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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bond, Frank. Irrigation of rice in the United States. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902 (OCoLC)551656278 Online version: Bond, Frank. Irrigation of rice in the United States. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902 (OCoLC)632395721 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, National government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Frank Bond; George H Keeney; United States. Office of Experiment Stations. |
| OCLC Number: | 2680248 |
| Description: | 77 p. col. front., xxviii pl. (4 col. and incl. 4 fold. maps) 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Irrigation of rice on the uplands of Louisiana and Texas. by Frank Bond. pp. 11-57. Early rice growing -- The steam pump utilized -- Effect of irrigation on land values -- The rice canal -- Rice farming -- Measurements of water used -- Pumping plants along Bayou Plaquemine -- Water rights in Louisiana -- Irrigation from Taylor's Bayou, Texas, in 1901 -- Use of pumps in rice irrigation -- Bird depredation in teh prairie rice fields. pp. 11. Irrigation of rice in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. by George H. Keeney. pp. 59- 77. The rice-growing section -- Sources of water supply -- Lands suitable for rice growing -- Varieties of rice -- Culture -- Preparing land for irrigation -- Abandoned lands -- Propsects for the future -- Rice plantations on the rivers of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia -- Truck farming by irrigation. pp. 59. |
| Series Title: | U.S. Dept. of agriculture. Office of experiment stations. Bulletin, no. 113; Bulletin (United States. Office of Experiment Stations), no. 113. |
| Responsibility: | By Frank Bond and George H. Keeney. |
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