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<br />There ore an.Kn graphiaally on plete No. 1 the moving <br /> <br />five-year &ver~~ee for ~nnual pr~c1~lt"t1~n and ennu~l,mean <br /> <br />temperbture for the j)eriod of recQrd at ManCO[l1 for tbe Yf1cre <br /> <br />lil9;; to 1936 lit Dur{iJ]Go; all;! 1'';>1' the poriod for "hich :;uch re- <br /> <br />cords are com~lete. at Fort Ltiuis. The reoorda st Meneos nnd <br />I <br />Fort Lewis p,ractiof<l1y uP/Ill the seiDe period "5 the l'GooI'd lilt <br />, <br /> <br />DU1'ango. <br /> <br />IheJe recoTIle show" ,1rou(lht condit1on and1ng r.bout <br /> <br />1904, followeJ by u cerles of y~arE of batter rainfall. which <br /> <br />in turn hnvebeeu follo,;ed bl ~ho pr.::;t .,ient Yii/lt'3 of uro1lght <br /> <br />dond,itiODe. <br /> <br />III t~ 66r1ee of ye~r$ fr~m 1906 to 1927, the Moncos <br /> <br />iUver 'W...~ generally cl1er6c*er1zed by (I feirly late ;spring flood <br />follo~ed by considerable 3u~er ra1nf~11. which incre~aed the <br /> <br />stl'&lJi'\ ,f'1o", lJlllterially ~nd provided, tho \tllt.er for 5=e1' irriga- <br /> <br />Uon. <br /> <br />1'herc are not allff1cient r<,cordll tor cO~l~l'ing the <br /> <br />relative ~(lv,'rlt;,' of tht:! reo!>nt CU"oug.ht l\url of -:'h& drour;ht <br /> <br />period ending about 1904. RO\'fever, haC/HIM tllo;re l1a5 been <br /> <br />"oUle InCr<l;:'I~s in irrigutQd aree in recent yellrf';. the effect <br /> <br />01' tns prOiiCDut drQullht lJ./>.:r hl>vo bean Jlor6 f.6'iere than t.het of <br /> <br />tI1G 061'1161' 76<U-5. I~. il:l1 e'J'Cllt t.he dec:!'e;;u'3d ,"P.t.al' :;uppl;)' <br /> <br />resulting 1'1'0111 th& drought oonditions imucutes how narrow <br /> <br />'\:J <br />~,) <br />~ <br /> <br />the margin of Ilafety rC;:Ellly ~"p.e Dnd shows that the area nON <br /> <br />farmed ill too large forthlt unregt1l<:te'l stre!)ll! now. <br /> <br />12 <br />