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<br />.~ <br /> <br />.') <br /> <br />.) <br /> <br />We ere just be~in0ing tho cultiv~tion of head-lettuce <br />at En ~,ltitude or from 8,000 to 9,000 feet I'lith wonderful <br />results. ~500, 'GOO, ~800 und in ~ few instances '1,000 <br />per ~cre h2ve been ~eQlized, and th~t with the use of only <br />from si~: inches to an ccre-foot of water. The finest <br />qu~lity of cele~y, cauliflower cnd seed potatoes free from <br />disoase is grown in these altitudes. The prize steer in <br />two of the inte~n2tion21 stock shows ccme f~om these <br />moutltains, grown o.t e111 o.ltitude of over 8,000 feet. So <br />that we can confidently say th2t owing to the qU81ity of <br />the procucts and the yield, we can p~oduce as much value <br />per acre-foot of water consQmed 2S ccn be done in the lower <br />altitudes. .b.nd if you will just give us time we will <br />produce ES fine a c12ss of vigo~ous, stu~dy people as can <br />be found in the world. All will agree that our nation <br />is as much concerned with the kind of people we g~ow as <br />with the kind of crops we grow. All through this inter- <br />mountoin country, conditions ~re most favo~able for the <br />building up of 2 fine cooperative community spirit without <br />destroYing,that indivualism that is necessary for the mak- <br />ing of the hi~hest type of manhood and womanhood. <br />In the p~actice of my profession cnd in the conduct <br />of my official duties as state Engineer I have traversed <br />the entire territory of Colorado drained by the Colorado <br />River and its tributaries and can state with confidence <br />that M~. Meeker's estimate of the irrigable lands is con- <br />D <br />