Land of the Underground Rain Irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1910-1970

Name: Land of the Underground Rain Irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1910-1970
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ISBN: 9780292746299

ISBN-10: 0292746296

ISBN-13: 9780292746299

Edition: 1973

Authors: Donald E. Green

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The scarcity of surface water which has so marked the Great Plains is even more characteristic of its subdivision, the Texas High Plains. Settlers on the plateau were forced to use pump technology to tap the vast ground water resources--the underground rain--beneath its flat surface. The evolution from windmills to the modern high-speed irrigation pumps took place over several decades. Three phases characterized the movement toward irrigation. In the period from 1910 to 1920, large-volume pumping plants first appeared in the region, but, due to national and regional circumstances, these premature efforts were largely abortive. The second phase began as a response to the drouth of the Dust…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 1973
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1973
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Donald E. Green received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma and has taught at Central State University in Oklahoma.