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<br />.L;)-.lO <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />two to three inches occurred along the <br />path of cell No.2.' <br /> <br />And he concludes with this question, <br />to which I don't know the answer: 'Which <br />is the better, heavy rain with hail or <br />less rain with no hail?' Well, I am sure <br />that is the choice we face but I know it <br />1s a problem because things are happening <br />out there. Just exactly what happens in <br />relation to water supply, I don't know. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Well, I think that gives you a brief <br />idea of some of the background of the pro- <br />blems, some of the data that we can collect, <br />some of the results we think we can get and <br />.some of the indications that we have seen <br />out in the field so far. I am sure you <br />must have some questions. I would be happy <br />to answer them if I can." <br /> <br />"May I ask first of all, a question of <br />Larry. This is somewhat the same problem <br />that was posed down at Glen Canyon at which <br />time it was represented as a hail suppres- <br />sion program. Now I think it is being <br />represented as a question of determining <br />the amoUnt of moisture and if so, does that <br />create any different problem in connection <br />with our appropriations?" <br /> <br />"It does~ definitely. I think I was <br />not too well informed; The thing had been <br />given to me shortly before the Glen Canyon <br />meeting and after returning from Glen Can- <br />yon and talking'with the Governor's office, <br />I found that numerous protests had come <br />about in northeastern Colorado, primarily <br />from the cattlemen and others who are using <br />the range land as contrasted with those peo- <br />ple growing row crops. There has been a <br />feeling, as has already been expressed, <br />that these seeding operations were depriv- <br />ing the range lands of moisture. Now any- <br />thing to do with the rainfall properly <br />comes within the jurisdiction of this Board. <br />The way it was presented before, we were <br />participating only in a hail suppression <br />program. That is really not the purpose <br />of this study. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The purpose of this study, as I say, <br />originated from the pressure put on by <br />