The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England Volume the Nineteenth |
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Página 286 - The use of all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental, or distribution, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the State, in the manner to be prescribed by law...
Página 365 - No. 1 contain rates to apply on shipments transported over a single line of railroad or over two or more lines of railroad which are under the same management and control. Columns headed No. 2...
Página 286 - SECTION 1. The use of all waters now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated for sale, rental, or distribution; also of all •water originally appropriated for private use, but which after such appropriation has heretofore been, or may hereafter be sold, rented, or distributed, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the Stale in the manner prescribed by law.
Página 286 - The following property is exempt from taxation: All irrigating canals and ditches and water rights appurtenant thereto, when the owner or owners of said irrigating canals and ditches use the water thereof exclusively upon land or lands owned by him...
Página 129 - And it is hereby expressly provided that all waters distributed for irrigation purposes shall be apportioned ratably to each land owner upon the basis of the ratio which the last assessment of such owner for district purposes within said district bears to the whole sum assessed upon the district...
Página 91 - ... the irrigation and drainage investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the State board of examiners of California and the University of California.
Página 298 - That any person owning any land to which water has been made appurtenant, either by a decree of the court or under the provisions of this chapter, may voluntarily abandon the use of such water in whole or in part on the land which is receiving the benefit of the same and transfer the same to other land. Such person desiring to change the place of use of such water shall first make application to the State Engineer, stating fully in such application the reason for making such transfer.
Página 17 - Congress appropriated $10,000 "to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use.
Página 623 - State and in carrying on investigations pertaining thereto. The work was placed under the direction of the departments of agricultural physics and horticulture. In addition to this, we have secured aid from the General Government, and the study of the use of water in cranberry growing has been carried on by the department of agricultural physics in cooperation with the irrigation and drainage investigations of the Office of Experiment Stations of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Página 396 - ... in thickness, was laid, and upon that the stone pitching, forming the inner side of the bank. The inner slopes were for 20 feet below the top of the bank, 2j horizontal to 1 vertical ; the outer were 2 horizontal to 1 vertical ; where they were deeper than 20 feet, the remainder of the backs sloped 3 to 1 on the inside, and 2| to 1 on the outside. All the embankments are 12 feet wide at the top, and 5 feet above the water level . The centre of the deepest part of the embankment was traversed...