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Show [17] feet deep, with a capacity of 25 second feet, then by a ditch about 10 feet wide and 2 feet deep, with a capacity of 8 second feet of water leading from the Thorn to the SW corner of the 80 acres and due north along the west side of the land for half of a mile. Check and gate $150.00, labor ditch $50.00, leveling S, 20 A $1500.00, Total, $1700.00 Question 9. Over how many acres of this land have you seen water distributed through and by means of said ditches? Give the date of each distribution, the time occupied in making same, and the quantity of water per acre used. (State the quantity of water in acre-feet, miner's inches, or some recognized unit of measurement.) Answer. Over 20 acres, a crop of corn amounting to 1 ton to the acre was raised in 1928 on 20 acres with four irrigations of 2 second feet of water for two days for each irrigation, planted in June and harvested in October. The same 20 acres is in alfalfa this year. Question 10. If there are any high points or uneven surfaces not susceptible of practicable irrigation, state definitely the nature and aggregate area of same, and the proportion thereof in each legal subdivision of the entry. Is less than one-eighth of any legal subdivision susceptible of irrigation? Answer. All of the land can be irrigated. Question 11. Has any portion of the land been cultivated by actual tillage of the soil? If so, state definitely the number of acres thus tilled and describe generally the tillage, and briefly state its time, its object, and its result. What portion, if any, of the land so tilled was irrigated ? Answer. Yes, 20 acres was disked and planted to corn in 1928, in June and harvested in October. In February |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |