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<br />. <br /> <br />1"-::---=--_- <br /> <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />--------~ -- <br />. <br /> <br />'r-~I <br />l'duj <br /> <br />(InTentory of physical f~ctors) <br /> <br />Dro.ino.~e <br /> <br />Surface dro.ino.ge is sufficient except where nAtural runoff is now <br />impeded by highwo.y gro.des or irrigo.tion ditches. <br /> <br />The light, so.ndy; and loxmy texture of the subsoil provides good <br />dro.inage. A reservoir of underground wo.ter exists in the underlyin~ <br />g~o.vel fromwhioh many fo.rmers pump 0. supplemental supply of irrigation <br />we.ter. Vlater from the gruvel bed dro.ins into the river. <br /> <br />There c.re some ureas unier the Colli er Ditch thl:. t need dro.innge i <br />but beco.u se of the snaIl extent of the c.reas ben'1fi tec1 and the poor <br />quality of soil, no development of drainage faeilities are recommended. <br />:ethar o.reo.s under the C,oUier 1;):j.teh llaving suffidient elevution_':.b?v.o: ' <br />the river ho.ve so.tisfactory drainnge. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Salim ty,ood alkr.linity <br /> <br />----- -- <br />- - <br /> <br />There is little or no salinity or alkalinity in the o.ren. Soil of <br />the terruce deposit contains very little salt. Excellent drainnge pre- <br />vents o.ocumulc.tion of suIts under intensive irrigo.tion. Along und bo- <br />law the edge of the terrnoe there are some smnll o.lknli spots. <br /> <br />Salinity is quite common under tho Collier Ditch. Henvy subsoil <br />of thoso fields hinc1ers lenohing. <br /> <br />Specic.l preblems <br /> <br />The enly special problems of the Bessemer areo. is elimination of <br />surface drainage difficulties co.used by hiGhway and ditch grades. <br /> <br />Colorado, Booth-Orc~~rd Grovo, end Excelsior Cano.ls subaren <br /> <br />Tho subo.roo., shawn on exhibits 3 und 4, pages 28 end 29, is bounded <br />on the uest and north by tho Booth-Orchard Grove Ditch, the Excelsior <br />Di tah, o.nd tho Colorndo Co.ml. It is boundod on tho Oo.st by Horso Cr" ok <br />o.nd on the south cnc1 ,southeast by tho Arko.nso.s River and the Holbrook <br />"Cnnal.<< _The ~on_is,locnted on__the_north,_sido or. tho_Jirkunso.s_Rivcr,.____, <br /> <br />13 <br />