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<br />1-. <br /> <br />lr,r;:J: <br /> <br />(Inventory of physioa1 ft'.otor3) <br /> <br />I ' <br /> <br />Oo.st of Puob10, o.nd in Pueblo <br />tho Beoth-Oroho.rd Grove Di toh <br />tn.in and the Arko.Illla~ Rivers. <br />mi10s. <br /> <br />and Cr~110y Countios. Tho hoadgo.te of <br />is just below tho oonf1uenoo of tho Foun- <br />The di toh extond~ east'iIO,rd for 0. bout 6 <br /> <br />Soils <br /> <br />Lam in tho north and east po.rt of the l'.ror. sorvod by tho Colorado <br />Co.n0.1 is underlain by Piorro sho.1e, whereas tho southern part is under- <br />lain by tho Niebrara group. Both tho Pierre sho.1e end the Apishapa <br />sho.1e of tho Niobro.ro. group rxo so.lt boaring, tho offoot of whioh is <br />o_x'!;r.ol!)Oly no_tioec.b1e, espocially.in tho"eo.s,tcrn 'po.rt of 'tho ,rxoo.,,: " <br /> <br />Tho rivor' bottom 'soil is vr,riab1c in"tyPc""-nd tCxtuieand C9DSillts <br />ofsm0.1-1 o.reO:s _of'J;ravclly loc.n; fino sandy 100.t1, ,311 t 10cri"01C,y;:C,,nn, <br />o.nd - olo.y. _ Tho _prcclor.D.l)llnt toxturo, is 0 10.y bC\L1e~ _' Thero c.resor.lC o.ro'o.'s' <br />of ,riwr_wc.'sh mc.teria1" tl..'1J"shos, o.nd ['.J"or_'s-with su1t c.ooumulc.tions.'- <br /> <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />In tho Ccl'oo. above tho river botton ,,-nd bolow the Colorado Cano.l tho <br />soils 0.1"0 olay 10r.n, so.ndy loc.n, r,nd cle,y. So.ndy 1e,_n "reus arc ,,,ostly <br />10cr.tad south r.nd souther.st of Crowley. C1o.y 100.0 areas o.ro north o.nd <br />wost of Crowley, ec-st of Ordw,,-y, o.nd north of the "iissauri Paoifio Rai1- <br />rood. South of Orclwc,y c,nd aroWld Herodi th Lr.ko the soil is prinoipa11y <br />olay. Soil profi10s usually shew the S~_',.1e texture in tho subsei1 o.S <br />fcum in tho topsoil; scoo of the olay 10"-n topsoil is, howover, under-' <br />lain by olay. <br /> <br />Top 0 gro.phy <br /> <br />Tho bottonland near tho river is dividod into sna11 fields, nony <br />of whioh hew Clo.ss 1 topogro.phy; hClVlover, this part of tho area c.s 0. <br />who10 is rough. Tho higher and larger o.roa is .lightly rolling to <br />lovol o.ni is Wlbroken 'Ii th 0. uniforn slopo. Very little 1c.nd leveling <br />or otror surf,.ee propo.ro.tien for irrigatien would bo required. <br /> <br />. <br />--.--- --- <br /> <br />14 <br />