Water — Continued 



Destitute region (Curtiss). p. 230 



Distilled, for drinking purposes (Beal). 1901. p. o 



Drinking, protection of, on farm (Smith ) . 1 .S9() 



Duty of, general instructions to observers (Mead). 1899 



Evaporation of, from soils, salts as influencing rate of (Briggs). 



1900. p.l84 



Factor in the growth of plants (Galloway and Woods). 1894. 



p. 165 



Gage Canal, Riverside, Cal., duty of, 1900 (Irving). 1902. p. 137. 



same, 1901 (Irving), p. 14(> 



Gallatin Valley, Montana, duty of (Fortier). 1900. p. 175 



High- 

 effect of gales in causing (Abbe). 1894. p. 297 



studies on (Abbe). 1894. p. 372 



Hot, fro.st i^rotection by, note on (Abbe). 1900. p. 110 



Idaho, duty of (Ross). 1902. p. 221 



Irrigation, use of, report of investigations made in 1899, includ- 

 ing reports of special agents and observers. 1900 



Kings River, Cal., appropriation (Grunsky). 1901. p. 259 



Lake, temperature of (Abbe) . 1898. p. 167 



Laramie Plains, Wyo., duty of, 1899 (Fairfield). 1902. p. 215.. 

 Level of — 



fluctuation of — 



Great Lakes (Guthrie) . 1896. p. 420 



Lake Erie (Henry). 1902 



in Great Salt Lake (Gilbert). 1901. p. 23 



same (Murdock). 1901. p. 22 



Movement and retention of, in soils. 1898. -p. 399 



Nebraska, duty of (Stout). 1900. p. 149 



Physiological role of, in plants ( Gain ) . 1897. p. 3 



Pure, on the farm, importance of. 1898. p. 3 



Search for, use of divining rod in, note on (Abbe). 1900. p. 109. 

 Supply of — 



and irrigation in Mexico. 1885. p. 223 



notes on experience of other countries in administration of 



(McKinney). 1891. p. 261 



Temperature of, in wells, notes on (Kimball). 1901. p. 510 



Temperatures of Great Lakes (Conger). 1899. p. 352 



Tule River Basin, Cal., duty of (Chandler). 1902. p. 159 



Use of, for irrigation at Wheatland, Wvo. (Johnston). 1902. 



p. 207 .' 



Vapor pressure for, notes on ( Abbe) . 1899. p. 476 



Wyoming, duty of (Johnston). 1900. p. 171 



Yakima Vallev, Wash., use of, in irrigation (Waller). 1902. 



p. 241 '. 



Yuba River, use of (Connick). _ 1901 . p. 130 



See also Drainage water — Irrigation — Phreatic waters — and 



headings beginning Water. 

 Water-bearing gravels and formations tributary to underground 



water supply of Salinas Valley, Monterey Countv, Cal. 



(Nutter). 1901. p. 208 ". 



Water bug: 



Found by J. D. Zabriskie, note on (Bergroth). 1892. p. 321 ... 



Interesting, rei)Ort of. 1893. p. 1S8 



Water glass, ])reHerving eggs in (Beal). 1899. p. 17 



"Water hyacinth and its relation to navigation in Florida (Webber). 



1897 



Water laws: 



Colorado (Field). 1899. p. 39 



Nebraska (Wilson). 1899. p. 58 



Water rights: 



( "anadian northwest irrigation act (Dennis). 1901. p. 11 



Interstate, in Bear River (Breckons). 1899. p. 26 



Irrigation and, al)straet of laws of States and Territories on 



(Critchett ) . 1893 



Los Angeles River, Cal., study of (Boggs). 1901 . p. 327 



Index 



I'lasslflciitloii no. 



Al.l:867 

 Al. 9:124 

 A 1.9:43 

 A10.8:2 



A1.8:64 



Al. 10:894 

 A 10. 3:104 

 A10.3:119 

 A10.3:86 



A29.6:21 

 A29.6:22 

 A 29. 6:28 

 A10.3:104 



A10.3:86 

 A 10.3:100 

 A29.6:26 

 AlO. 3:104 



A29.6:23 



A29.5:J 



A29.6:29 



A29.6:29 



Al. 10:898 



AlO. 3:86 



A10.6:8 



A1.9:73 



A29.6:28 



A15.2:Ir7i 



A15.2:P94i 

 A29.6:29 

 A29.6:27 

 A10.3:119 



A10.3:104 



A29.6:27 



A10.3:86 



AlO. 3:104 

 A10.3:100 



A10.3:100 



A9.7:4 

 A9.7:5 

 A1.9:103 



A6.3:18 



AlO. 3:58 

 A 10. 3:58 



A 10. 3:96 

 A10.3:70 



A15.3:l 

 A10.3:100 



585 



