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<br />;) <br /> <br />iilt!iP;Pllldl, atli:t llt'l'ted!!':n wlllls"pluggecl". Drainage and adequat", waier supply wouLd <br /> <br />~ermit agricultural production in the worst $$epe~area where land new priced at <br />$S to .l(J l'f>l' aere, !!Uch that the incom@ Vlould warrant prices of $100 to ip200 per <br /> <br />M~. Ct,lndi:tie:ll!3 for draillnge CO!1str-..etion over Ilnlch Qf these floe 'fled a"!"eaS are al- <br /> <br />llloat . ideal.J;landy ..oUa can be reclai1red with one to three UQodings to remove the; <br /> <br /> <br />liI1~li btl.t nQ.ob(l sdl$may t'equire 2 to 3 years oultivatJ.(H'l and crQPping oofore com- <br /> <br /> <br />plet,e ;t"fl>f~~l~~ llse>:pti,rlli.ll$ a:rlll IIssential almost 6vety'th'lfere. The dhana"!"!>;e of <br />..~ii!_~\"'~"}2+'. . . <br /> <br />. ".e !/l.rtdet d;rainto Rio Grande are estimated by Stannard and Miller, may be matel'ial- <br /> <br /> <br />.1y:r1l4mlodlilY l'rdinraiel'i of drain waterg tor irrigation purposes while the amount <br /> <br /> <br />th~t w91ll:l..d ~tua:u.y ftach Elephant Butte reaervoir would be very prolllematieal. It <br /> <br /> <br />b l.ogUal ttlll.l'~. $an t.uuVaJ.).ey lande only tl't'the benefit that would acoro.e to <br /> <br /> <br />the.. J,llilrliC\>\l",1' lands. WhU<II the val.tAe of recoverad water might be considerable, it <br /> <br /> <br />should be considered inoidental only to the main object of the project. The coet of <br /> <br /> <br />the t!ll'da O\\ttl,ilt drai1!l$ fl'elll Hell-a 1!ilke to the Rio Grande was eatimlted at $686,000. <br /> <br />,*,l'ld1tionaJ. inve$Ugatill~$ w.l/'(ll'ee"l!ll11end~d. th<;! projsllt _ing e01!l$:l.tlared of too <br />gl'$lltlll1l;$u:l.t\l.ll.e fa%' pra!)$:r himdl:l.ng by privat$ endeavor. <br /> <br />WA~ Suppt,y Atln rOSSIlllJi: Di:V1ill.OPMEN'l' OF IRRIGATION <br />. A.'m tJMDladE PROJECT$ ON RI(t f}RM'IDEAOOVE EL PAS0. 'rEnS. <br />BrUarold OQukling and E.B.Debler. June, 1~19. <br /> <br />'l'hu NPQM. .eoVe:l'$ ,field inspsetion trip'" and ortiBe studies of the Rie <br /> <br />\f1'lillde baS:l1ltiho'll'e El1"asQ, '1's;1(a", the latter in large part based on the extensiys <br />-Ue1d WQ'Vk theretQf'oN done by !lUll1erOUl\l agencie$. With respeot to San Luis Valley, <br /> <br />Mft .IlJl!'\it\b:!.l1glt lJ~G-Ull.illil arA "Ilr ",l1minatioll of losses thrll, UM611eSllll.ry napl'/I'a.t!o!l" <br /> <br />