This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... the midst of productive fields, the swamps with pools of water surrounded by meadows available only for the meagre support of live stock, call attention to an evil which has been making insidious progress during past years and has now assumed such proportions that something should be done to arrest its inroad and restore lands thus injured to their former fertility. That these lands are valuable will be admitted by all without demonstration. They are valuable because they were once productive under irrigation and only require reclaiming in order to again yield most abundantly. They are also valuable because of their location. They belong to farmers who are provided with water rights sufficient for their irrigation. They are a dead loss to their owners, to say nothing of the unthrifty appearance which they give the country and the loss to the commonwealth of taxable property, for it is customary, and justly so, for the assessor to strike from his book all alkali and seeped lands which have become unproductive. THE CAUSE. The cause of this injury and wrhat should be done to prevent its increase are questions which greatly concern the farmers of Colorado and, through them, the entire state. In the report of the State Engineer for the years 1900-1901, the part of chapter VI relating to seepage measurements, by Prof. L. G. Carpenter, has a bearing upon this question; but, as might be expected, deals with loss from supply ditches and the amount of water returned to the river, with reference to their bearing upon the subject of irrigation supply alone. I take the liberty of quoting a few deductions given in that chapter: "The passage of water through the soil is very slow, so that it may take many years for the seepage of the outlying...

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Excerpt from Twentieth Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of Colorado: For the Years 1919-1920 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the Twentieth Biennial Report of the Office of State Engineer for the two fiscal years ending November 30. 1920. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of Colorado: For the Years 1927-1928 In compliance With the provisions of law, I have the honor to transmit herewith the Twenty-fourth Biennial Report of the ac tivities of the Department of State Engineer, for the two fiscal years ending November 30, 1928. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report of the State Engineer to the Governor of Colorado: For the Years 1931-1932 In compliance with provisions of law, I have the honor to transmit herewith the Twenty-sixth Biennial Report of the activi ties of the Department of State Engineer, for the two calendar years 1931 and 1932, many of Which are not herein reported, due to lack of funds needful for the publication of the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.