264 



INDEX. 



Irrigation, Cost of 164 



Antiquity of 165-17t 



in Colorado 



Effects of 181 



Italy, Irrigation in 2i 



Kansas, Possibility of Irrigation iu.l7( 



Lands that may be Irrigated 21 



*Level for Drains lie 



Liquid Manure, Irrigation with 57 



Management of. 65 



* Plans for Use of 59 



* Pump for 68 



* Tank for 67 



Value of 7s 



* Use of on Farms 72 



for Fodder Crops 77 



*Meadow, Irrigated, Plan of. .97-99-135 

 Water. Formation of, 118-134-137 



Drainage of 122-142 



Fertilizers for 161 



Grasses for 120-159 



* in a Valley 123 



in'Eastern France 130 



Management of 128-158 



* with Furrows and 



Drains 142 



Meadows and Pastures, Irrigation of!33 



Irrigation of 95 



Irrigated, in England 104 



Tiino of Irrigation of 100-133 



Orchards, Irrigation of 87 



* Irrigated. Plan of 88- 



Owncrship of Water 172 



Passaic River Water, Analysis of. . . 19 

 Pasture's, Irrigation of 153 



* Hurdles for 153 



Season for Irrigation of 156 



Pipes, Capacity of 34 



* andHose, Irrigation by 53 



* anoHydrants, Irrigation by.. 54 

 Irrigation by 51 



* Irrigation of Meadows by 55 



Plow, Swivel, Use of 190 



Profit of Irrigation 174 



Puddle Work 5 n Dams 219 



*Pump. Blunt's Universal Force. ..226 



* Centrifugal 224 



* Liquid Manure 68 



* 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 



*Reservoirs on Uneven Ground ... 284 



* Plan of 107-108 



Rivers, Capacity of 35 



Solid Matter Conveyed by 20 



Use of, in Irrigation 35 



*Roads, Culverts for 50 



*Rollers 206 



Rolling, Effects of 206 



Sclmylkill River Water, Analysis of. 19 

 *Scraperlor Leveling the Soil.. 138 203 



Silting, Improvement by 253 



Siphon for a Reservoir HO 



*SlopingGround,Furrowsfor43-141-142 



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 Sf 



* Liquid Manure 67 



* Self-Discharging 60 



Teasels, Cultivation of 188 



Terracing Hill-sides 144-201 



Tiles, Irrigation by 51 



Tobacco, Cultivation of 185 



Utah, Irrigation in 181 



*Valleys. Geological Form of. .230-231 

 Value of Lands that may be Irrigated 51 



of Crops by Irrigation 52 



*Val\ es for Discharging 232 



Velocity of Streams 240 



Vineyards, Irrigation 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 



Pres&nre of 212 



Weight of Cubic Foot of 36 



Watering, Times for 79-179 



* Wells, Irrigation from 48 



Wheat Crop, Management of 182 



* Wheel for Raising Water 124 



*Windmills 32 



Winter Irrigation 101 



