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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Oregon and Washington up to 1887. It is illustrated by 

 7 maps and diagrams. 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture for 



1889. 



This report contains, pages 297-300, a paper by B. E. 

 Fernow upon the influence of forests on water supplies. 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture for 

 1890. 



This report contains paper, pp. 227-237, by B. E. 

 Fernow, upon artificial rainlall. 



First Annual Report of the United States 

 Irrigatiou Survey, 1890, octavo, 123 pp. 



This is printed as Part IT. Irrigation, of the 10th 

 ^annual report of the Director of the United States 

 Geological Survey, 1888-89. It contains a statemenc of 

 the origin of the Irrigation Survey, a preliminary re- 

 port on the organization and prosecution of the survey 

 of the arid lands for purposes of irrigation and report of 

 work done during 1890. 



Climate of Nebraska, particularly in 

 reference to the temperature and rainfall and 

 their influence upon the agricultural interests 

 of the State, 5 appendices, and 12 charts, 1890, 

 quarto, 60 pp. 51st Congress, 1st Session, 

 Senate Ex. Doc. No. 115. 



This pamphlet consists of a paper upon the climate of 

 Nebraska accompanied by tables giving tiie monthly 

 and annual precipitation arid the mean monthly and 

 annual temperatures. 



A report ou the preliminary investigation to 

 determine the proper location of artesian wells 

 within the area of the 97th meridian and east of 

 the foothills of the Rocky mountains, 1890, 

 octavo, 398 pp. 51st Congress, 1st Session, 

 Senate Ex. Doc. No. 222. 



Consists of a report of the special agent in charge 

 concerning existing artesian wells, accompanied by 

 papers relating to the geology of North ana South 

 Dakota, Nebraska, Eastern Colorado, Kansas and 

 Texas. Illustrated by 3 folded maps. 



Report of the special committee of the 

 United States Senate on the irrigation and 

 reclamation of arid lands. Report of the 

 committee and views of the minority, 1890, 4 

 vols., octavo. 51st Congress, 1st Session, Senate 

 Report No. 928. 



This consists of a majority and minority report ac- 

 companied by the testimony in full and documents pre- 

 sented to the committee during its trip through the 

 arid regions. The first volume treats of the Northwest, 

 including South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, 

 Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon and Idaho, and 

 contains 469 pp; the second volume covers the Great 

 Basin regions and California, including Utah, Nevada, 

 California and Arizona, and consists of 573pp.; the 

 third volume relates to the Kocky Mountain region and 

 Great Plains, including El Paso and Lower Kio Grande, 

 New Mexico, the staked plains of Texas, Western 

 Kansas. Colorado, Wyoming, and Eastern Nebraska, 

 containing 608 pp; the fotiith volume contains state- 

 ments by Major J. W. Powell and other officers in the 

 United States Geological Survey, reports of the United 

 States Consuls in countries using irrigation, and other 

 papers, 



1891. 



Progress Report on Irrigation in the United 

 States, 1891, octavo, 2 vols.,337 pp., 14 pp. and 10 

 maps. 51st Congress, 2d Session, Senate Ex. 

 Doc. No. 53. 



The first volume contains various papers upon the 

 condition of irrigation in different localities, the 

 climate, wells, and other sources of water supply, 

 irrigation statistics and progress in Colorado, alkali 

 and soil waters in California, and other papers; the 

 second part consists of a description of level lines 

 run across portions of Colorado,Nebraska and Kansas, 

 and is illustrated by profiles showing the depth of 

 water in wells. 



Second Annual Report of the United States 

 Irrigation Survey, 1891, octavo, 395 pp. 



This is published as Part II. Irrigation, of the 

 eleventh annual report of the Director of the United 

 States Geological Survey, 1889-90. It contains a de- 

 scription of the hydrography of the arid region and of 

 the engineering operations carried on by the irrigation 

 survey during 1890, also the statement of the Director 

 of the Geological Survey to the House, Committee on 

 Irrigation and other papers, including a bililiography of 

 irrigation literature. It is illustrated by 29 plates and 

 4 figures. 



Third Annual Report of the United States 

 Irrigation Survey, 1891, octavo, 576 pp. 



This is printed as Part II of the twelfth annual re- 

 port of the Director of the United States Geological 

 Survey, 1890-91. It contains a report upon the location 

 and survey of reservoir sites during the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1891, by A. H. Thompson; Imlrography 

 of the arid regions, by V. H. Newell; irrigation in 

 India, by Herbert M. Wilson. It is illustrated by 93 

 plates and 190 figures. 



Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States, 

 by Henry Gannett, 2d ed. Bulletin No. 76 of 

 the United States Geological Survey, 1891, 

 octavo, 393 pp. 



This dictionary gives the altitudes at various points 

 in the United States, including localities in the arid 

 and semi-arid regions. 



Bulletins of the Eleventh Census of the 

 United States upon Irrigation, prepared by F. 

 H. Newell. Quarto. 



No. 35, Irrigation in Arizona, 8 pp. 



60, ' New Mexico, 14 pp. 



85, " " Utah. 23 pp. 



107, " Wyoming, 15 pp. 



153, " Montana, 32 pp. 



157, " Idaho, 26 pp. 



163, " Nevada. 24 pp. 



178, " Oregon, 2(5 pp. 



193, Artesian Wells for Irrigation, 27 pp. 

 198, Irrigation in Washington, 17 pp. 



Report on the Internal Commerce of the 

 United States for the year 1890. Treasury De- 

 partment 1891, octavo, 1174 pp. 



This volume contains reports upon the condition of 

 agriculture and of irrigation in Arizona, California, 

 Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, in con- 

 nection with statistics relating to the commercial 

 interests of these States and Territories. 



Canals and Irrigation in Foreign Countries. 

 Reports from the Consuls of the United States 

 in answer to circulars from the Department of 

 State, 1891, octavo. 



This report consists of descriptions of navigation and 

 other canals in various foreign countries, and of irri- 

 gation on the continents of Africa, America, Asia, 

 Europe, also in Australasia and the Hawaiian Islands. 



Irrigation and Water Storage in the Arid 

 Regions. A report of the Chief Signal Officer 

 of the Army in response to House resolution 

 dated May 23, 1890, relating to irrigation and 

 water storage in the arid regions, 1891, quarto, 

 356 pp. 37 maps. 51st Congress, 2d Session, 

 House of Representatives Ex. Doc. No. 287. 



This volume consists of a report on the climatology 

 of the arid regions of the United States with reference 

 to irrigation by Gen. A. W. Greeley, and is accompanied 

 by numerous diagrams and tables showing the monthly 

 and annual precipitation at stations in Arizona, New 

 Mexico, California, Nevada, Colorado and Utah. It is 

 also accompanied by a report upon the climate of 

 Arizona with particular reference to the rainfall and 

 temperature and their influence upon the irrigation 

 problems of the territory. Also a similar report upon 

 the climate of New Mexico and California and Nevada. 



1892 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture for 

 1891, 'octavo, 652 pp. 



Contains, pp. 191-229, report of the division of Forestry 



