 1901. No. 1 contains: 

 Sununary of Results, by R. P. Teele; Irrigation in New Mexico, l>y W. M. Reed; 

 Irrigation Investigations in Salt River Valley, by W. II. Cotle; Irrigation at the 

 Arizona Experiment Station Farm, by A. .1. McClatchie. No. 2 contains: Sub- 

 terranean AVater Supply of the San Bernardino Valley, Cal., l)y E. \V. Hilgard; 

 Duty of Water under Gage Canal, Cal., by W. Irving; Duty of Water in Tule 

 River Basin, Cal., by A. E. Chandler; ITse of Water in Inigation in Wasliington, 

 by O. L. Waller. No. 8 contains: The Distril)ution of Water from Canals in Idaho, 

 by D. W. Ross; Investigations in Montana, 1901, by Samuel Fortier; Irrigation in 

 Bear River Valley, Utah, by Arthur P. Stover; Irrigation in (Jrand and Arkansas 

 Valleys, Colo., l)y Arthur P. Stover, No. 4 contains: Irrigation Under Great 

 Ea.stern Canal, Nebr., by 0. V. P. Stout; Irrigation at the ^lissouri State Experi- 

 ment Station, by II. J. Waters; Irrigation Experiments in Wisconsin, 1901, by 

 F. II. King; Irrigation in New Jersey, 1901, by E. B. Voorhees; Second Progress 

 Report on Silt i\Ieasurements, by J. C. Nagle. 



Bulletin No. \?>'.\. Report of Irrigation Investigations for 1902. No. 1 contains: Irri- 

 gation in Mountain Water District, Salt Lake County, Utah, by E. R. Morgan; 

 The Use of Water from the Wood Rivers, Idaho, by J. D. Stannard. No. 2 con- 

 tains: Irrigation Investigations on Sand Creek, All)any County, Wyo., by B. P. 

 Fleming; Irrigation in Washington, l)y O. L. Waller; Irrigation Investigations in 

 Montana, 1902, by Samuel Fortier; Irrigation Systems on Stoney Creek, Cal., by 

 \V. T. Clarke and C. W. Landis; Irrigation in the Black Hills, S. Dak., by A. B. 

 ("rane. No. ."^ contains: Rice Irrigation in Louisiana and Texas, l)y Frank Bond; 

 Third Progress Report on Silt Measurements, by J. C. Nagle; Irrigation Experi- 

 ments at Missouri Experiment Station, by H. J. Waters; Irrigation in Wisconsin 

 in 1902, by A. R. Whitson; Irrigation Investigations in New .lersey, 1902, by E. B. 

 Voorhees; The Use of Pumps for Irrigatifin in Hawaii, by Tared (1. Smith. 



New editions of Imlletins were printed as follows: 



Bulletin No. 86. That part of the Annual Report of Irrigation Investigations for 1899 



referring to Utah. 

 Uiilletin No. 92. The Reservoir System of tlie Cache la I'oudre Valley, l)y E. S. Net- 



tleton. Pj). 4S, i>ls. 14. Price, 15 cents. 

 IJuiletin No. 105. Irrigation in the United States. Testimony of Elwood Mead 



before the Industrial Commission .Tune 11 ami 12, 1901. Pp. 47. Price, 15 cents. 



The followino- reports of work done in liM)3 are now prepared and 

 will soon he pu))lished: 



Irrio-iition in Italy. By Elwood Mead. This is a report of o]>serva- 

 tions made ])y Professor i\I(!ad in the valley of the Po in Italy diirino- 

 the smnmer of 1903. The climatic conditions in that valley are very 

 similar to those in the central Mississippi Valley and the crops are the 

 same, with a few exceptions. Th«^ report is therefore of especial 

 value as showiri*,^ what irrio'ation will do to increase i)r()duction where 



