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Report on Agriculture by Irrigation in the Western Part of the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890

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Title Report on Agriculture by Irrigation in the Western Part of the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890
Description This important early report on irrigation in the Western U.S. summarizes data on the western states as a whole and then looks at each state individually in more detail. Supplemented by many charts and maps, data covers farms, manner and amount of irrigation, crops, canals, water supply, rainfall, artesian wells, reservoirs and methods of conducting and applying water.
Creator Newell, Frederick Haynes, 1862-1932
Publisher U.S. GPO Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Coverage Arizona, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5551752/ ; California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5332921/ ; Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5596512/ ; Montana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5667009/ ; Nevada, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5509151/ ;
New Mexico, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5481136/ ; Oregon, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5744337/ ; Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5549030/ ; Washington, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5815135/ ; Wyoming, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5843591/ ;
North Dakota, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5690763/ ; South Dakota, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5769223/ ; Nebraska, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5073708/ ;
Kansas, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4273857/ ; Texas, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4736286/
; Colorado, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5417618/ ; 1890-1899; 19th century;
Subject Irrigation--West (U.S.); Irrigation--West (U.S.)--Maps; Agriculture--West (U.S.);
Agriculture--West (U.S.)--Statistics; Water-supply--West (U.S.); Water-supply--West (U.S.)--Statistics
Format Reports; Maps; Federal documents image/jpeg;
Source United States. Census Office. 11th Census. Report on agriculture by irrigation in the western part of the United States, at the eleventh Census, 1890 / by F. H. Newell. Washington, D.C. : Gov. Printing Office, 1894. viii, 283 p. : plates, maps, 30 cm.; Printed as part of House document (United States. Congress. House) Miscellaneous document 52-340, pt. 20 which is v. 50, pt. 10 of the Serial Set (X3021: (52-1)) Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Maps X 3021
Relation United States Congressional Serial Set, v. 50, pt. 10 House document (United States. Congress. House) Miscellaneous document 52-340, pt. 20 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Maps Bear River Watershed Historical Bibliography / compiled by Utah State University Library, Special Collections and Archives, 2005
Type Text; Image;StillImage;
Rights This is a U.S. Government Publication and may be used without restriction. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives
Date 1894
Identifier http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Bear/id/7396

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