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Show 192 6379 4370 Lyman- D up, the farm land is more in demand than it is now, do you know of any reason why at least one hundred thousand acres of that land there, southwest of Elk ridge, could not be successfully dry farmed? MR. BLACKMAR: I object to that as wholly speculative, and contributes nothing towards solving the issues in this case. THE SPECIAL MASTER: The question is pretty broad; one hundred thousand acres covers quite a piece of territory; I don't know whether this man has been over any such amount of ground as that. MR. FARNSWORTH: I think he has probably been over many times that. That is not such much country, out in this part of the country. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Can you answer that question? Have you had suffi-cient experience to know whether there are one hundred thousand acres in there that are susceptible -- A I rather think so; I rode in there fro ten years; I saw them go to this White mesa country, and saw them settle it successfully; I don't know of any reason why they couldn't do it there; it is the same altitude, same soil, same |