The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-07
IRRIGATION REPORTS
List of Publications Issued by
Office of Experiment Stations
During the Year.

The office of experiment stations,
United States department of agricui-
ture. has issued the following publ
cations on irrigation during the past
year:
Report on irrigation Investigations in
California, under the supervision OF
Elwood Mead, assisted by William Z.
Smythe, Marsden Manson, j. NJ. Viii
son, Charles d. Marx. Frank Soule, G
E. Grunsky. Edward NJ. Boggs and
James d. Schuyler (bulletin No. leo,
pp. All, pIs. 20, figs. 49,, which gives
an account of Investigations conducted
in California during 1900 by this Of
fee, cooperating with the California
Water & Forest association, which
consisted of observations by irrigation
experts on the existing legal, engineer
ing and agricultural conditions along
nine typical streams used for irrigation
in the state.
Report on irrigation Investigations
for 1900 bulletin No. 194. DIP. 334, Pls-
%, figs. 29). This report covers the
second year of the measurements OF
duty of water. The reports of the field
agents contain also a large amount of
information on laws and customs, agri-
cultural methods, crop returns and
other subjects related to irrigation. a
progress report on the quantities of
silt carried by a number of southern
rivers is also contained in this volume.
This report has been reprinted in sep
arates.
Irrigation in the United States, testi-
mony of ElwOod Mead. irrigation ex-
pert, before the United States indus
trial commission bulletin No. los, PIP.
A., pls. L, fig. y. The statement made
before the industrial commission deals
chiefly with the legal status of irriga-
ton, touching on state control, ma
tional aid TO irrigation and the dis
posal of the public grazing lands. The
necessity and possibility for storage
are also discussed.
Irrigation practice among fruit grow
ers on the Pacific coast, by +. J. Wick
son bulletin No. los, pp. 81. pls. 10,
figs. -. This bulletin gives the results
of a special investigation into the con-
ditions. extent and methods of irriga-
ton as practiced among fruit growers
on the Pacific coast
Irrigation in field and garden, by L.
J. Wickson Farmers bulletin. No. 13S.
PIP. 20, figs. 49,, discusses methods of
irrigating on a small scale.
How to build small irrigation bitches,
by G. T. Johnston and j. D. Stannard-
(farmers' bulletin, No. 15S, PIP. rs, figs.
81. This is a reprint of an article in
the yearbook Of the department of ag-
riculture for 1900, entitled Practical
Irrigation" using only such imple-
ments as are found on most farms, or
can easily be made by the farmer.
Some typical reservoirs of the Rocky
mountain states. by Elwood Mead
yearbook of the department of agri-
culture for 1901, pp. 415-430 pls. s.
This article describes some of the res
ervOirs of Colorado and Utah, paying
especial attention to cost of eonstruc-
ton and returns from the use of the
stored water.
The publications prepared for the
printer during the year include the
following:
Irrigation Of rice in the United
States. by Frank Pond and George NJ.
KeeneX. bulletin No. 113, DIP. n, pls.
%, figs. 1O) In this bulletin Mr. Bond
describes the rice industry of Louisi-
ana and Texas, and gives measure
meuts of the quantities of water used
in irrigating rice. The laws relating
to irrigation of the two states dealt
with are also discussed. Mr.. Keeney's
report covers North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia, and Is almost
wholly descriptive.
Irrigation from Big Thompson river
in Colorado, by James Z. Field. (Bp1-
letin No. 113, pp- 3, pls. s. fIg. II This
Is a STUDY or the water laws or COLO
RADIO as illustrated by the irrigation
from the Big Thompson river. Field
discusses more particularly the water
loaning' law, a recent enactment
which has a tendency to unsettle all
existing rights to Colorado streams.
Report of irrigation Investigations for
1901. bulletin No. Ii9, PIP. pls. 81
figs 12) This is the third of the an
nuai reports of the irrigation investi-
cations of this Office. 1t deals chiefly
with the duty of water. but contains
also reports from four stations in the
humid states, where irrigation is not
a necessity, but a means of increasing
the returns from farm lands: a report
on the underground water supply of
the San Bernardino valley, California.