LIST OF IRRIGATION REPORTS. 



THE following list gives the titles of the 

 principal reports bearing more or less 

 directly upon irrigation which have been 

 printed at the Government Office at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Some of these are very 

 elaborate and expensive, being fully illus- 

 trated by colored maps and diagrams. 

 Nearly all can be obtained either through 

 members of Congress or by purchase from 

 the Superintendent of Documents of the 

 Department of the Interior, Washington, 

 D. C., at cost of printing; or, these two 

 sources failing, they can be had from 

 dealers in Government publications. These 

 reports have been arranged in chronologic- 

 al order, the full title being accompanied 

 by a brief note as to the contents: 



1879 



Report on'the Lands of the Arid Regions of the 

 United States, with a more detailed account of 

 the lands of Utah, with map, by J. W. Powell . 2d 

 ed., 1879, quarto, 195 pp. 



United States Geographical and Geplogical Survey 

 of the Kocky Mountain region. Contains chapters on 

 water supply and irrigable lands of the Salt Lake drain- 

 age system, by G. K. Gilbert; irrigable lands in the 

 valley of the Sevier River, by Capt. C. E. Dutton; irriga- 

 ble lands in that portion of Utah drained by the Colorado 

 River ami its tributaries, by A. H. Thompson. 



1882 



Artesian Wells upon the Great Plains, being 

 the report of a geological commission appointed 

 to examine a portion of the great plains east of 

 the Rocky mountains and report upon the local- 

 ities deemed most favorable for making experi- 

 mental borings, by C. A. White and Samuel 

 Aughey. 1882, octavo, 38 pp. 



This report is a brief description of the geology of 

 Eastern Colorado and is accompanied by appendices 

 containing details of deep borings at various localities. 



Report on the climate and agricultural fea- 

 tures and the agricultural practice and needs of 

 the arid regions of the Pacific slope, with notes 

 on Arizona and New Mexico, made under the 

 direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 by E. W. Hilgard, T. C. Jones, and R. W. Furnas, 

 1882, octavo, 182 pp. 



This pamphlet contains papers upon the climates of 

 the Idyllic Slop**, the irrigation of the ;irid region, the 

 soils of the arid region, the effects of alkali, lake and 

 river waters of the great valley and their quality for ir- 

 rigation purposes, the field crops and animal industries 

 of the P;i"ilic Coast, miscellaneous field culture and 

 other agricultural and horticultural matter, together 

 with a brief description of Arizona and New Mexico. 



Report of an examination of the Upper Col- 

 umbia river and the territory in its vicinity, in 

 September and October, 1881, to determine its 

 navigability and adaptability to steamboat trans- 

 portation, made under direction of the Com- 

 manding General of the Department of the 

 Columbia, By Lieut. Thomas W. Symons, 1882, 

 quarto, 133. pp. 47th Congress. 1st Session, 

 Senate Ex. Doc. No. 186. 



This report contains numerous maps and illustrations 

 and describes the Columbia River and its tributaries, as 

 well as the adjacent agricultural areas in "Washington. 



1887 



Irrigation in the United States. A report pre- 

 pared by Richard J. Hinton, under the direc- 

 tion of the Commissioner of Agriculture. 1887, 

 octavo, 240 pp. 49th Congress, 2d Session, 

 Senate Mis. Doc. No. 15. 



This report relates to irrigation in the United States, 

 its extent and methods, with a digest of laws governing 

 water supply, the details being arranged in general by 

 States and Territories. 



1888 



Report on the interior wheat lands of Oregon 

 and Washington, by Lieut. Frank Greene, 1888, 

 octavo, 25 pp. United States Signal Service. 



Letter to the Honorable Secretary of State on 

 the general outline for a proposed scheme 

 for an international dam and water storage in 

 the Rio Grande river near El Paso, Texas, for 

 the control of the annual floods, etc., and pre- 

 servation of the national boundary to the gulf r 

 and for other purposes. 



1889 



Annual report of the Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture for 1888. 



Contains a paper on forest influences, pp. 602-618, by 

 B. E. Fernow. 



Report on the Internal Commerce in the 

 United States for the fiscal year 1889, Bureau of 

 Statistics, Treasury Department,* 1889, octavo, 

 697 pp. 



Contains description of conditions of agricul- 

 ture and necessities for irrigation in New Mexico 

 Wyoming and other portions of the West. 



Irrigation in Egypt, by J. Barois, Paris, 1887, 

 translated from the French by Major A.M. Miller, 

 Corps of Engineers,U. S. A. ,1889, quarto,lll pp. 

 50th Congress, 2d Session. House of Represen- 

 tatives, Mis. Doc. No. 134. 



This report is illustrated by twenty-two plates and 

 gives detailed information concerning Egypt and the 

 Nile, a desci iption of the irrigation works of Upper and 

 Lower Egypt, methods of elevating and using water, and 

 references to laws and regulations. 



Report on rainfall in Washington Territory 

 Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, 

 Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Indian Terri- 

 tory and Texas, for from two to forty years,1889. 

 quarto, HI pp. 50th Congress, 1st Session, 

 Senate Ex. Doc. No. 91. 



This report is illustrated by fifteen maps showing the 

 mean monthly and annual rainfall. It consists of a 

 paper upon the rainfall of the Pacific Slope and the West- 

 ern StatesandTerritories.byGen.A.W. Greeley.totretlier 

 with charts and tables of the rainfall on the Pacific 

 Slope with a discussion of the causes of the wet and dry 

 seasons, the abundance and deficiency in different por- 

 tions, the summer rainy season in Arizona, etc.* by 

 L cut. W. A. Glassford. 



1890. 



The Climate of Oregon and Washington 

 Territory, 188!), quarto, 37 pp. 50th Congresses! 

 Session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 282. 



This pamphlet consists mainly of tables showing 

 the monthly and annual precipitation and also the- 

 mean monthly and aunual temperatures at points lib 



