56th Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Document No. 108. Irrigation Investigations in California. January 24, 1901

Elwood Mead, A. C. True, U.S. Department of Agriculture, et al.

Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1901

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Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with staple binding. 5 3/4" x 9." Seventy-three pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for two closed tears on fore-edge each measuring 1 1/4" and affecting Pages 7-10, light age toning throughout, and some dog-eared corners at top in back. Covers are very clean and intact except for light to moderate age toning, a few smudges, a few tiny bumps and closed tears along extremities, and some rust marks from the staples. A Very Good copy. This is an abridged government report about irrigation investigations in California that were overseen by the United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations in cooperation with the California Water and Forest Association. The investigations were directed by Elwood Mead, Experiment in Charge of Irrigation Investigations. He was assisted by William E. Smythe, Marsden Manson, J. M. Wilson, Charles D. Marx, Frank Soule, C. E. Grunsky, Edward M. Boggs, and James D. Schuyler. This report contains extracts of a final report estimated to be about 400 pages long. The report compiles the plan, organization, and outcomes of the investigation. Among the chief problems the investigation sought to address were insufficient water management of streams used to irrigate arid lands in Southern California, inadequate California irrigation laws, and disputes over water rights. Some of the subjects addressed are the layout and background of the investigation; reforming California irrigation laws; irrigation and watersheds in Northern and Southern California; comparing water needs of California, Egypt, and Italy; irrigation problems of Honey Lake Basin; failures of past enterprises; features and water rights of Yuba River; Cache Creek; irrigation problems in Salinas Valley; San Joaquin River; water appropriations from Kings River; water rights on Los Angeles River; and water storage problems in Southern California.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 56th Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Document No. 108. Irrigation Investigations in California. January 24, 1901
• Publisher: Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 1901
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
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