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<br />'-. <br /> <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />'-.- <br /> <br />1967 <br /> <br />(Invontory of physic~l f~ctors) <br /> <br />Soils <br /> <br />A high torr~ce doposit of tho rooont q~rtornary period lies ~lmost <br />, wholly within tho Bessomor Ditch c.roo.. Tho ditch skirts tho north sido <br />of 0. raw of low Pierro shalo hills botwoen the St. Chcrles c.nd Huerf~o <br />Rivers. From wost of Pueblo to tho St. Ch"rles River the ditch p"ssos <br />through lo.nds of tho torraoo deposit. Tho upper roo.oh of tho ditch <br />Po.ssos through some formntions of tho Bonton group whoro tho lc.nd is <br />rough and mostly nonirrigablo. I <br /> <br />Soils below tho Bessemer Ditch o.rc brown, dc.rk brown, or reddish <br />brown in color. Fino sundy 10(\11\ is feuIJi Oo.st of Pueblo, on tho St. <br />Charles Moso., on tho Vinolc.nd Meso. and in the ,ivondclo district. Grav- <br />olly loam soil.:I.& f_Olmd_n;ton~ ~o bro!:,~s_c,b.ovo thorivor! Tho, !:J.I!'2___ <br />Sc.nclY ).oc.m top~9!L~\!!lderlo.in by light sc.ndy loam, snnd, c.IJi s,tream <br />gravol whioh hns o..whHo',coa,ting of limo." 'This 'soil is woll su11;od~'to'" <br />ne=ly 0.11 crops 'of ,this rogion. ' Tho ~avol1y ,loam soil hes H,ttio='~'~" <br />~gtiQul;turo.l value. ~ _ '_'~_ ~~, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Tho soil is vory permco.blo o.nd friablo. Wntor-holding capc.city is <br />fair o.nd has boon inc roused on =ny farma by tho c.ddi tion of orgnnic <br />mattcr. Fortility and productivity arc holding up woll nftor c.bout 60 <br />yonrs of intensivo irrigation farming. <br /> <br />Undor tho Collier DitCh, soil texture vo.rios from snndy 10= to <br />hoavy clay loam. Surfc.cQ soils ~ro mostly lllOdium. in toltture with some <br />variation in the subsoil. <br /> <br />Topo/!:r~phy <br /> <br />Excopt for SOIOO fow flnt plnco. topogro.phy of tho irrigo.tod portions <br />of tho arco. hos ~ gontlo slopo c.!most idoal for irrigatio~ Gonoral <br />slope is northeast toward tho Arkc.nsas River. Tho So.lt CrOCk, tho St. <br />Cho.rlos River, ,o.nd tho Six l'ilo Crook cross the terr~co deposit on their <br />w~y to tho Arlronlo.s Rivor. Thoso stro~ms breck tho OthOrvliso smooth <br />topography of tho are~. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />-- - -- - -----------~----- <br /> <br />12 <br />