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" . . ..' Along the Pease River in the vicinity of Vernon, some 29,800 ac,:eS of light textured terrace lands meet soil requirements for irrigation use provided suitable quality waters are available, Information available on the quali~y of. water of the Pease River, however, shows it is unsatisfactory. In Clay County 2,200 acres of land along the Wichita RiVer axe suitable for irrigation. The lands delineated are confined to the more permeable soil areas free from saline accumulations in which little drainage difficulties are expected to develop under irrigation. The areas occur in several compact units adjacent to the stream, It should be noted, however, that both chemical analysis and actual irrigation use of Lake Kemp water show it to be of doubtful quality for irrigation. The Little Wichita River bottom lands are largely composed of heavy dense clays with slowly permeable subscils, A complex drainage prob- lem exists over practically the entire valley with both surface and internal drainage poor and "slick spots" cornmon. Lands suitable for development are insufficient to warrant consideration. Although Prairie Dog To',m Fork. has been considered for irrigation in the past, the extremely high saline content of the waters preclude any irrigation development using the waters of this tributary. A possible exception, however, is Mulberry Creek, where studies indicate that the water may be of usable quality. Approximately 15,000 acres of lands considered physically suited to irrigation use occur in the vicinity of Flaska, Although this area is far in excess of the available water, the area can be served from this source, Lands available for pOSSible development along the Salt Fork. of the Red River are very light sandy soils with excessive internal drainage and duned topography, Percolation losses would be very high on lands of this type and distribution costs high, No lands are shown on the map for this area, In Hardeman and Wilbarger Counties, Wanderers Creek has very limited storage possibilities. vfuile preliminary data indicate Groesbeck Creek waters are highly mineralized they may be of satisfactory quality for irrigation. Approximately 1,)00 acres of deep. light-textured soils could be irrigated along this stream provided the waters prove usable. Large quantities of water would be required on these lands to obtain optimum crop production, Canadian River Basin Lands suitable for irrigation in tre valleys of the North Canadian tributaries are found along Coldwater and Palo Duro Creeks to a limited extent. They occur as small, narrow, discontiguous bodies adjacent to the stream banks that are not well adapted to any sizeable irrigation develop. mente The soils are generally light in texture and free from saline accumu- lations, but are handicapped by flooding from runuoff waters from bordering uplands, A total of about 5,850 acres are oonsidered suited to extended 33