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<br />,..,... <br />- . <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />C'": <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />q';;.~ <br /> <br />Project Land in New Mexico <br /> <br />Table .3 <br /> <br />Tabulation of Land Classification <br />La Plata Project in New Mexico <br /> <br /> . Arable . . <br /> . . . <br /> . Class 1 . Class 2 . Irrigated . Totals <br /> . . . . <br /> . : . . <br /> . . . <br />La Plata. River valley 1,528 . 1,610 . 5,204 * : 8,342 <br /> . . <br />6% deduction for non- . . . . <br />. . . . <br />usable irrigable . . . . <br />. . . . <br />lands . 98 . 100 . 304 . 502 <br />. . . . <br />Net area . 1.430 . 1. 510 . 4.900 . 7.840 <br />. . . . <br />* Irrigated in 1933 or at some time in previous 5 years. ,284 <br />acres of irrigated land will be inundated by the State Line <br /> <br />Reservoir. Only about .3,800 acres were actually irrigated in <br /> <br />1938. <br /> <br />For 10 miles above the mouth of La Plata River the irrigated <br /> <br />and arable land is all in the river bottom. It shows no evidence <br /> <br />of alkali and has not yet.shown need for drainage. Similar land <br /> <br />near the State Line and the lower end of the bench lands a few <br /> <br />miles south of La Plata, New Mexico, are beginning to be <br /> <br />seeped. <br /> <br />AGRICULTURE <br /> <br />Crops and Crop Values <br /> <br />The crops grown in the La Plata Basin are chiefly related <br /> <br />to the livestock industry, although considerable wheat is grown <br /> <br />12 <br />