Irrigation: design and practice / by Bruce Withers and Stanley Vipond.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Batsford, c1974.Description: 306 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 071342871
  • 0713427817 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
DDC classification:
  • 627.52 20 WIT
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Book Closed Access Book Closed Access Agriculture and Animal Sciences Library 627.52 WIT 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0027992
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Contents

Introduction
Irrigation as an agricultural products
The need for irrigation
Total and supplemental irrigation
The objectives
The engineer in irrigation
The agricultural engineer
Field irrigation engineering
Irrigation the broad view

1. Feasibility studies
2. Irrigation practices
3. The moisture in soil
4. Crop water use
5. Saline and alkaline use
6. The design of field irrigation systems
7. Drainage for irrigated land
8. The canal system
9. Flaw measurement
10. Mechanization and land preparation for irrigation

Includes bibliographical references and index

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