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<br />1652 <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />(Projoct lands) <br /> <br />Tho soil is princip~lly ~lluvial doposits. origin~ting from erosion <br />of tho ho~d'vaters area and from tho upland on eithor sido of tho Fountain <br />Rivor. Uplands on eithor sido of tho rivor aro undorlain by Piorro s~~le. <br />When the doposits h~ve l:lrgely originatod from this formation tho soil <br />is eithor silt lo~m. cl~y loam, or cl~y, Howovor. a l~rgo part of tho <br />soil is fino sandy lorun and is quito productive. <br /> <br />Drain:>'t;o is net a problum in ~ny part of tho prosontly irriGatod <br />aroa. Howover, draine.ge probloms might ~rise if SOlllO of tho hoavior <br />soils woro irrig~tod. <br /> <br />Alkalinity and salinity aro not sorious in ~ny part of the pros- <br />ently irrihatod area. <br /> <br />1_-- <br />I~---- <br /> <br />_ - -This~aren'--ho.s -not boen=clMi"if-iod'r""but~i-1;~if!=ost-i,m0i;ed~tl1nt"~~PPJ;-q:lt~ <br />.:imatoly-=i~_i'Oob _ acro sot:i~d=Clz:~~g~d~~~-,-too:~f.6un~O:i~Rivor.=Vii-nW: <br />at pr~sont_. ---- ~ - - --- - =_ co,.-__ u _ _-,-,_ ~ __n_~..:::.:.o ____ _ <br /> <br />=-=--~~ .::---::: :~---..;:=?--~--::;:::--.;-~:-=-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Puoblo to Holly irriGatod aroa <br /> <br />Tho location of this aroa is shown on exhibits 3, 4. 5, and 6 on <br />pa~es 39 te 42. This area includ9s all land undor tho present canals <br />which divert wo.tor from tho main stom of tho Arkansas Rivor botweon tho <br />hoad go.te, of tho Bessomer Canal and the Color~do-Kansas Stato lino. <br />Boundarios ara, formod by tho highost irriGation canal on oach sido of <br />tho rivor. Tho ~rea is about 140 milos in longth ~nd varies in width <br />from less thun ono milo 'to about 20 milos. The aroa hns boen cevorod <br />with a somidetailed survoy except for a small nonirrigated aroa betweon <br />tho Holbrook Canal and tho Fort Lyon Canal in T. 22 S.. Rs. 55 and 56 W., <br />which was covored with a roconnaissanco survoy. <br /> <br />For tho purposo of' clarificat ion, tho "-roa h.:>.s beon broken into <br />subaroas, oach of which is doseribod soparatoly. <br /> <br />Bessomor Ditch and Collier Ditch subaroa <br /> <br />Tho Ark:::nsas Rivor is the north boundary, the Huorfano Rivor is tho <br />oast bounda~, and tho Bossemor Ditch is tho south bound~ry. Tho hoad- <br />Gato of tho Bossomor Ditch is a.t tho western oxtromit~. of tho subaroa. <br />Tho suba.ro:>. is about 25 milos lonG and approximately 4-1/2 miles wido <br />-- - -e-- -- at..tho__,vidost_point._ _Loc~ti on-of.-t,ho- subo~rea--i-s -shown,-on-exhibit.'3, <br />pabo <br /> <br />21 <br />