December i6, 1892.] 



SCIENCE. 



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boma, and eastern Colorado. CofiSn's short report deals with the 

 Dakota artesian basin and contains little of value. 



The papers mentioned last in our title are the irrigation bul- 

 letins of the Census Office. These have been prepared hy Mr. F. 

 H. Newell, special agent on irrigation, and they cover nearly all 

 the territory in which irrigation has been or may be practised, 

 except California and Nevada, and these States are under con- 

 sideration. In these bulletins we have accounts of what has been 

 done in the separate States, together with a general outline of the 

 physical conditions. One of them is devoted to artesian wells, 

 and in it mention is made of the various artesian areas of the 

 States. The latest of the series is largely statistical in its char- 

 acter and contains four maps of the country west of the 97th 

 meridian, upon which are shown the irrigated areas, the size of 

 crops produced by irrigation, the proportion of irrigated land to 

 the whole, and finally the average size of the irrigated crop hold- 

 ings in various sections. This notice is already too long to enter 

 into the details of these bulletins : we can only commend them to 

 those making a study of this important subject. 



The diverse origin and character of the publications treated of 

 in this notice, all of them, however, emanating from the general 

 government, cannot fail to give rise to some thought. It is ob- 

 served that the Geological Survey, the Weather Bureau, the Irri- 

 gation Inquiry Branch of the Department of Agriculture, and the 

 Census Office are all concerned in their production. It is true 

 that the Weather Bureau is now an integral part of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, but it was not when the report in question 

 was issued. There are, then, three separate departments of 

 the government concerned with this work. Where it is thus di- 

 vided there is certain to be more or less duplication. It will be 

 remembered that when the surveys of our western territory 

 under Hayden, Wheeler, and Powell were being carried on, there 

 was a continual clash and more or less repetition. When they 

 were finally consolidated under one head, this duplication was 

 done away with and the work executed with equal thoroughness. 



If, now, the various offices investigating the irrigation question 

 were consolidated under one management, the danger of duplica- 

 tion, and the expenditure of money twice over for the same work 

 would be avoided. The intimate connection between the matter 

 of irrigation and the agriculture of the country shows the advisa- 

 bility of placing it under the control of the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture. There has already emanated from that department one of 

 the most valuable of recent reports. The connection of the 

 Weather Bureau would facilitate the collection of rainfall and 

 temperature statistics; and the establishment of a Bureau of Irri- 

 gation with a corps of irrigation experts, all under the control of 

 one head, would give in the end far better results than can be ex- 

 pected from the diverse character the work now presents. The 

 TJ. S. Geological Survey and the Census Office are collecting 

 statistics of rainfall, estimating the flow of streams or studying 

 the relations of soil to climate. These may properly be regarded 

 as the work of the Weather Bureau. So, too, when the irriga- 

 tion inquiry of the Department of Agriculture was in existence, 

 it duplicated portions of the work of the Geological Survey. The 

 time now seems ripe for a consolidation of the various irrigation 

 inquiries. The headquarters of this Bureau of Irrigation seems 

 by right to be the Department of Agriculture. 



Joseph F. James. 



AMONG THE PUBLISHERS. 

 A CDRious undertaking, entitled "The Scientific Roll; and 

 Magazine of Systematized Notes," has been conducted for some 

 years by Alexander Ramsay of London. Three parts concerning 

 meteorology are before us, with sub-title, "Climate: Baric Con- 

 dition.'' These are occupied by a bibliography from 1688 to 1850, 

 apparently not complete, extended abstracts from antiquated 

 authors, and an injudicious essay by the author on "Why does 

 the Barometer Rise and Fall ? " The author's industry is praise- 

 worthy, but the results of his industry do not seem to us of high 

 value to modern students. 



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Th(^ Biolofjical Department of Hamline University 

 desires to offer microscopic slides of animal tissues, 

 or whole animals, in exctiangre for flrst-clasa fossils. 

 Address correspondence to Henry L. Osborne, Ham- 

 line University, Hamline, Minn. 



For sale.— A set of the Eerichte der Deutschen 

 Chemischen Gesellscaft, from Jan. 1. 1877, to Jan. 1 

 1892, bound in twenty-six volumes to Jan. 1, 1888 

 and remaining four years unbound. Also the BuUe 

 tin de la Societe Chemique de Paris, from Jan. \* 

 1879, to Jan. 1, 1892, bound in eighteen volumes to 

 Jan. 1, 1888, and remaining four years unbound. 

 Dr. Marcus Benjamin, care of D. AppletOn & Co., 

 1 Bond St., New York City. 



For sale. — 1,500 bird, and 125 mammal skins, which 

 are flrst-class and labelled with strictly reliable 

 data. They were collected in this immediate vicin- 

 ity and are preserved and made up according to the 

 latest approved methods. As I offer the above at a 

 very low price, it would be a good opportunity for a 

 college or a museum. Willard E. Treat, East Hart- 

 ford, Conn. 



For Sale.— A new Mode! U. S. Army Hospital 

 Microscope (Zentmaver), also 3^-inch and IJ^-inch 

 Objectives. HENRY C. WELLS, 151 Broaaway. 

 New York. 



For sale or exchange.— A Stevens' new model 

 pocket shot-gan, 44 cal., with 22-cal. rifle barrel. 

 Just the thing for collecting birds and small mam- 

 mals. "Will exchange for a 2S-cal. cane-gun or good 

 books on ornithology. Write for particulars, stat- 

 ing what you have for exchange. R. C. McGREGOR. 

 2841 Champa St.. Denver, Col. 



For sale.— A very fine stone sword (?) so named 

 by myself. It is perfect— 15 inches in length, a little 

 over 2 inches In width, and J^ inch thick. It is of a 

 dark slate color, perhaps limestone, and is the 

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Wants 



A GRADUATE ENGINEER will give instruction 

 evenings in geometry, trigonometry and sur- 

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 and general engineering construction. Five years"* 

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A POSITION is defaired in the South, preferably 

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 Can also instruct in other branches. Salary only 

 nominal, as I am simply desirous of employment 

 while spending the winter in the South. A private 

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WANTED. — By well - qualified and experienced: 

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A GRADUATE of the University of Pennsylvania 

 and a practical mineralogist of twenty years' 

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 same number of duplicates, in minerals, crystals, 

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The American Geologist for 1893. 



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