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<br />. <br /> <br />to abO\;t fift): pe r cent. in tile future, to af:f:ord the be8t sys- <br /> <br /> <br />tem of crop rot2tion. :!'he net out)! of 2.87 acre-fe8t vlEl be <br /> <br /> <br />materially bettered by cutting down cn the alf81fu :::creage. <br /> <br /> <br />The crops follol'linij alfalfa on this land have mn,de exce?- <br /> <br /> <br />tional yields. Potatoes last season yielded from 250 to 300 <br /> <br /> <br />sacks per acre and the corn from 75 to 107 bushels per acre. In <br /> <br />addi tion to these Cl'OpS, all kinds of frui ts C5n be succ essfully <br /> <br />grovm. <br /> <br />l'he 'Red Lands [lesa is Similar in many rcs:r;ects to a large <br />amount of mcsa land in \~cstern Colorado, Ii grc5t deal of which <br />is still undcveloped. Due to the topography of the land in <br />Western Colorado, a la rge areu of the undovclopad land is located <br />in small valleys 2nd n.djoining mesas and most of thesc lands are <br />'. in the hie:ller Oountry where the rainfall is r.:rcater than in this <br />velley. 'i'hese lands ~re so separated from 6::,ch other the;t it is <br />impossible to develop them as a large unit 8nd it uill necessar- <br /> <br />ily talce a lonf:: time in which to ultimatel,! bring about this <br /> <br />development and wc mUflt be assured that ,"hen this time comes <br /> <br />that there will be sufficient water to follow out,this program. <br />(:i;;nd of St:?tement) <br /> <br />MR. CARPU1;.'l>R: Sacts contain how many bushels? <br />MR. RUMP: About IlL or 115 pounds to the sack; almost two <br />bushels; slightly under. <br />MR. HOOV:i;;R: You heard the question I put to the las~ witness <br />as to this question of ~robubility or justice of getting people <br />to go on to reclaim and dcvelop the land without being fully <br />,.J assured of a sufficiency of water to go with thc land; are you of <br />the s~rne opinion that that m~st be done? <br /> <br />G.J. <br />