Conquering the Great American Desert: NebraskaNebraska State Historical Society, 1975 - 456 Seiten |
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... irrigation spirit did not completely take hold of people in the eighties . Immigrants for the most part came from humid climates ; they were used to depending upon rainfall and fully ex- pected rain to follow the plow . It always had ...
... irrigation spirit did not completely take hold of people in the eighties . Immigrants for the most part came from humid climates ; they were used to depending upon rainfall and fully ex- pected rain to follow the plow . It always had ...
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... irrigation movement got under way , it was cursed by a year of more than usual rainfall , renewing hopes for production without irrigation and causing people to backslide in their devotion to the doctrine . As one speaker at an irrigation ...
... irrigation movement got under way , it was cursed by a year of more than usual rainfall , renewing hopes for production without irrigation and causing people to backslide in their devotion to the doctrine . As one speaker at an irrigation ...
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... irrigation papers urged farmers to turn to the windmill and well as a means to make life more tolerable . William Smythe , in speaking of windmill irrigation , wrote in 1893 , " We are aware that irrigation engineers take very little ...
... irrigation papers urged farmers to turn to the windmill and well as a means to make life more tolerable . William Smythe , in speaking of windmill irrigation , wrote in 1893 , " We are aware that irrigation engineers take very little ...
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The Great American Desert | 3 |
Sod Construction | 21 |
Fuel | 49 |
Urheberrecht | |
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