Report on Drainage Investigations, 1903

C. G. Elliott

No 410281, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: This report covers the first year's work in drainage investigations by this Office. It explains the importance of drainage in the United States and describes plans which have been made and put in operation “for reclaiming alkali lands at Fresno, Cal., in Yakima and Atanum valleys, Washington, and in Grey Bull Valley, Wyoming; plans for the drainage of overflowed bottom lands in the Missouri Valley in Iowa; and experiments with the use of drains to prevent hillside erosion in Georgia

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 84
Date: 1904-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.410281

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