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Show J - __J - prisas about 10,000 acres and contains some of tha best allottad lands in the Uintah Basin. I saw hero several |V Redcar Lands thousand acres of land under cultivation by Indians and p-y.v. Excellent. , yP by lesaeea and on every hand I saw, also, evidences of tho productivity of the land. Stacks of alfalfa, oats and wheat !• _f wore to to aoen ev-srywhsra. *n thi3 Redcap country, 30 buahals sf whaat to tha acr3, or aven 35 bushels, are produced frcm the raw lands as a first crop, ind it i3 not unasual for tho farmers, Indians and whites, to cut as much as six tons of alfalfa to the acre during the aoaaon. Here, howovwr, a serious difficulty Is encountered* Evorywhe^e, during tha months of July and August, a shortage of wator for ' irrigation affecta from 75£ to 85/. of the crops. This may ba remedied, probably, by the enforcement of judicious and lsas wasteful use of the water taksn frosi th« Oovisrnment During the afternoon wo visited tho allotments in tha r , '"' •', ; I • y • .,:• Duchesno Hiver'Yalloy. Here hundreds of. acres already are . under cultivation and arrangements are making for the subjugation of many thousands of acr-js of land yet raw. We drove as far as the allotment of Cray J*ountain and then returned, to Fort Subduing Haw Lands. Duchesne by way of %ton and Roosevelt, reaching the Agency about 7:30 ?. M. During the day wo covarad, approximately, 112 miles. |
