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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />RECEIVED JAN <br /> <br />~ 1988 <br /> <br />A F F IDA V I T <br /> <br />I, Earnest A. Bigelow of Lamar, Colorado, have <br />worked for the Soil Conservation Service here from 1941 <br /> <br />until I retired in 1972. <br /> <br />I have been fami liar with Jake o. Broy les I farm <br /> <br />at Prowers, Bent County, Colorado ever since he purchased <br /> <br />it in 1948. <br /> <br />In the'FaHcanil:Wfnter of-1948':and d9.49 we' te:=vamped <br />the irrigation ditches and put in two drain ditches to <br /> <br />the Arkansas River. <br /> <br />In 1949 we started the engineering on leveling this <br /> <br />land and border irrigation was installed. Border irrigation <br />was also used on the rest of the farm. The farm manager, <br />Doyle Vester by of Brawley, California, was familiar with <br />border irrigation as he had used it in the Imperial Va+ley <br />of Cali fornia <br /> <br />After the 1965 flood we did all the engineering for <br />the re-leveling of this farm and the fields were layed out <br />and the irrigation ditches re-aligned as they are today. <br /> <br />Wi tness vj.,;l!--jc,l""/l d"1 <br /> <br />Signedr:....._ - . -~ e~L J <br />arnest C. Big low <br />6505 Road HH <br />Lamar, Colorado 81052 <br />