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.-of .-.l .-.l .-.l .___._....... "'u~u.u....~~.._. _. " , jI. ~ - ,/ ') " y ---f/ ;.-.- Ranchers Recommend ~~!!I)~~f!!~()ok Parcels Be Increased To 400 Acres RAWLINS, Wyo. CAP)-A ranch servation District on the .colora-IROOk Dam and reservoir in Colo~ family can't scratch a decent liv. do side of the sta:e line. rado. ing on the traditional 160-acre Ranchers in the Savery area al- Legislation would be needed to reclamation project unit. veteran so suggested they be allowed to establish basic farm units of lar~~ stockgrowers have told a Senate . . ., er than 160 acres, a subcomrrut~ subcommittee. particIpate m selectIOn of ranch- tee representative said. The ranchers recommended the ers settling in the area. Proposed specifications of the basic farm unit for the proposed The project, already approved project were outlined at the hear- Savery-Pot H 0 0 k Reclamation by the Bureau of Reclamation mg. project in southern Wyoming and and the Bureau of the Budget, Area residents said they would northern Colorado be at least 400 would irrigate 35,265 acres, indud- welcome an access road to the acres. ing 16,154 acres in Wyoming. The relatively isolated area. Many res- Sen. Joe Hickey, D-Wyo., con- acreage includes land that has no idents now travel 90 miles to dueted the hearing Saturday as irrigation water or inadequate ir. Craig, Colo., for business and acting chairman of the Senate lr~ rigation. shopping. The project area is rigation and Reclamation Subcom. Main features of the project about 55 miles from Rawlins, mittee. Sen. Gale McGee, D- Wyo. would be Savery Darn and reser. county seat for tlie Wyoming sat in on the session, attended by voir in Wyoming and the Pot side residents. 60 to 70 businessmen, representa- tives of state agencies and ranch- I ers who live in the project area. A 160-acre unit is adequate for a fruit or vegetable farm, but not for the stock rangeland of the Sa~ I very.Pot Hook region, the subcom- mittee was told, The interior department has set ] the limits of reclamation project , units at 160 acres. In some cases, ( the size of the basic units was I increased when it was found 160 r acres would not support a farm r family, Those recommending larger ba- I sic units included Farrington Car- tl penter. a rancher and attorney in E the Hayden, Colo" area; Die k " Hiser, Carbon County agricultural '\ agent; John Cohb, a rancher' t m e m her of the Savery-Little t Snake Conservation District; and Darwin Dunn and 0, Marion I Jones, hoth of the Pot Hook Con- 10 -Ii, -(,2,