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I I MR. KNIGHTS: MR. D. MILLER: MR. KNIGHTS: """.......... soil survey. It was made in - what? '28 or '29 by the Department of Agriculture. I think there was a survey made of that in connection with the old Blue-South platte survey and I would like to inquire as to what additional information is needed over and above what we've accumulated over these many years?" "On the classification, Dave, you are quite right. There are other surveys and we did make one with the old Blue-South Platte. That in- formation will be used to the fullest possibility in any new. We haven't definitely started a soil classification survey in that area. We are looking at it to find out whether it would be needed and that would depend upon the interests of the Henrylynn people as well as the available information. Certainly all of the information that is available will be used and only such additional work done as might be absolutely necessary." "We think we have some very good land - about the best in the state. This could be argued by other sections. I know that we know pretty well what this is. What I would like to point up here is (and I'm not trying to be criti- cal, in writing a ,brief for the Supreme Court I never have one that is perfect and I have never prepared one that I couldn't do better but I wouldn't live long enough to finish the best one possible), and I would like to urge here, as Pete has said many times on the western slope, that at some point we reach the point of practi- cality and I think on soil survey that anyone who has had any familiarity with Henrylynn will tell you the soil is good, you can raise any kind of crop you want, and tha t this ought not to take as much time." "That very well may be true. However, I must point out that we are bound by certain laws, rules and regulations on soil classification and it is necessary that when we propose a project that the land classification must be certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Congress.