Development of the Rivers of the United States: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Preliminary Report on a Comprehensive Plan for the Improvement and Development of the Rivers of the United States with a View of Giving the Congress Information for the Guidance of Legislation which Will Provide for the Maximum Amount of Flood Control, Navigation, Irrigation, and Development of Hydroelectric PowerU.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - 423 Seiten |
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... acres of the land of densely populated regions of the United States within less than a century . The economic and social aspects of this trans- formation have been tremendous . Costly floods and sedimentation . - The acceleration of ...
... acres of the land of densely populated regions of the United States within less than a century . The economic and social aspects of this trans- formation have been tremendous . Costly floods and sedimentation . - The acceleration of ...
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... acreage loss of soil from corn land of about average slope ( 8 percent ) amounting to 67 tons per annum , along with ... acres of land and adding annually to a bankrupt domain which is becoming an increasing burden upon counties , States ...
... acreage loss of soil from corn land of about average slope ( 8 percent ) amounting to 67 tons per annum , along with ... acres of land and adding annually to a bankrupt domain which is becoming an increasing burden upon counties , States ...
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... acre as the result of a 2 - inch rainfall in 30 minutes ( Feb. 23 , 1934 ) , near Santa Paula , Calif . In the old cotton - plantation section of the Georgia piedmont , where hundreds of thousands of acres of formerly cultivated land ...
... acre as the result of a 2 - inch rainfall in 30 minutes ( Feb. 23 , 1934 ) , near Santa Paula , Calif . In the old cotton - plantation section of the Georgia piedmont , where hundreds of thousands of acres of formerly cultivated land ...
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... acres classified as forest land , of which 495,000,000 acres are commercial forests . Private ownership has four - fifths of our commercial forest land with 90 percent or more of the potential timber - growing capacity . It has also two ...
... acres classified as forest land , of which 495,000,000 acres are commercial forests . Private ownership has four - fifths of our commercial forest land with 90 percent or more of the potential timber - growing capacity . It has also two ...
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... acres , of the total area of forest is classified as having a major influence on watershed protection and three - fourths as having a major or moderate influence . The forest may also be the cheapest and best , in some instances the ...
... acres , of the total area of forest is classified as having a major influence on watershed protection and three - fourths as having a major or moderate influence . The forest may also be the cheapest and best , in some instances the ...
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Seite 55 - ... mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same; and the right-of-way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Seite 55 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Seite 56 - ... for canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, or other water conduits, and for water plants, dams, and reservoirs used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufacturing or cutting of timber and lumber, or the supplying of water for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses...
Seite 57 - ... assigned in whole or in part, even though water-right application has been filed for the land in connection with the Government reclamation project, or application for an extension of time in which to submit proof on the entry has been submitted, under the act of June 27, 1906 (34 Stat. 520; 43 USC 448), as amended by the act of June 6, 1930 (46 Stat. 502; 43 USC 448). requiring reduction of the area of the entry to one farm unit.
Seite 296 - MH moves through the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River to Lake Erie, a distance of about 84 miles, and there is no definite control section which determines the volume of outflow.
Seite 169 - This unit was established in 1931 by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture for research in health hazards of food constituents and contaminants, spray residues, and insecticides.
Seite 53 - Act; for recompensing it for the use, occupancy, and enjoyment of its lands or other property ; and for the expropriation to the Government of excessive profits until the respective States shall make provision for preventing excessive profits or for the expropriation thereof to themselves, or until the period of amortization as herein provided is reached...
Seite 406 - River, and include all of the State of Michigan and parts of the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont.
Seite 217 - The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Pittsburg, in the western part of Pennsylvania.