The Economics of Irrigation in the Eastern United States

The Economics of Irrigation in the Eastern United States
Author: Elizabeth Gould Davis
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2018-09-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781390519938

Excerpt from The Economics of Irrigation in the Eastern United States: A List of Annotated References Credit for installation of irrigation systems is available from irrigation equipment dealers, local banks, insurance companies, Production Credit Associations, National Farm Loan Associations, and Farmers Home Administra tion. Public Law 597 has increased the funds available to the latter for irrigation loans. 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.

Irrigation in the United States

Irrigation in the United States
Author: Dallas M. Lea
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1985
Genre: Irrigation
ISBN:

Extract: Beginning with the Mormon colonization of Salt Lake Valley, Utah, in 1847, irrigation has been a significant part of agriculture in the United States. Most of the Nation's irrigated acreage has always been located in the arid and semiarid regions of the West, but in recent years supplemental irrigation has been steadily increasing in the humid East. More farmers in eastern regions are finding that supplemental irrigation is profitable, especially as insurance against crop failures in drought years, and also by increasing average yields. Water supply is apparently the principal constraint to irrigation expansion in the West. Conservation of available water resources is apparently the best measure for expanding irrigation there.