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<br />U0182'] <br /> <br />METHODS OF SUPPLYING RANGE STOCK WATER <br /> <br />Most stock wate:!, for ranlle us-e in thePadficSouthwest area <br /> <br />isobtaiRed from four p,rinci-~l sources:streams,Hsp:dngs, wells, <br /> <br />and fltockpends. <br /> <br />, <br />TempGrarysup~liesare derived from-a few <br /> <br />minorsourc,es. <br /> <br />These ,includ-e th-edirectus'e~ofHsnow by' livestock <br /> <br />(the winter grazing of shceep oll€ertain,desert.areas being the prime <br />, , ' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />exa;mpleof this practice), interGeption,of rainfall ands~orjLge in <br /> <br />natural-aurfacedep.reSf;liop.j;lsuchHas Joints and rock pockets, and <br /> <br />iacidenta-l storage i n.a;rtifckla-l, depr8-&sionsaot designed~or-c-ons true t- <br /> <br />ed ip.tenti~:mally forsto<;k w,\!-tering. The latter include borrow pits <br /> <br />and irregularities aIOl\.~ro~d,s andalso,tae-de'pr-e,s,sionscre",ted <br /> <br />by some types of land treatments. Hsuchas contour furrowing, pit- <br /> <br />ting, and terracing. E;x,,-ept..fg'J:taemino-r,souFces,where expanded <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'deve-lopmentwo~ldohviously~beimpr-aetical, taesel'vioe area of <br /> <br />any source can beent-<l;1'gedby hauling 9 rdis tribution by 'pipe line, <br /> <br />,provided taesupplyis ad~te'aadtheGostsc-anbe justified. <br /> <br />Ea€hof theabov~-s<;)Urce8-ha8it,s, advantages ,di's;ulvllntag e s, <br /> <br />andlimitatkms. Conljl'iae,ration of"a-s<auree for any area D'lu-st there- <br />. ' , <br /> <br />fore he Judged.on its,ownmerit-s. -W.henwater from, two or more <br /> <br />SGurces',is--available ,the-choice will be made,con:tb-eba-si-s of eco- <br /> <br />m~:mie-s'or possiblYQn,aeeEiUa-cyandretia,bility--of,sl;l.pply. When <br /> <br />there is b!ltone s'ource available, the choice narrows to one of <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />