Irrigation in the state of Washington / By O.L. Waller.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waller, O. L. (Osmar Lysander), 1857-1935
Corporate Authors: United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Office of Experiment Stations
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Govt. Print. Off, 1909.
Series:Bulletin (United States. Office of Experiment Stations) ; no. 214.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Area, character, and value of land. pp. 7.
  • Railroads. pp. 9.
  • Water transportation. pp. 11.
  • Power resources. pp. 12.
  • Timber industries. pp. 14.
  • Cereal products
  • Creameries
  • Coal mining. pp. 15.
  • Climate bout Puget Sound
  • Soil of central Washington. pp. 16.
  • History of irrigation in Washington. pp. 17.
  • Crops on the irrigated tracts. pp. 18.
  • Irrigation in the Columbia Basin. pp. 24.
  • Method of distributing water
  • Cost of clearing land. pp. 58.
  • Capital needed for a successful start in the irrigatd districts of Washington. pp. 59.
  • What constitutes good irrigable land. pp. 60.
  • Water appropriations. pp. 61.
  • Subjects needing to be investigated in their application to Washington practice. pp. 63.