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Palo Verde Irrigation District ..... CROP REPORT ..... FIELD CROPS 1951 Alfalfa ..............................,..,............................27,013 !:~~d~;;i~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1,:!~ Castor Beans ......_.........______.................__._......... 573 Cotton. Short Staple ............................______..___.16,076 Cotton, Long Staple _...._...........__..........._._....... 131 Dates ..__.___n_.nn.._............................................... 5 Flax .....,.......................4-.........,...,...................... 207 Grapes ..___n...n...........Uh..................___._........____ 30 Hemp ........n._.__.....____...................._.............__...... 813 Clover ..................__...____.__...........................______. 220 Milo, Hegari, Maize .....................................___ 298 Oats ..............__......................._____.........____......... 235 brchard, Trees ......__um__..........____.__..............._.. 34 Pasture ._n......_..__....................._..............___........ 2,088 Rice .................................................................... Sudan Grass ....................._.............................. 821 Wheat ................................................................ 541 Leaching ............................................................ 326 VEGEfARLES Beans, Cowpeas ................_............................. Peas ........h.................................h.................n.... Cabbage ............................................................ Carrots ................................._............................ Corn .........h..h......._........................................... Cucum.bers ..........n...............................h........... Garden .....h..............................h....................... Lettuce ........................h.......n.........................n Onions ..................._..................__..........h.......... Potatoes ..nn...................................h................. Pumpkins ..................................._......h.....__...._.. Squash ..............................................._.............. MELONS Cantaloupes .........................................h........... Honeydews, etc. ._.........._..............................._. Watermelons .......h..........................h............... fOfAL ACRES OF CROP ..........,.....,............,........63.849 16 8IBl 0 1,584 180 76 1,257 51 351 11 2,978 610 4,977 1952 1953 24,380 16,954 2,346 1,100 71 18 51 70 23,562 35,846 382 121 5 5 106 30 609 502 612 313 102 27 12 2,311 923 4 830 1,047 153 538 113 3S2 593 25S 186 80 316 36 111 45 38 10 6 5 1,178 2,702 68 85 94 328 16 42 LESS ACRES DOUBLE.CROPPED Alfalfa ....,..............,......................................,..... 288 Barley ....h...................................................._..h. Barley Hay........................................................ 40 Beans, Cowpeas .............................................. 1.299 Cantaloupes ................n......._............................ 673 Carrots ..............h......................._..........h.....h... 40 Corn .......h...h...._...................................._n........ Cotton, Short Staple .._.......................n._.......... 270 Hemp ................................................................ 293 Honeydews .........................n............................. 36 Lettuce ......................n.........h........................n. 130 Milo, Hegari, Maize ..n............._...............h..... 76 Orchard. Trees ......._.............................n........... Pasture ........._......._....n...................................... 285 Peas h....................................._...................h.._.... Sudan Grass .n................................................. Watermelons _..................h__......................_...... 358 Cabbage ............................................................ Castor Beans ..........._...h................................... 120 272 884 18 245 95 401 1.119 109 661 1,451 268 105 237 184 227 193 7 130 39 40 310 113 268 231 3,857 3,750 62,849 66,532 fOfAL DOUBLE.CROPPED .................................... 3,908 NEf ACRES CULflVAfED ......................,.............59,941 ..... Mesa 3,878 359 4,270 4,703 360 3,729 70.282 In 1951, landholders on the Palo Verde Mesa raised a fund and retained Harrison and Woolley, consulting engineers of Santa Ana, California. to make a preliminary study for irrigation of the Palo Verde Mesa. Harrison and Woolley made the study and submitted a written report to Blythe- Mesa Pre-organization, the Mesa landholders who contributed toward the cost of the study. The report stated that such a project is feasible and recommended installation of a pumping plant in Section 6-6-23 to lift the water 138 feet from this District's canal system to a reservoir on the mesa. The water would then flow through a mesa main canal westerly and southerly along the west edge of the mesa and feed laterals which would flow south and east. After construction standards were established by this District, it was estimated then the total cost of the project would be approximately $3.000,- 000. This would cover the cost of the distribution system, so as to deliver water to a point on each eighty acres of land. Cost of any land l~veling and of distribution of water within each eighty acres would be borne by the landholder. The right to use water of the Colorado River on the mesa is limited to 16,000 acres. Assuming 10% unirrigated because of roads, canals, farmyards, etc., the District is limiting Inclusion to 17.778 acres. The District is restricting inclusion to .the lands of Soil Classes 2 and 3 as shown on the Wier-Storie soil survey map of 1945. The pUl'pose of this restriction is to prevent an investment of money in ,the development of poor grades of soil. 66,706 17