Excerpt from Irrigation in the United StatesAcknowledgment is due to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, Hon. Charles D. Walcott, for his interest in the matter and for per mission to use illustrations and data from the files of the office, and to numerous friends and CO workers in the Survey who have generously aided in many ways. Especial recognition 'should be given to Major John Wesley Powell, the former Director, to whose foresight and energy is due the inauguration, in 1888, of the investigation by the Geological Survey of the extent to which the arid lands can be reclaimed by irrigation.Thanks for material and assistance are given to Mr. Herbert M. Wilson, the author Of the Manual of Irrigation Engineering, of Irrigation in India, etc., to Mr. Arthur P. Davis, hydrographer for the Geological Survey and also for the Nicaragua and Isthmian Canal Commissions, to Mr. J. B. Lippin cott and to Mr. A. L. Fellows, irrigation experts respectively for California and Colorado, to Mr. George H. Maxwell, of The National Irrigation Association, to Professor F H. King, author of Irrigation and Drainage to Mr. James D. Schuyler, author of Reservoirs for Irrigation and to various writers on water supply and arte sian conditions, particularly to Professor Israel C.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.