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<br />and <br /> <br />rr [~~V~LJ <br /> <br />-"r:1'. ry-:",,"'/.' DTe <br />,)l1-1..,_J.) lI.. ~-'_.::r <br /> <br />HIV~H:1BY "'-.rIIT.L~LI H:d~D <br /> <br />Sf<J1TEH STATTJS wi thin the Un i ted ;3ta te s are try irW to agree on a <br /> <br />trea~y among themselves, sharing up 0 riveri ~hey are Cali~o~nia, <br /> <br />A.rizona, Heva<.la, Hew 1le:Xioo, Colorado., Utah and Yiyo ming. <br /> <br />This river flows through - or along-side - six of them. It draws <br /> <br />much We....C8.l' tOroro many SOlu'ces out ot" t.he se'-enth. It i"J.OiNS seveIl- <br /> <br />teen hun<.l"'ed mil,"s 1'rom the llBi~d oj:' its longest trilJUtary to the <br />It begins in lakes that are fed Irom ,mows tha',c n08ummer <br /> <br />sea. <br /> <br />ever .molly mel ts. It 8nUlJ "craversing a pl~ln that .JJO viintel' ever <br /> <br />oongeals. <br /> <br />It oomes from ool<.l as of the Arotios io heat aH of the Tropios. <br /> <br />It passes tllroup;ll ba~'e canyons, and when it leaves the c".nyotls it <br /> <br />passes '"iE'OU.,'h o"r,:'en S'Wdi3. 13y nature i1;8 COllI'se is a course of <br /> <br />sterile <.le80Iation. By arti1'ioe ~hen its waters are stopped by <br /> <br />dams and leU. asiu.e by u.itC1188, it c;;n oreate 7,000,000 acres 01: <br /> <br />crops. It already creates 80me 2,000,000 ac~es.. <br /> <br />At'ter the irrigation projeo't is ourried OU"v, 1;hese states these <br /> <br />sta te s pro bably ~1l11 spe oiali ze on the j:'ollowing crops: <br /> <br />Arizona: Fresh vegetables such as oelery and <br />as:9flragns; c at ~con; orunge:! 8; p;~('ape 1'1.'1) 1 t ; <br />lemons. . <br /> <br />,nevada: Very smnll acrm.ge for agriculture; mostly <br />vnll be )lO'der I'oI' m:LJ1es. <br /> <br />Hew Mexioo: <br /> <br />Soya beUDS; potl:ttoeu; caulii'lO;;fo;'; c8.n"t.aloupe; <br />sugar bee"Ws; l1D.Y; .!:lll'ulfa. <br /> <br />";'1:10niJJg: <br /> <br />:i:'otatoes; Delons; leVellee; berl'ies; gi"azing. <br />Applea; peaohes; Cherl'ies,Rrs~ing land. <br />Dates; urangfil; lerQons; g1'8pei'ruit; p:arden <br />ve,~~et::..tbles. <br />GraIl1 i"or i.oed; gn.azing i"ur sheo}J LlIl(~ c8.ttle. <br /> <br />Qolorutlo: <br />Utah: <br />Cali!"ornla <br /> <br />The size ot. the job O>ln oe 1,-,,110a'c.d 1;iLllS: "che COlorado :Uver oould' <br /> <br />run 1'01' nearly "C'.fO ~/ears, at its .tIOl'fib} i'lo,", \Jl tJll'Ut fillinf( up <br /> <br />"che basin tnat wUlcld be orell1;ecl by tile darnEl. <br />