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Jan 1956
Factors Influencing Irrigation in Humid Areas
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Volume 121, Issue 1
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Irrigated agriculture in the eastern United States, if properly guided, offers one of the largest potentials a vailable for increasing productivity of cropland and pasture land. Some of the data most urgently needed by the field engineer for a more a dequate design for irrigation systems in the humid areas are those concerning water supply and its physical control, relationships between soil and moisture, irrigation-water requirements, methods of water application, and drainage. The need for more adequate water laws is emphasized.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 121 • Issue 1 • January 1956
Pages: 179 - 185
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© 1956 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Tyler H. Quackenbush
Irrig. Engr., Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
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