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of the province, methods employed in the development of the water supply, the 

 use of surface and subterranean water in irrigation, legislation relating to water, sys- 

 tems of irrigation, reservoirs, colmataje (warping), and flooding. 



The River Nile and irrigation in Egypt ( Engineering [London], 76' [1904), No. 

 2023, pp. 476, 477, Jig. 1). — This is a review of a report by Sir William Garstin on 

 conditions on the Upper Nile and on the possibility of increasing and controlling the 

 flow of water by reservoirs, cut-off canals, etc. 



The Roosevelt masonry dam, on Salt River, Arizona ( Engin. News, 53 1 1905), 

 No. .'. pp. 33-37, figs. S). — The location, plan, and specifications for construction of 

 this dam are given. 



River discharge, mean velocity, and cross-sectional area curves, F. W. 

 Hanna i Engin. News, 53 (1905), No. 12, pp. 301, -7<i_> . 



Notes on hydrology, and the application of its laws to the problems of 

 hydraulic engineering, D. W. Mead (Madison, Wis., 1904, pp- 202, dl- )• 



Administration of streams in irrigation, E. Mead i Irrig. Age, 20 (1905), No. 5, 

 pp. 144-141;, figs. 3). —A paper read before the Western Society of Engineers. 



First biennial report of the State engineer to the Governor of North 

 Dakota, 1904, E. F. Chandler (Bien. Rpt. State Engin. N. Dak., 1 [1904), pp. 91, 

 figs. 8). — The principal features of this report are a discussion of desirable irrigation 

 laws for the State, with a draft of an irrigation code by Morris Bien, descriptions of 

 the river systems of the State and methods of stream measurement, and accounts of 

 surveys made by the U. S. ( reological Survey. The text of the national reclamation 

 act and the articles of incorporation of Lower Yellowstone Water Users' Association 

 are also given. 



The corn picker and husker ( Farmers' Voice and Rural Outlook, 43 ( 1905), No. 1, 

 p. 22, figs. 2). — A brief review of the evolution of this machine and descriptions of 

 construction, and accounts of successful practical tests of two makes. 



The disposal of strawboard and oil-well wastes, R. L. Sackett and I. Bowman 

 1 U. S. Geol. Survey, Water-Supply and Irrig. Paper No. 113, pp. 52, ph. '4, figs. 4)- — 

 This bulletin contains two papers dealing with two particularly troublesome sources 

 of damage to water supplies. The areas in which such damage occurs are very 

 large and important, pollution by strawboard wastes covering the States of Ohio, 

 Indiana, and Illinois, that discussed in the paper on oil wastes occurring in all parts 

 of the country in which oil wells have been developed. 



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Seventeenth Annual Report of Colorado Station, 1904 (Colorado Sta. Rpt. 

 1904, pp. 7.1-1 15 ).— This report, which is included in the annual report of the State 

 board of agriculture, contains the organization list of the station; a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904; and reports of the director and heads 

 of departments on the different lines of station w r ork during the year. 



Annual Report of Idaho Station, 1904 (Idaho Sta. Rpt. 1904, pp. 39).— This 

 contains the organization list of the station; a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1904; and reports of the director and heads of departments. Some 

 of the departmental reports are noted elsewhere. 



Seventeenth Annual Report of Kansas Station, 1904 (Kansas Sta. Rpt. 

 1904, pp. XXX + 253-256). — This includes the organization list of thestation; a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904; a report of the council on the 

 publications and work of the different departments of the station during the year; a 

 brief account of the results obtained at the Fort Hays Branch Station; brief state- 

 ments concerning the progress made in the destruction of prairie dogs and other 

 noxious mammals; and an outline of the experiments in testing and improving 

 cereals being carried out by the station in cooperation with this Department. A 

 complete list of station publications to June 30, 1904, is included. 



