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Contents: Introduction (Railroads – Climate) --- Water Resources (The North Platte Drainage Basin – Northeastern Drainage Area – Northwestern Drainage Area – Southwestern Drainage Area – Future Water Supply) --- Classification of Lands --- Irrigated Areas --- Products of Irrigated Lands --- Irrigation Enterprises (Interstate Canal – Wyoming Development Company Canals – La Prele Ditch – Douglas Canal – Saratoga Canal – North Platte and Encampment Canal – Rock Creek Ditch and Reservoir – Laramie Valley Irrigation District – Lake De Smet Project – Sahara Ditch – Wyoming and Fremont Canals – Buffalo Basin Project – Hanover Canal – Big Horn County Canal – Paint Rock and Shell Creek Canals – Medicine Wheel Canal – Sidon and Lovell Canals – Hammitt Ditch – Shoshone Project – Oregon Basin Project – Hubbard Canal – Cody Canal – Eden Canals – Boulder Canal – Green River Canals – Utah and Wyoming Canal) --- The Settlement of Lands Under Irrigation Systems --- Laws Governing the Control and Use of Water (State Engineer – Water Divisions and Division Superintendents – Board of Control – Water Commissions) --- The Carey Act --- The District Law --- Future Development in Irrigation Farming.

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