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<br />-. <br /> <br />1649 <br /> <br />(Project bnds) <br /> <br />Tablc 4.--L~nd cl~ssificatien: <br />Lc~dvillc-Salidc aroa <br />(llcrosj <br /> <br />Class 0 t~Ocol1l1~is::;r..nco <br />0 Irr isatod Eonirrigntod <br />1 0 2,024 227 <br />2 0 9,301 1,384 <br />3 0 9,814 4,962 <br />6 0 0 209,301 <br />Total 0 21,139 215,874 <br /> <br />Totc.l <br /> <br />2,251 <br />10,685 <br />14,776 <br />209,301 <br /> <br />237,013 <br /> <br />-- --- "-" - . <br />- -- ----------. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />- - cc-_~-~-c,:___~c~-, -'-"". -CiiItOlf'City-Ponroso '::>.roo. <br /> <br />------..-- .. <br />. - .- ------ <br /> <br />"- . ----~- -- -- <br />- -- -----_.-. *-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- - - -- --- -- - - - - ---- -- <br />.'- -:-This_aroa incllidos--tho -irrigo.tod, -land north and ollst.of'-Oanoii"City. <br />All of' tho llroa is north of' tho Arkansas Rivor and west of' tho Puoblo <br />County lino. <br /> <br />Bocauso of' f'avoro.blo air drai~ge and absonce of' late spring f'rosts <br />tho ~ea is suitc.blo f'or commorcial production of applos, ohorrios, and <br />small fruits. Production of thoso fruits hos boon suocessfUl in tho area <br />for many years. <br />Soils <br />Tho Cc.non City aroo. is underlain b1 Piorro shalo. which extends to <br />tho vicinity of Eight !.iilo Crook. Tho;; toopuos, typiclll of tho Piorro <br />shalo formation, ~o not as cloarly definod in this aroa c.s in similar <br />arOllS in Puoblo Count~.. Tho soil is mostl~' clay, as indiclltod by an <br />oxc.mination of oight soil profilcs; soven profilos showed a clay or <br />olay loam soil, and ono profile showod a loam surf~co soil with a clay <br />loam subsoil. <br /> <br />Most of' the Ponroso district is undorlain by Timpas limostono. <br />Tho soil is principally silt loam. Eight soil profilos shov{od liGht <br />silt loam soil and four profilos sho>{od a heavy silt loam soil. Tho <br />limo contont of tho soil in this district is high, ofton giving tho <br />soil a whitish appoaranco. Considorablo aroas of shallow soil. 12 to <br />36 inches doop, aro found in tho Ponroso district. <br /> <br />---. <br /> <br />18 <br />