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<br />For the flrea within the present district boundaries, <br /> <br />the result of the land classification is es follows I <br /> <br />Cult1vnted - - - - - - - - - 5,500 acres <br />PSllture - - - - - - - - - - -l,474 " <br />Meadow- - - - - - - - - - - 332 a <br />Arable, not 1rr1gated, ell <br />class 2 - - - - - - - - - 1.g39 n <br />Total - - - 9,l95 <br /> <br />I1ltimate Develo.....~~ <br /> <br />While the total erea of tho di~trict within its legel <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />, boundarieS is so,me 18,000 Beres, the ere!! within which ferming <br /> <br /> <br />bas been donel end which 1s below present ditches 1s only 13,09' <br /> <br /> <br />acres, of ..lUch 9,195 acres are irr1gsted or 1rrigeble. All shown <br /> <br /> <br />by the crop census only 8,468 acree or 64. "f1, or the totel area <br /> <br /> <br />covered by ditcheo has actually been cultiveted. Smell lUlls, <br /> <br />deep erroyos snd rock1 epote covered with dsnse ceder timber <br /> <br />aCCount lor moot ot: the lft-ste lend (Qrelldy under ditch, but !In <br /> <br />aree of lO,OOO Beres is eseily Gve11ehle. Possibly 13,000 <br /> <br />acree nth f'dr to eood 60il oould be irrigated from the river <br />above Mella Verde, 't!.thout entering areoll t'rOlB which the re- <br /> <br />turn now would be lost to the project. Much of the additional <br /> <br />area would be in Mud Creek Valley, 0, slllsll port elso on the <br />neses north end eest of Mancoll out~1de the boundaries of the <br /> <br />present district where ebout h~lf the ultimate area is now <br />irrigated. D1 teh construction to reach any of these areElS <br />would be ne1ther difficult nor expens1ve. <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />'6~~~ <br />