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INDEX. 



Irrigation, Cost of 164 



Antiquity of 105-178 



in Colorado 167 



Effects of 181 



Italy, Irrigation hi 28 



Kansas, Possibility of Irrigation in. 170 



Lands that may be Irrigated 21 



*Level for Drains 115 



Liquid Manure, Irrigation with 57 



Management of. 65 



* Plans for Use of 59 



* Pump for 68 



* Tank for 67 



Value of 72 



* Use of on Farms 73 



for Fodder Crops 77 



*Meadow, Irrigated, Plan of.. 97 -99-1 35 

 Water. Formation of 118-134-137 



Drainage of 122-142 



Fertilizers for 161 



Grasses for 120-159 



* inaValley 123 



in Eastern Fiance 130 



Management of.... 128-158 



* with Furrows and 



Drains 142 



Meadows and Pastures, Irrigation of!33 



Irrigal ion of 95 



Irrigated, in England 104 



Time of Irrigation of 100-132 



Orchards, Irrigation of 87 



* Irrigated. Plan of 88-89 



Ownership of Water 172 



Passaic River Water, Analysis of. . . 19 

 Pastures, Irrigation of 153 



* Hurdles for 153 



Season for Irrigation of 156 



Pipe?, Capacity of 34 



* and Hose, Irrigation by 53 



* and*Hydrants,*Irrigalion by.. 54 

 Irrigation by 51 



* Irrigation of Meadows by 55 



Plow, Swivel, Use of 190 



Profit of Irrigation 174 



Puddle Work in Dams 219 



*Pump. Blunt s Universal Force. ..226 



* Centrifugal 224 



* Liquid Manure HS 



* Steam, Whitman & Burreirs.225 



* Wooden 39 



Pumps, Use of 222 



Rainfall in England and America. , 11 



in California 15 



increased by Irrigation 181 



Reclamation of River Flats 256 



Salt Marshes 255 



Submerged Lands 256 



Reservoirs. Ancient in India 227 



Capacity of 207 



Construction of 228-234 



in a Valley 229 



* Manner of Discharging 108 



*Rescrvoirs on Uneven Ground ... 234 



* Plan of 107-108 



Rivers, Capacity of 35 



Solid Matter Conveyed by 20 



USH of, In Irrigation 35 



*Roads, Culverts for 50 



*Rollers 206 



Rolling, Effects of 206 



Schuylkill River Water, Analysis of. 19 

 *Scraper lor Leveling the Soil.. 138 203 



Silting, Improvement by 253 



Siphon for a Reservoir 110 



*S!opingGround,Furrows fm-43-141-142 



Soils, Absorptive Powers of 24 



Sorghum, Cultivation of 187 



*Spout for Passing Water 128 



Springs, Inadequacy of 29 



* Collecting Water of 112-117 



* Use of in Irrigation 105-116 



Streams, Velocity of 240 



Subsoil, Effects of 29 



Supply of Water 207 



Surface, Preparation of 40-189 



Irregular 195 



*Tank, Barrel 62 



*Tanks for a House 59 



* for Storage of Water 33 



* Liquid Manure 67 



* Self-Discharging 60 



Teasels, Cultivation of 188 



Terracing Hill-sides 1-44-201 



Tiles, Irrigation by 51 



Tobacco, Cultivation of 185 



Utah, Irrigation iu 181 



*Valleys. Geological Form of.. 230-231 

 Value of Lands that may be Irrigated 51 



of Crops by Irrigation 52 



*Vahes for Discharging 232 



Velocity of Streams 240 



Vineyards. Irriiration of 87 



in California 88 



in Europe 88 



Irrigated, Plan of 91 



Water a Nutriment, for Plants 9 



Amount contained in Plants.. 9 

 Evaporated for one Ib. of grain 12 

 Analysis of River Waters. ... 19 

 Amount needed for Irrigation 



21-27 



Meadows in England 102 



* Formation of. . .118-123-126 

 Grasses for 120 



* Mode of Elevating 124 



Cost of 177 



Supply of 207 



Pressure of 212 



Weight of Cubic Foot of 36 



Waterinsr, Times for 79-179 



* Wells, Irrigation from 48 



Wheat Crop, Management of 182 



* Wheel for Raising Water 124 



*Windmills 32 



Winter Irrigation 101 



