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Scientific American, Vol. 83, No. 6 (1900) (1900)

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the sioner districts. There is a State superintendent of irri- Weld ditch, the discharge-way of the reservoirs cross- gation ; but really above him in authority is the State ing the ditch in a flume at right-angles, and through discharge about in half. So long as there is sufficient engineer. Over… … and for aperiod of fifty-five consecutive days 3,000 cubic water of the river is dis- feet of water. Theriverisrated at a weir constructed tributed twice a day dur. for the purpose, just inside of the mouth of the cafion. ing the irrigation season— From these ratings the water commissioner devised…

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