Ventura River Project, California: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation ... Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session on H.R 3488, to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Construct, Operate, and Maintain the Ventura River Reclamation Project, California. June 21, 1955U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 54 pages Considers (84) H.R. 3427, (84) H.R. 3488. |
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... additional 6 to 7.5 million acres each year . ( 4 ) We need , by 1975 , at least 20 to 30 million acres of new cropland . ( 5 ) Present crop yields per acre will have to be increased at least 20 per- cent during the next 7 to 10 years ...
... additional 6 to 7.5 million acres each year . ( 4 ) We need , by 1975 , at least 20 to 30 million acres of new cropland . ( 5 ) Present crop yields per acre will have to be increased at least 20 per- cent during the next 7 to 10 years ...
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... addition to the above amount . A little more arithmetic would show that there would be 850 forty - acre tracts of land ... additional wells of comparable yield . According to proposed plans of the Bureau of Reclamation , a dam is to be ...
... addition to the above amount . A little more arithmetic would show that there would be 850 forty - acre tracts of land ... additional wells of comparable yield . According to proposed plans of the Bureau of Reclamation , a dam is to be ...
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... additional height , ac- tually you would be getting approximately 33,000 acres of land , and in addition to that if it could be done and the water is diverted there , you actually would have the amount of acreage you propose to work ...
... additional height , ac- tually you would be getting approximately 33,000 acres of land , and in addition to that if it could be done and the water is diverted there , you actually would have the amount of acreage you propose to work ...
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... additional water to stabilize the present economy , to irrigate new lands , to supply new industries , and in general to provide for a rapidly expanding economy . The proposed project would aid the general situation by providing an addition ...
... additional water to stabilize the present economy , to irrigate new lands , to supply new industries , and in general to provide for a rapidly expanding economy . The proposed project would aid the general situation by providing an addition ...
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... addition , there will be important fish and wildlife , recreational , and incidental flood - control benefits . BACKGROUND ... additional firm water supply is urgently needed in the Ventura River project area for stabilization of present ...
... addition , there will be important fish and wildlife , recreational , and incidental flood - control benefits . BACKGROUND ... additional firm water supply is urgently needed in the Ventura River project area for stabilization of present ...
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acre-feet acre-foot acres additional Ainsworth unit amount annual ASPINALL authorized benefits bill Bonneville BUDGE BURDICK Bureau of Reclamation California canal capacity Chair recognizes Chairman Cherry County city of Ainsworth Columbia River committee Congress construction cost DEXHEIMER downstream EDMONDSON electric engineers estimated facilities Federal Government Federal Power Commission feet Five Civilized Tribes flood control flow GRACIE PFOST HALEY HAMILTON hearings Hells Canyon Dam Hells Canyon project HETH high dam high Hells Canyon Idaho Power Idaho Power Co Indians interest irrigation Irrigation District kilowatt-hours kilowatts legislation ment miles MILLER Missouri River Basin navigation Nebraska Niobrara River Oklahoma operation OSTRANDER percent period Pfost powerplant present proposed Prost pumping question repayment reservoir restrictions RITER ROGERS SAYLOR Secretary Senate SISK Snake River statement storage tion Tribes upstream Valley Ventura River Ventura River project water rights water supply
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Page 41 - The Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of the Senate Committee on Interior and...
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Page 126 - Thus the power of Congress to promote the general welfare through large-scale projects for reclamation, irrigation, or other internal improvement, is now as clear and ample as its power to accomplish the same results indirectly through resort to strained interpretation of the power over navigation.
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