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<br />1652 <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />(Projoct lands) <br /> <br />The soil is princip~lly ~lluvial doposits, origin~ting from orosion <br />of tho hoo.d,vuters o.roo. and from tho upland on eithor sido of tho Fountain <br />Rivor, Uplands on eithor sido of the river o.ro undorl~in by Piorro s~~le. <br />When tho doposits h~ve l:lrgely origino.tod from this for~tion tho soil <br />is eithor silt lo~m, cl~y loam, or clay. Howover, ~ l~rgo p~rt of tho <br />soil is fino s~ndy lorun and is quite productivo. <br /> <br />Druin"-Ge is not 0. problum in ~ny part of tho presontly irriGated <br />area. Howover, dro.inc.go probloms might ,,-riso if SOlllO of the heo.vior <br />soils wore irrigatod. <br /> <br />Alkalinity and sulinity ~ro not sorious in any part of tho pros- <br />ently irrihatod area, <br /> <br />1_-- <br />I~---- <br /> <br />_ - -This~o.reo.---ho.s -not boon=clMi"if-iod'r-"'but~i.1;~if!=est-i,m0i;ed~tl1nt"~~PPJ;-q:lt~ <br />.:imatoly-=i~_i'OOb _ acro sOfi~d=Clz:~~g~d~~~-,-too~_6un~O:i~Rivor.=Vii-nW: <br />at pr~sont_. ---- ~ - - --- - =_ co'_-n __ _ _-,-,_ ~ __n_~..:::.:.o ___ _ <br /> <br />=-=--~~ .::---::: :~---..;:=?--~--::;:::--.;-~:-=-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Puoblo to Holly irrit;o.tod aroa <br /> <br />Tho location of this aroo. is shown on exhibits 3, 4, 5, and 6 on <br />pa~os 39 to 42. This area includ9s o.ll land undor tho pro sent cano.ls <br />whieh divort w,,-tor from tho main stom of tho Arkanso.s Rivor botweon the <br />heudg~te_ of tho Bessomer Canal and the Color~do-Kansas Stato line. <br />Boundaries ara_ formod by tho highost irriGo.tion c~o.l on oach sido of <br />tho r ivor. Tho aroa is o.bout 140 mile s in longth ~nd varies in width <br />from lass than ono mile -to about 20 milos. The o.roa has bean covorod <br />with 0. somidetailed survoy axcept for a smull nonirrigatad aroo. batweon <br />tho Holbrook Cano.l and the Fort Lyon Canal in T. 22 S., Rs. 55 ~nd 56 W.. <br />whioh was covorod with a reconnaissance survey. <br /> <br />For the purposo of clarifico.t ion, tho "-rea has baon brokon into <br />subaroas, oo.ch of which is dosoribod soparo.toly. <br /> <br />Bessomor Ditch und Collior Ditch suburoo. <br /> <br />Tho Ark:::nsas Rivor is the north boundo.ry, the Huorfano Rivor is tho <br />oust bounda~, and tho Bessomor Ditch is tho south bound~ry. Tho hoad- <br />Go.to of tho Bessomor Ditch is at tho western oxtromit~. of tho subo.rea. <br />Tho subo.ro,,- is about 25 nilos lonG and approxinutoly 4-1/2 milos wido <br />-- - -e-- -- o.t__tho__,vidost_point._ _Loouti on-of--t-ho- subo~rea--i-s -shown--on-exhlbit--3, <br />pabo <br /> <br />21 <br />