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134 2. can get a plant for irrigating our rich and bottom soil and raising tame grasses. Then I can and will fence in several hundred acres. Second. As in the above, we cannot raise hay without water. To be sure I am buying hay now of the Indians but they gather it here and there along the edge of water holes and banks of lakes. With plenty of water we can raise 4 crops of alfalfa a year. All we want is water. The cattle now in the valley roam at will throughout the year, feeding and keeping fat on requires and screw beans, white cage, and grass that springs up abundantly after overflow. The cattle requires no feeding at any time of the year., though of course it would be better could use [not legible] [not legible]