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KUKAL ENGINEERING. 



Fifteenth annual report of the Keclamation Service, 1915-16, A. P. Davis 

 (Ann. Rpt. Reclamation Serv. [U. &'.]. 15 {1916}, pp. 806, fig. 1). — This report 

 relates in particular to the work completed and in progress during the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1916, but in addition contains a brief history of construc- 

 tion and engineering features from the beginning of the enterprise in order 

 that its methods, progress, and results may be more readily understood. 



Seventh biennial report of the State engineer to the governor of North 

 Dakota for the biennial period ending June 30, 1916, J. W. Buss {Bien. 

 Rpt. State Engin. N. Dak., 7 {1915-16), pp. 162, pis. 2d).— This reiwrt of work 

 and expenditures includes dat;* on roads and bridges, measurements of flow of 

 streams of the State, and mining. 



Surface water supply of Pacific slope basins in California, 1914 {U. S. 

 Geol. Survey, Water-Supply Paper S91 {1917), pp. 9-SS4 + XXXVI, pis. 2).— 

 This report, prepare<l in cooperation with the State of California, contains the 

 results of measurements of flow made on Pacific coa.st drainage basins in Cali- 

 fornia, together with a list of gauging stations and publications relating to 

 water re.sources. 



Surface water supply of Missouri River Basin, 1914 {U. S. Geol. Survey, 

 Water-supply Paprr SS6 {1911), pp. 7-220+ X LI, pis. 5).— This report, pre- 

 pared in cooperation with the States of Colorado, Montana. Nebraska, and 

 South Dakota, presents the results of measurements of flow made on the Mi.s- 

 souri River and tributary basins during 1914. Additional ."sections are included 

 on .steam-gauging stations and a list of publications relating to water resources. 



Surface water supply of Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River Basins, 

 1915 {IJ. S. Geol. Survey, Water-Supply Paper 405 {1917), pp. 7-2/5 -h AAA, 

 pis. 4). — This rejjort, prepared in cooperation with the States of Minnesota, 

 Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, contains the results of measurements of flow 

 made on the Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi drainage basins, together with 

 an apiHMidix of gauging stations and a list of publications relating to water 

 resources. 



Second report on the water powers of Alabama, B. M. and M. R. Hall 

 {Geul. Survey Ala. Bui. 17 {1916), pp. U8, pls. 19, figs. 4).— This Is a second 

 report on the water powers of Alabama, giving the results of measurements of 

 flow made on the Apalachlcola, Choctawliatchee, Escambia, and Mobile River 

 basins, together with river profiles and miscellaneous Information. 



Profile surveys of rivers in Wisconsin ((/. S. Geol. Survey, Water-Supply 

 Paper 417 {1917), pp. 16, pis. S2). — This report, prepared under the direction of 

 W. II. Herron and in cooi>eratlon with the State of Wisconsin, describes the 

 general features of natural drainage in Wisconsin and gives plans and profiles 

 resulting from river surveys ot the Peshtlgo, Chippewa, Black, and Wisconsin 

 River basins. 



The economical use of irrigation water, W. L. Powers {Oregon Sto. Bui. 

 140 {1917), pp. S-79, figs. 15). — This is a preliminary reiH)rt of exix>riuienls 

 with different volumes of water applied to the chief soils and crops of Oregon 

 during 1915-16, made under a cooperative agreement between the station and 

 the Division of Irrigation Investigations of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 The soils studied range<l from clay loam to coarse sand. 



" In Powder Valley, the maximum yield of potatoes was obtained with 7.79 

 In., of barley with 16.3 In., and of timothy with 30.55 in. In Wallowa Valley 

 grain yielded highest with 12 In., and alfalfa showed little increase with 

 amounts ranging from 18 to ."^S in. In Deschutes Valley grain yieldeil best with 

 8 to 17 In., and meadows with 26 in. The most crop per unit of water with 



