| 单词 | irrigation ditch |
| 例句 | He dug a bunch of irrigation ditches that drained water out of the Colorado River to grow lettuce and grapes and broccoli right there in the middle of all the cactus and sagebrush. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The grass alongside irrigation ditches bolted toward the sky like some jungle weed shot full of hormones. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The fields were bordered by poplars and crisscrossed by streams and irrigation ditches, on the banks of which tiny female figures squatted and washed clothes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Since Mom was attached to that archery set, which her father had given her, Dad had Brian and me hide it in an irrigation ditch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They’d found him at the bottom of an irrigation ditch, badly burned, flies in his mouth and eyes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad got disgusted every time we drove past one of those farm fields with their irrigation ditches wide as moats. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Soon salmon and steelhead and trout from the Dungeness made their way up the irrigation ditch and gathered in schools in the pond. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We could look across the plain and see farmhouses and the rich green farms with their irrigation ditches and the mountains to the north. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z So we sit in a irrigation ditch under water all the rest of that day. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z There were streams and creeks everywhere, instead of the irrigation ditches you saw out west, and the air felt different. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We found concrete slabs where the latrines and shower rooms stood, and irrigation ditches, and here and there, the small rock arrangements that once decorated many of the entranceways. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She yells and we got to hide in a irrigation ditch all day with guys lookin’ for us, and we got to sneak out in the dark and get outa the country. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends he cut hay again with Harry Secor and dug irrigation ditches for local farmers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She might be angry about the irrigation ditch. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve even dug some irrigation ditches, in case there’s a drought. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He stooped and scraped with a shovel, digging irrigation ditches by hand. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Ai, Chihuahua . . .” And, now that it had devoured most of the town’s water snakes, that grubby yellow feline reincarnation of Cleofes Apodaca was pitter-pattering quietly along the irrigation ditches, hunting frogs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther on some teen-agers halfheartedly chopped at weeds along an irrigation ditch behind the junior high school football field bleachers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They jumped across an irrigation ditch with their long, nine-year-old legs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There he licked the hot blood off his fingers and watched as that ugly yellow cat calmly devoured a small water snake over by the irrigation ditch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They avoided the stone farmhouses on rock outcroppings by walking in irrigation ditches. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Awaking at dawn, he immediately tugged on irrigation boots and a sweater and plunged outside to dig worms from the rich damp earth along his irrigation ditch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As the supply of water from the irrigation ditch waxed and waned, the lights flickered on and off and glowed with varying degrees of in-tensity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Joe had gone every spring with his father to clean the irrigation ditches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody will rent to “Okies,” as migrants were known — regardless of whether they were from Oklahoma — so the family settles into a squalid camp on the banks of an irrigation ditch. Kristin Hannah Reinvented Herself. She Thinks America Can Do the Same. 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z An irrigation ditch fills with water, maintaining man’s long stewardship. Favorite Place: In Taos, N.M., an Ordinary Field Evokes the Extraordinary 2012-04-06T20:05:28Z One night, while on patrol in Helmand, I fell into an irrigation ditch and sank in above my head. This Week in Fiction: Will Mackin on Life In and Out of the Military 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The Spanish phrase, which means “Mother Ditch,” refers to the oldest irrigation ditch in Santa Fe. Music Review: Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in New Mexico 2012-07-29T20:46:59Z We went all the way to Dallas to get a shot where we walk through the irrigation ditch. "Office Space" 20th anniversary: Read the full Q&A moderated by Richard Linklater 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z One young man drowned in an irrigation ditch. The Chaos of Altamont and the Murder of Meredith Hunter 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Paul and Steve were up the mountain, cleaning aspen leaves out of the irrigation ditch. Screw the sisterhood! I’d rather screw your boyfriend 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z I’ll never forget the happy day someone showed me the patch of wild green asparagus popping through the moist earth along a fence line by the irrigation ditch on a California ranch. Three Ways to Let Fresh Asparagus Shine 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z For those uninterested in either potatoes or Iraqi popular music, there's little of interest: farms criss-crossed by irrigation ditches, a great deal of sand, and not much else. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z Every day I’d saunter out under the cottonwoods, their leaves stirring silver in a breeze off the mesa, and cross the irrigation ditch into the nearby field. Favorite Place: In Taos, N.M., an Ordinary Field Evokes the Extraordinary 2012-04-06T20:05:28Z I’d read Babel’s story long before I fell into the irrigation ditch. This Week in Fiction: Will Mackin on Life In and Out of the Military 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The six witnesses said residents rushed to the scene of the attack and tried to extinguish the fire caused by the explosion with water from a nearby irrigation ditch. Sudan war’s death toll in Khartoum is double official figures, independent tallies show 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The canal diverts water from the Truckee River, which flows out of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra, sending it to irrigation ditches supporting alfalfa farmers and livestock ranchers about 30 miles east of Reno. Nevada fight over leaky irrigation canal and groundwater more complicated than it appears on surface 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Residents line their irrigation ditches with shells, hang blue bottles from trees to ward off evil spirits and weave intricate baskets with seagrass found along the coast. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z An irrigation ditch was filled with discarded Russian gear and several anti-tank mines were visible on the side of road. Ukraine troops greeted with flowers in Kherson after Russian retreat 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z But Kyiv says the offensive has been slowed by the flat terrain of sweeping fields that provide little cover but for overgrown irrigation ditches and tree lines. Ukrainian mortar crew wrestles with ammo shortage, dud shells 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z At night, under star-flecked skies of indigo, paths are lit by lanterns and strings of bulbs glow, and all is quiet but the gentle flow of spring water snaking through irrigation ditches. Arizona farm gives refuge from pain, for man and beast alike 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z They pulled concrete from irrigation ditches, according to satellite photos, and reinforced three lines of defense. How Ukraine Gained Momentum Against Russia and Took a Critical Hub 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z “Now the only time we get crossways with beaver is if they start building dams in our irrigation ditches,” Mr. Smith said. It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z She went to the local public school, made of adobe, and at home she ran wild with roosters in the orchards, bathing her dolls in the irrigation ditch, eating purple grapes from the vine. Cecilia Vicuña’s Desire Lines 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Some members of the army engineering corps were seen trying to clear the main road, but locals said they had been struggling to divert water back into irrigation ditches mostly on their own. Flooding devastates rural areas south of Sudan's capital 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z A group of seventy to eighty unarmed people, including children and infants, were forced into an irrigation ditch by members of the First Platoon under the command of Lt. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In and around the agricultural community of Fromberg, the Clarks Fork River flooded almost 100 homes and badly damaged a major irrigation ditch that serves many farms. Outside Yellowstone, flooded towns struggle to recover 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the Biden administration extended eligible financial relief to the repair of water facilities, irrigation ditches, bridges and roads. Biden facing fire and anger during New Mexico visit 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The children were also forced to do manual labor, sawing lumber, making shingles, digging wells and irrigation ditches and sewing clothing. Investigation finds burial sites at 53 federal Indian boarding schools 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Herpetologists say the toad seems to have adapted to human-modified landscapes like irrigation ditches, suburban yards and water tanks on cattle ranches. Demand for This Toad’s Psychedelic Venom Is Booming. Some Warn That’s Bad for the Toad. 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Then the water ran through irrigation ditches to the fields. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The workers built irrigation ditches to water the fields. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All fall and winter they watered their crops from a network of irrigation ditches. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Xi was caught trying to sneak back to the Chinese capital and returned to Shaanxi to dig irrigation ditches. President Xi Jinping, China’s ‘chairman of everything’ 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z They are employing microjets of warm water, circulating air with windmills and filling up irrigation ditches to protect the groves. The next big squeeze: Florida orange juice could skyrocket in price 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z I had asked the cosmos a question about presence versus absence in the desert, and Elijah soon showed up, fishing along a roadside irrigation ditch, as if to say, “You are here!” You've seen these portraits around L.A. Why are they now in the desert? 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z A line of quail scurries past me, navigating the lip of an irrigation ditch that also runs over the enormous hole hidden in the midst of their habitat. Oil drilling on sensitive New Mexico public lands puts drinking water, rare caves at risk 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z There was a tax on water, and every month, people had to give a day’s worth of labor to maintain wells, irrigation ditches, reservoirs, and dams. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Among them is Laura Cunningham, an ecologist and former state fisheries biologist familiar with the region’s spiderweb-like network of irrigation ditches, diversions, and dams. Citing climate change, LADWP ends free water deal for ranchers and angers conservationists 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z It now resembles a meek and muddy irrigation ditch. Historic river crossing in West Texas is filled with death 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Brandon Francis, an education resource coordinator and research lab tech at the New Mexico State University Agriculture Science Center in Farmington, helped test irrigation ditches, farmland and crops for heavy metals after the spill. Gold King mine spill left linger troubles on Navajo Nation 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Weston then drove through a fence and orchard, crashed into an irrigation ditch and broke into a nearby home before being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and assault with a deadly weapon. Man held for alleged Northern California highway rampage 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z People are working barefoot in the irrigation ditches that run between patches of green plants. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sugarcane is a notoriously thirsty crop, so the enslaved dug irrigation ditches and changed the course of rivers to feed the new fields. Caribbean excavation offers intimate look at the lives of enslaved Africans 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Children were everywhere in Behsud, roaming the streets, swimming in irrigation ditches, and playing cricket in dirt lots with wickets made from cinder blocks. The Shattered Afghan Dream of Peace 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z When settlers started arriving in the mid-1800s, they forced meandering streams into irrigation ditches, leveled forests, and built a lumber mill and clam cannery on the shore. The tiny but mighty Olympia oyster regains a foothold in Washington waters 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Last month, six migrants were killed and another 10 were injured when the jeep they were in crashed into an irrigation ditch. Greece: 8 migrants injured, 2 seriously, in crash 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z With this source of labor, the Han emperors built roads and dug canals and irrigation ditches. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His 7-year-old brother is hospitalized in critical condition after being found in the same irrigation ditch. The Latest: Boy drowns after mom tried to drown him in 2008 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z While deputies were going to the house, they were notified that the boys were found unresponsive in an irrigation ditch. California mom arrested, sons found unresponsive in a ditch 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z A roughly 13-foot, 700-pound alligator was found in an irrigation ditch, officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said this week. Massive 700-pound alligator in Georgia discovered in irrigation ditch 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Residents gathered this week to fill in the irrigation ditch where the gasoline pooled and plan to build a chapel in the alfafa field where the explosion occurred. 1 month after Mexico pipeline fire, toll stands at 130 dead 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Crayfish in irrigation ditches supplemented seafood from the coast. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Regional communities and freshwater ecosystems are much more than irrigation ditches and will thrive if presented with new opportunities. Australia is the canary, and the coalmine, for the world when it comes to water stress | R Keller Kopf 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z At the same time, a social media campaign began where Facebook users posted photographs of themselves standing contritely in irrigation ditches in order to raise awareness of the abuse. Uzbek deputy PM sacked in ditch row 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Romaine lettuce also was at the center of an outbreak earlier this year involving a virulent strain of E. coli bacteria, ultimately traced to an irrigation ditch near Yuma, Arizona. Tainted McDonald's and grocery-store salads linked to California produce company, FDA says 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The original portion of the main house is constructed from hand-hewn logs and several of the outbuildings were built by Boswell, who also dug an impressive irrigation ditch along the plot’s eastern border. Ranching, fishing, family time on governor’s future plans 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Officials say six homes in a subdivision south of Jackson in Teton County were affected by flooding Monday when a mud slide blocked an irrigation ditch. Flooding plagues parts of central and western Wyoming 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Crucially, it would need to operate consistently under varying topographical and environmental conditions, and be able to distinguish roads from other linear components such as low walls, irrigation ditches and natural features. Wanted: AI experts to map road-building boom 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Except: in that month on a “family” orchard of 500 acres of golden delicious apples the only water available came from a pipe run through the irrigation ditch. When Picking Apples on a Farm With 5,000 Rules, Watch Out for the Ladders 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The program offers people welfare payments in exchange for work on infrastructure projects, like digging irrigation ditches. Why Public Health Insurance Could Help, Even if You Don’t Want It 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z We dived into an irrigation ditch and hid there for 20 minutes. The father who saved his children from IS in Syria - BBC News 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z One autumn 16 years ago, Monte Naslund, whose family has worked on the irrigation ditch for decades, was at cow camp, where cattle graze in the summer in the mountains near Nucla. Under siege by liberals: the town where everyone owns a gun 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that a farm worker found the man in an irrigation ditch north of Moses Lake Tuesday. Body of missing man found in irrigation ditch 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Mohammed Neheter, 31, arrived at the refugee camp at midday, his smock still filthy after scrambling along the banks of irrigation ditches to avoid Isis snipers. 'Hundreds of us will die in Raqqa’: the women fighting Isis 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Marana police say the female driver failed to navigate a right turn and crashed her vehicle into an irrigation ditch about 5:30 p.m. Driver rescued after floating down Marana irrigation ditch 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Two years later, on the 40th anniversary of the massacre, Mr. Colburn returned to Vietnam and was reunited with Do Ba, who as a boy had been rescued by Mr. Colburn from an irrigation ditch. Larry Colburn, Who Helped Stop My Lai Massacre, Dies at 67 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Greeley’s backdrop was of the mountains that fed our irrigation ditches that watered our agricultural fields, much like Montrose. Historian writes book with help of Greeley museum 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Thompson first landed the helicopter near an irrigation ditch where women, children and the elderly were sheltering. Lawrence Colburn, soldier honored for intervening in My Lai massacre, dies at 67 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Police in Narathwat province in a separate incident on Friday disarmed an improvised explosive device found in an irrigation ditch. Thai police say 2 separatist suspects killed in shootout 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z And in analyses of soil and lake sediment cores, researchers have found chemical and paleoecological clues indicating that Norse farmers skillfully maintained pastures with manure fertilizer and irrigation ditches. Why did Greenland’s Vikings disappear? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z They found an 8-year-old boy clinging to his mother’s corpse in an irrigation ditch and plucked him by the back of his shirt and delivered him to a nun in a nearby hospital. Larry Colburn, Who Helped Stop My Lai Massacre, Dies at 67 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Teams across the Venezuelan countryside built irrigation ditches to drain pools of standing water, distributed quinine and constructed cinder block homes in rural areas so that mosquitoes had fewer places to breed. Hard Times in Venezuela Breed Malaria as Desperate Flock to Mines 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z The bike went off the highway, vaulted over an irrigation ditch and hit a sign. Montana man killed in motorcycle crash in northern Wyoming 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z They walked in the pitch dark, among the maize and wheat, until they reached an irrigation ditch. The battle for Falluja: 'If they lose it, Isis is finished' 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Just ask Theresa and Darren King, whose son was once found in an irrigation ditch after wandering away from home. Travis Alert: autistic boy inspires potential safety symbol 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z The definition is sufficiently murky, moreover, that it’s not implausible to believe the EPA could claim jurisdiction over seasonal waters such as irrigation ditches. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z “In addition, EPA is positioned to provide technical assistance in flushing irrigation ditches on the Navajo Nation.” EPA draws ire of Navajo Nation after water arrives in dirty oil tanks 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z On Saturday, irrigation ditches were being flushed of orange sediment. After Animas river spill, experts warn of next disaster: 'We were lucky this time' 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z While he cultivated fields, she planted flower bulbs along the irrigation ditches for beauty. Columbia River: B.C. residents want stable reservoir levels 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Most rain soaks into the ground or simply evaporates, long before it can cascade into a storm drain and toward any parched ranch or farmer’s irrigation ditch. A Thirsty Colorado Battles Over the Destiny of Its Raindrops 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The Montana Highway Patrol says Michael Lee Brown-Silva was driving a car early Saturday when it failed to negotiate a curve, struck an embankment and overturned into an irrigation ditch. Man dies in rollover in Madison County 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z His grandfather cleared stones and dug the miles of irrigation ditches that bring water to the ranch with his own hands. Use It or Lose It Laws Worsen Western US Water Woes 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Cox parked next to a concrete-lined irrigation ditch, reached into the back seat, and grabbed a handful of papers from a pile the size of a dictionary. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z After the storm passed through western Japan, a 90-year-old man was found dead in a field irrigation ditch, while a 72-year-old man drowned. Typhoon Vongfong weakens as it moves towards Pacific 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z After the storm passed through western Japan, a 90-year-old man in was found dead in a field irrigation ditch, while a 72-year-old man drowned. Typhoon Vongfong leaves two dead, nearly 100 injured in Japan 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Some of it is visible in dry irrigation ditches and barren fields belonging to farmers who received no water allotment this year. West’s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis The agricultural landscape revealed sunflower fields, irrigation ditches, and a line of pylons. Kurds on Iraq's new faultline feel destiny beckoning 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The three men were checking on problems with an irrigation ditch caused by an initial slide Sunday when a second, much larger slide hit. Colorado mudslide search called off by rescuers due to unstable conditions 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z “The draft guidance is clear that irrigation ditches, drainage ponds, and even groundwater are not considered waters of the U.S. Nor are gullies, rills, swales and other erosional features,” she said. Farmers Fear Proposed Water Rules Will Require Costly Permits 2014-03-12T14:38:51Z They sank dozens of wells and dug nearly 150 kilometers of irrigation ditches and canals. U.S. War in Afghanistan Has Echoes of Soviet Experience 2013-01-02T01:51:04Z The drought withered grazing grounds, killed off young lambs and dried up irrigation ditches, and a glut of meat and imported lambs from New Zealand helped to send prices plummeting. Drought and Economic Woes Vex Sheep Farmers 2012-12-10T23:25:38Z After the quake in 2010, there were promises, never fully met, of revitalization — things like new irrigation ditches and canals, river dredging and reforestation. Poor Haitian Farmers Are Left Hopeless After Storm 2012-11-17T17:56:15Z They volunteered to investigate when a rancher noticed his irrigation ditch stopped running. Colorado mudslide search called off by rescuers due to unstable conditions 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Communities like Seville, where corroded piping runs through a murky irrigation ditch and into a solitary well, are particularly vulnerable to nitrate contamination, lacking financial resources for backup systems. Tainted Water in California Farmworker Communities 2012-11-13T16:01:42Z A single such well can require five million gallons of water, and energy companies are flocking to water auctions, farm ponds, irrigation ditches and municipal fire hydrants to get what they need. Struggle for Water in Colorado With Rise in Fracking 2012-09-06T02:06:01Z In a neighboring town, a man’s body was retrieved after his car was swept into a large irrigation ditch, authorities said. Floods in Japan Displace Hundreds of Thousands 2012-07-16T08:06:34Z Some of the villagers scrambled to the roadsides, trying to hide in shallow irrigation ditches; others dropped and made themselves as flat as possible. The Kabul Hospital That Treats All Sides 2012-05-20T04:04:01Z An afternoon demonstration on how Afghan farmers dig irrigation ditches with shovels left Sergeant Rowe in a reflective mood. Duplicating Afghanistan From the Ground Up 2012-04-14T17:56:04Z Two specimens examined from the vicinity of Nuevo Laredo were trapped in weeds and tall grass along an irrigation ditch that ran between desert and a cornfield. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z Farther on a multitude of irrigation ditches have turned a plain of dry friable soil into a plain of mud, through which it was difficult to struggle. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Irrigation canals shaded by fruit trees, and irrigation ditches bordered by reeds, carry water in abundance all through the plain. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z The lay-out of this land also embraced the scheme for protecting the reservoir by draining the surface-water away to the irrigation ditches. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z The unkindness of irrigation ditches, withdrawing its waters, revealed that like most bottomless pools of story it was very shallow indeed. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z I had in view the completion of an irrigation ditch that I had begun before I left to see the opening in Oklahoma. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Again, ruins on the bottoms of enclosed salt lakes, old beaches now under the water, and signs of irrigation ditches where none are now needed indicate a climate drier than the present. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z “It’s kind of like snow,” said Wiley McFarland, 83, a longtime rancher and community leader who wearily recalls pitchforking thousands of the plants out of his irrigation ditches and cattle corrals during particularly bad years. Tumbleweeds Are Piling Up Across the Plains 2011-10-27T14:56:40Z From this chamber the sewage is delivered to two main irrigation ditches, which distribute the sewage in two directions, one northward and the other to the western extremity of the lands. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Many scientists hold that these are artificial canals or irrigation ditches, and that the planet must be inhabited. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The water supply for farms in the Holly area comes from wells and irrigation ditches that tap the nearby Arkansas River. At epicenter of deadly listeria outbreak, a farm town shares nation?s puzzlement _ and fear 2011-09-30T12:27:33Z Elsewhere, for instance in the Tian-Shan Mountains, irrigation ditches are found in places where irrigation never seems to be necessary at present. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z He dug irrigation ditches and plowed up the desert soil. In the 19th century, the Romneys fled the law 2011-09-09T15:30:00Z An overflow drains the pit to an irrigation ditch, the solid matter being allowed to settle and the liquid to drain off. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z These streams were irrigation ditches, and the moisture in them was giving life to a vast section of country that had previously been arid and dead. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z Several maps hung on the wall, some of them railroad advertisements, and others were engineers' charts of ranch lands and irrigation ditches. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z The Reservation is bounded on the south-east side, next the town, by an irrigation ditch, which is crossed by as many little bridges as there are streets that open out upon the common. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z The latter stream could support two irrigation ditches. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z After misjudging distance so often to his own discomfiture a tourist is said to have been found disrobing preparatory to swimming across an irrigation ditch. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z For the next two hours, the squad dashed across irrigation ditches and peeked around mud walls searching for the enemy while trying to avoid walking into another ambush—or mistakenly clashing with their own troops. At War: A Year at War: The Chaos of War, Up Close 2011-05-25T13:24:57Z Eight months ago, he was walking home along one of the irrigation ditches that cross the rich farmland here. Special report: "Big Sister" set to evict Communists from India 2011-05-12T04:17:55Z Notice those irrigation ditches, carrying water to the fields everywhere from the lakes. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z On the plain itself the stream could supply two irrigation ditches. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z Remarks.—This common, vagrant species was found on brushy hillsides, near buildings on hills above rice fields, in tall grasses near streams, in rice fields, and along drainage and irrigation ditches. Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea 2011-01-15T03:00:35.760Z The soldiers bounded across a field and through an irrigation ditch, taking cover behind fallen trees and haystacks. A Year at War: Life and Death Decisions Weigh on Junior Officers 2010-12-20T20:29:20Z Machine gunners and snipers watch over fields, irrigation ditches, and wood groves of the Green Zone, from whose concealment insurgents fire. Afghanistan's Green Zone 2010-07-29T20:54:00Z The Marines dropped onto their stomachs or leapt into the irrigation ditches flooded with dirty brown water, found their bearings and started returning fire. Persistent Taliban Clash With Marine Patrols and Try to Undo U.S. Gains 2010-05-19T19:56:00Z As the sun set, he brought the sheep in, crossing a footpath over an irrigation ditch that curls around his house like a black moat. Mixquiahuala Journal: Fears That a Lush Land May Lose a Foul Fertilizer 2010-05-05T01:50:00Z Amazingly, one of them is Do Ba, then 4 years old, whom helicopter gunner Lawrence Colburn pulled from among dead bodies heaped in an irrigation ditch. | 'My Lai': PBS?s ?My Lai? Recalls Dark Day From Vietnam War 2010-04-25T21:53:00Z The Marines used portable aluminum footbridges to cross irrigation ditches and avoid booby-trapped crossings. 2010-02-13T11:37:00Z In the evening light, the Scottish-Afghan patrol clambered past trees and an irrigation ditch and entered corn and poppy fields. Afghanistan's Green Zone 2010-07-29T20:54:00Z Then all hands began to clear and repair the irrigation ditches, so that when dry weather came the fields should have water in plenty. The Land of Strong Men In the dry season individuals have been observed in patios, along streams, and by irrigation ditches. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México Close to the sign was the irrigation ditch with a thick stream of water rushing through. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway It is crisscrossed with canals and irrigation ditches. 2010-02-13T11:37:00Z If they took fire, they wouldn’t even be able to roll into one of the water-filled irrigation ditches — the risk of hidden bombs was too high. Afghanistan's Green Zone 2010-07-29T20:54:00Z He had accomplished this by a primitive water wheel operated by the swift water of the irrigation ditch back of the house. The Land of Strong Men Some of the heirs, who were not what you would call square, began to get an itching for Gordon’s land, which was improved by the first irrigation ditch in Texas. The Orphan Valeria saw the ancient irrigation ditches he indicated, half filled in places, and overgrown with cactus. Red Nails They learned coöperation by making wagon roads together, by making dams and big irrigation ditches, and from the round-ups. Stepsons of Light He was sweating when he reached the row of palms that lined the irrigation ditch. Adolescents Only Close beside the house ran an irrigation ditch in which clear mountain water purred and gurgled softly. The Land of Strong Men The network of irrigation ditches also impedes mechanical cultivation of the fields. Area Handbook for Bulgaria The Mission was arranged in a great quadrangle fifty-four by 154 yards with acequias or irrigation ditches both to front and rear. Through Our Unknown Southwest The land on both sides of the railway was a black, sandy loam, level almost as a floor, intersected and broken only by the canals and irrigation ditches. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise A—a rocket of some sort fell in the field, just beyond the irrigation ditch. Adolescents Only An irrigation ditch bordered by willows paralleled the road. The Land of Strong Men They inhabit lakes, streams, marshes, ponds, springs, and irrigation ditches. Washo Religion Though you can see the footpath of sandaled feet worn in the very rocks of eternity, an irrigation ditch has not yet been located. Through Our Unknown Southwest So it is—compared with the cost of an irrigation ditch through a 20-acre farm. The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce He joined the reporter and they walked out to the field beyond the irrigation ditch. Adolescents Only Indeed, in the Salt River valley of Arizona, old irrigation ditches were discovered on the lines of which now flow the waters that irrigate the modern orchards and vineyards. History of Human Society Fifteen miles up the river from the grand white house Macdonald had strung his barbed wire and carried in the irrigation ditch to his alfalfa field. The Rustler of Wind River Scientists go up to the Rio Grande in New Mexico, see evidence of ancient irrigation ditches, of receding springs and decreasing waters; and they at once pronounce—desiccation. Through Our Unknown Southwest The corrals and long hay ricks of Granados were now in sight, backed by the avenue of palms and streaks of green where the irrigation ditches led water to the outlying fields and orchards. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Fortune had favored him by interposing in his path an enormous puddle, almost a pond, the overflow from a broken irrigation ditch. When the West Was Young A mile below where the dams had been destroyed an irrigation ditch tapped the river and carried a full head to the green fields. A Mountain Boyhood Even as it was, with all the big debt of gratitude owing, his intimacy with a man who had opened an irrigation ditch was a thing of which he did not boast abroad. The Rustler of Wind River They jumped over the large irrigation ditches, entered into an orange grove, and on emerging from it found themselves among the cacti. Sielanka: An Idyll But Panhandle on this runaway occasion fell asleep on the dry grassy bottom of an irrigation ditch. Valley of Wild Horses The path zigzagged down through the olive trees between thin chortling glitter of irrigation ditches that occasionally widened into green pools, reed-fringed, froggy, about which bristled scrub oleanders. Rosinante to the Road Again They made roads and railways, dug irrigation ditches, and planted forest trees; and so gradually turned large tracts of what had been useless country into valuable possessions. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use George Washington Marlborough tripped over an irrigation ditch, and soared away at a tangent, like a sputtering remnant of a burnt-out world. The Busted Ex-Texan and Other Stories The young trees receive moisture from neighboring wells or from irrigation ditches, and are shaded by bananas. All About Coffee Up and down this river are farms and plantations with irrigation ditches leading to fields of rice and grain, sugar cane and cotton as well as other valuable farm products. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The struggle of these peasants against their neighbours is told with a good deal of feeling, and the culmination in a rifle fight in an irrigation ditch is a splendid bit of blood and thunder. Rosinante to the Road Again Not infrequently the train rumbled across a little creek or irrigation ditch around which cottonwoods grew and grass was green. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Patty guided the horses down the trail that slanted into the valley and crossed the half-mile of "flats" whose wire fences and long, clean-cut irrigation ditches marked the passing of the cattle country. The Gold Girl And for a week now the irrigation ditches had been dry. The Desert Fiddler Hour after hour half dressed men and women will dip up water and pour it into irrigation ditches. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Molding concrete and digging irrigation ditches have a fascination for me, but I dare say it’s an unusual taste. Brandon of the Engineers Great irrigation ditches were dug and a period of feverish prosperity began. Prescott of Saskatchewan A dry weed-choked irrigation ditch paralleled the trail, its wooden flumes, like the fence posts, rotting where they stood, and its walls all but obliterated by the wash of spring freshets. The Gold Girl The fields lay before them checkered off into squares by the irrigation ditches, level as a table. The Desert Fiddler The little buckets on the waterwheel keep an almost endless stream flowing into the irrigation ditch. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Toward its mouth, the valley was spotted with many fenced alfalfa fields, and traversed by irrigation ditches; while to the right, in the direction in which Wade now rode, rose the timber belt. Hidden Gold Early in April the rice-fields are flooded by the irrigation ditches that the river or the mountain streams have filled with water. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia It was years ago on an old irrigation ditch. Still Jim Barb had sent Bradley about a mile below the house to repair a small break in the irrigation ditch and had ridden down to show him what he wanted done. Laramie Holds the Range I grow seedlings and plant them wherever I find a place protected from the stock and within reach of moisture from the irrigation ditch, as this is a desert, cactus country. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 They consist of areas of spongy soil intersected by numerous irrigation ditches, where the traveller may observe the Indian owners industrially watering them and tending their profuse array of flowers and vegetables. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development His irrigation ditches were "young rivers" for him, rivers of being, across which white youths upon white horses, and white fawns were gliding to the measure of their own delights. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets The irrigation ditch pleased and interested Arthur, for it was the finest piece of work he had yet seen. Wayside Courtships Son, if I started acting like a master around this ranch in the morning, they'd find my body in an irrigation ditch before sunset. Lone Star Planet Map of an ancient irrigation ditch Building plans Plate XII. Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 He builds no embankments, no irrigation ditches, no terraces. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The parched-earth, burnt-oil smell gave place to the minty odor of hay in wind rows, with the cool water tang of the big irrigation ditch flowing liquid gold in the yellow August light. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The only sound from the place was the musical gurgle of water in a little irrigation ditch bordering the lawn. The Iron Furrow While Alice busied herself in the cabin, Endicott unsaddled the horses and turned them into a small field where the vegetation grew rank and high and green beside a series of irrigation ditches. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country Then somewhere near, silhouetted against the sky or distant mountains, on the slight elevation of the irrigation ditch bank, we were sure to see some of the irrigation Chinamen. The Killer There are still traces of well-constructed irrigation ditches to be seen approaching the ruins from the northwest. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The groves of oaks and pecans were superb, but they passed more desolate and abandoned buildings and crossed more irrigation ditches choked up with refuse. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty But to esteem an irrigation ditch before me, the idea! The Iron Furrow The trailers scanned closely the edge of the irrigation ditch. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West There, after much driving, we came to the land of irrigation ditches again. The Killer Your irrigation ditches break and wash out; cattle get into your crops whenever you go to town; but your fences never break when you're round the ranch. Copper Streak Trail The deep irrigation ditches, dug by the Spanish priests and their Indian converts, were abandoned, and mud and refuse were fast filling them up. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty Strange the idea never occurred to you before—you, Gretzinger, irrigation expert, though you never saw an irrigation ditch till you came West. The Iron Furrow It followed the lines of canal and irrigation ditches mile after mile till it had got as far south as Ypres, beyond Ypres indeed. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front One day she attempted to cross an irrigation ditch that proved to be deeper than she had thought it. The Killer The trail was a foot deep in water, like an irrigation ditch. White Shadows in the South Seas The frontier world gave itself to ploughing fields and building fences and digging irrigation ditches and planting orchards. A Man Four-Square By breaking down an irrigation ditch the enemy succeeded in further flooding the locality where the automobile was trapped. War in the Garden of Eden The irrigation ditches were closed, thus providing the sloughs and ponds with fresh water, and lime was sprinkled on the mud flats and duck trails. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Marking the line of his fall, I stepped confidently forward, and without any warning whatever found myself standing on the bank of an irrigation ditch. The Killer Success has been attained by a resolute expenditure of money in irrigation ditches, which have made the land yield constant and remunerative crops. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands The rabbits had been rescued from a watery grave in an irrigation ditch and carefully nursed back to life. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico As I neared them a lively fusillade opened and I had to take refuge in a convenient irrigation ditch. War in the Garden of Eden Like all Mormon villages it had quaint log cabins, low stone houses, an irrigation ditch running at the side of the road, orchards, and many rosy-cheeked children. Tales of lonely trails Nearer, the meadow of alfalfa and clover lay like a soft, green carpet of velvet, lined here and there with the irrigation ditches which kept it so. Good Indian On the long, low window, giving an outlook on fields of alfalfa, corn and the silver ribbons of the irrigation ditches, dainty muslin curtains now hung. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama We took wrong tracks, got entangled among fences, plunged through the deep mud of irrigation ditches, and were despondent. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Tattered Kurds were working on the irrigation ditches, and a heap of rags lying below the wall in the sun changed itself into a small boy, just as I was about to step on it. War in the Garden of Eden Presently he made out a huge hole in the sand just about where the irrigation ditch had stopped near his line. Desert Gold Because the farmers had been killed at the irrigation ditch, these others, Gerard and his family, fed full. The Octopus : A story of California Still they crawled forward, refreshing themselves with water whenever they could find any in the irrigation ditches that these people used for their crops, but covering little more than a mile an hour. Fair Margaret There was notation of some trouble because beavers were numerous and persisted in damming irrigation ditches. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert On either side, fronting the cottages, ran the slow waters of two irrigation ditches, gleaming where lamp-rays penetrated the darkness. Over the Pass A deep irrigation ditch, full of flowing muddy water, ran parallel with the road. Desert Gold Some basins and several chunks of yellow laundry soap were on a bench beside an irrigation ditch that ran along the fence just inside the gate. The Ramblin' Kid There were bumps in the orchard road where the irrigation ditches crossed. The Desert of Wheat This would be governed, of course, by the amount of fresh water used for dilution in the irrigation ditch. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Under the trees leisurely flowed those arteries of ranch and garden-life, the irrigation ditches. Over the Pass The Chases had extended a main irrigation ditch down to Belding's farm, skipped the width of his ground, then had gone on down through Altar Valley. Desert Gold Probably it was nicotine poisonin' that killed twenty acres of my cotton, too; and maybe if I'd cut out Bull Durham I'd have floated that bond issue on the irrigation ditch. Heart of the Sunset He made gardens for the women; he cut cords of fire-wood; he dammed the brook and made an irrigation ditch; he learned to love these fatherless children, and they loved him. The Rainbow Trail They walked along by the "zanja," or irrigation ditch, that here bordered the road. Out of the Triangle: a story of the Far East She watched the yellow plains where the cattle grazed; their presence, and irrigation ditches and cottonwood-trees told her that the railroad part of the journey was nearly ended. The Man of the Forest New irrigation ditches are built by, or at the instance of, all those who will benefit by them. The Bontoc Igorot Second, there was a small active Dog that could follow through that hole, and him he baffled by leaping a twenty-foot irrigation ditch that had steep sides and a swift current. Animal Heroes A brook ran out of a ravine in the huge bluff, and from this led irrigation ditches. Wildfire They crossed an alfalfa-field, jumped an irrigation ditch, used the clippers again, and found themselves in a large pasture. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West Almost as soon as he left the town he was in the desert; a detached ranch, a suggestion of a road, a fenced-in cotton-field or two, an irrigation ditch, and then—sand. Dangerous Days Now, Mullens, you send over, as soon as you can, and get me the figures on the cost of those irrigation ditches and the statistics about the increased production per acre. Roads of Destiny Shallow in most places, it was full of hidden wire and crisscrossed with irrigation ditches. The Amazing Interlude This little dwelling-place was just outside the village limits, and the widow who lived there had to carry her water from the nearest irrigation ditch. Riders of the Purple Sage She had proceeded with her changelings behind the kitchen, where one of the irrigation ditches ran under the fence from the hay-field to supply the house with water. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains A green-bowered irrigation ditch led by the porch and unseen water flowed gently, with gurgle and tinkle, with music in its hurry. Heritage of the Desert We never heard of water except that of the Colorado or the Gila or the tanks and basins, and irrigation ditches of the settlers. Vanished Arizona There were no fences, but the wide irrigation ditches gave us a plenty of excitement, and the riding was glorious. Vanished Arizona |
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