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<br />'. <br /> <br />r.np" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />." .:'" <br />..~.. :./ ~ ~.- <br />"::":'~;::::'.' :.~; ;'" <br /> <br />34 HISTORY OF COJ';SER\'ATIO:-I ,:-; THE ~lISSOURI VALLEY <br /> <br />did not make itself felt until the year 1910. Government land <br />policy made a major contribution to the do\vnfall of large scale <br />cattle production. <br /> <br />Open water is ,"ita} in the cattlc business and, then as now, <br />water rights were ill the ccnter of the stage. The old ~Iexican <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />--.. -- - <br /> <br />". ": <br /> <br />.. ~:.. .... <br /> <br />: - . .... <br /> <br />:Hie;;;;,:;';,,~", <br /> <br />.-. ." <br />, <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.;-. <br /> <br />, <br />'" <br /> <br />'; <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.;.-. <br /> <br />-..', <br /> <br />, <br />'.~ ", <br /> <br />.~ .-.., . <br />..... ....".-. <br />~. "." . <br />"';:"-;';\:...,." ._'~' <br /> <br />:>:,:-'Y:\'::~'~:' ~":,~ <br />....... <br /> <br />....- <br /> <br />, , <br />" <br /> <br />- Soli Conservation Ser\"lcf' Photo. <br />Open watli'r Is vllal In th{' callie business <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />-., <br /> <br />crtld{~ t).'pographical survey on the Rio Grande has been compli- <br />mented as "cry successful. The United States government survey <br />is based on tm..;nships, sections and quarteTs with absolute title to <br />the owner. TillS is in line with OUf very definite idea of individual <br />freedom, Thus water could he lawfully fenced. if the local govern- <br />ment was organized to enforce it, and large areas of watershed <br />controlled free of rent. Howen~r, there has always been an un- <br /> <br />......:.:.,.:.. <br /> <br />~: '- <br />.,~ <br /> <br />" <br />:.,' <br />..::.::'-.~>...:.:~,.... '. <br />",I';J;J,:;;{~:;:j <br /> <br />::':~,~,<,::::::""~.', :";" <br />'~:';:~,~';,:~\\~~?-< <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, ' <br />