California: Egypt of the Western Hemisphere
At the turn of the last century in 1901, Elwood Mead of the US Department of Agriculture visited the West in an effort to determine how to convert thousands of square miles of undeveloped and semi-desert land into arable acres for farming.
"Speaking of the great interior valley of California, Mr. Mead declares that the water supply available there for irrigation without injury to navigation ought to make of it the Egypt of the Western Hemisphere."
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"Speaking of the great interior valley of California, Mr. Mead declares that the water supply available there for irrigation without injury to navigation ought to make of it the Egypt of the Western Hemisphere."
California: Egypt of the Western Hemisphere
At the turn of the last century in 1901, Elwood Mead of the US Department of Agriculture visited the West in an effort to determine how to convert thousands of square miles of undeveloped and semi-desert land into arable acres for farming.
"Speaking of the great interior valley of California, Mr. Mead declares that the water supply available there for irrigation without injury to navigation ought to make of it the Egypt of the Western Hemisphere."
"Speaking of the great interior valley of California, Mr. Mead declares that the water supply available there for irrigation without injury to navigation ought to make of it the Egypt of the Western Hemisphere."
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| BN ID: | 2940185796214 |
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| Publisher: | James C. L'Angelle |
| Publication date: | 12/16/2023 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 3 MB |
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