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Development of land along railroad line
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Sec 4 10 K. 3 1. (N.R.Qr.) Ho, 5. Sec. 35, 11 N.3 E. (H.E.Qr) No. 6, — 6 — Foot hill well north of Mannix No. 7 Sec. 6. 10 H. 4. £. (N.F.Qr.) No. 8. Practically a duplicate of No. 3. later level at 40 feet. 40 feet soil 10 feet clay 70 * water gravel 15 * clay iS5' B water level at 40 feet, later level at under 50 feet. 40 Feet soil 120 * blue clay with water seams _50 * water gravel 210' * water level 90 feet and rising. Also some few other scattered dug wells showing water at about as above. In connection with this I beg leave to say that in my Judgement this project is feasible. The question as to the success of crop© depends upon the water supply and that is a matter that will have to b© determined by actual practice. Irrigation by pumping is becoming more popular each year. In New Mexico and in Northern California large pumping plants have been installed and have resulted in reclaiming large tracts of land. Recently I had the pleasure of visiting a huge pussping plant near Willows, California. This farm is owned by Mr. P. R. Garrett, whose plac© is two and one-half miles south-east of Willows. He has three wells. He had an eight inch pump to which a large motor was attached, and at th© time