Irrigation in the Sacramento Valley, California

Samuel Fortier, O. W. Bryant, J. E. Roadhouse, A. E. Wright and J. H. Barber

No 410279, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Partial} Contents: Introduction (Early Efforts at Development – Soils – Crops – Relation of Climate to Irrigation – Sacramento Valley Lands Subject to Overflow – Water Supply – The Delivery of Water to Irrigators and Contract Water Rights – The Use of Water In Irrigation – Cooperation of Various Agencies in Irrigation Development – Scope of the Investigations in the Sacramento Valley) --- Irrigation Under the Yolo County Consolidated Water System, Yolo County (General Conditions – Canal Systems on Cache Creek [Moore or Woodland Ditch – Capay and Winters Canal] – Adams Ditch – Duty of Water Under Moore Ditch – Seepage and Other Losses – Canal Management and Operation – Cost of Water – Irrigated Crops – Preparation of Land and Application of Water]) --- Irrigation Under the Central Canal in Glenn and Colusa Counties (Brief History of the Central Canal – Leasing of Central Canal – Seepage Losses – Irrigated and Irrigable Lands) --- Irrigation from Feather River Under the Butte County Canal in Butte and Sutter Counties (General Conditions – The Canal System – Distribution of Water – Seepage and Ground Water – Preparation of Land – Irrigated Crops – Value of Water) --- Irrigation Along Stony Creek in the Vicinity of Orland (General Conditions – Climate of Orland and Vicinity – Water Supply – Seepage Losses – Irrigated Crops at Orland – Experiments – Summary of Experiments – Final Suggestions).

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 108
Date: 1909-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.410279

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