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Rise and Future of Irrigation in the United States. — By Elwood 

 Mead, Expert in Charge of Irrigation Investigations, Office of 

 Experiment Stations. Pp. iii, 591-612, pis. 5. (Reprint from 

 Yearbook, 1899.) 



A popular discussion of this subject under the following heads: Remains of 

 ancient irrigation works; early irrigation in California; beginnings of modern irriga- 

 tion; cooperative colonies in Colorado and California; corporate canal building and 

 objections to such canals; water-right problems of the arid region; the appearance 

 and resources of the arid region; present and future of irrigation, including growth 

 of irrigation and need of better laws, need of reform in the management of public 

 arid land, influence of the range industries, uncertainty as to State and Federal juris- 

 diction, complications from lack of uniform water laws, methods and measures 

 needed to develop the arid region, appropriation and distribution of the water 

 supply, public supervision and control of irrigation, and influence of irrigation upon 

 people and country; and the commercial importance of irrigation. 



Practical Irrigation.— By C. T. Johnston and J. D. Stannard, Assist- 

 ants in Irrigation Investigations, Office of Experiment Stations- 

 - Pp. 491-512, figs. 8. (Reprint from Yearbook, 1900.) 



Gives simple directions for the use of the individual farmer. 



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Bulletin No. 36. — Notes on Irrigation in Connecticut and New Jersey. 

 By C. S. Phelps, B. S., and Edward B. Voorhees, M. A. Pp. 64, 

 figs. 7. Price 5 cents. 



This bulletin discusses the need, methods, and history of irrigation in Connec- 

 ticut, irrigation plants in use in Connecticut, experiments on the effects of irrigation 

 on strawberries, and suggestions regarding irrigation; the need of irrigation in New 

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Bulletin No. 58. — Water Rights on the Missouri River and its 

 Tributaries. By Elwood Mead, State Engineer of Wyoming. 

 With papers on the Water Laws of Colorado, by John E. Field, 

 State Engineer; and of Nebraska, by J. M. Wilson, State Engineer. 

 Pp. 80, maps 3, figs. 4. Price 10 cents. 



A discussion of the irrigation laws which control the diversion and use of water 

 from the Missouri Kiver and its tributaries. The region covered in this discussion 

 includes Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyo- 

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