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Show -20- where necessary to conform with project boundaries. Length of irrigation runs will not exceed ]/\ mile. In sandy textured soil the length of run shall be }i of mile or less. Except with the approval of the lessor, irrigation grade will not exceed .2 feet per 100 feet and side slope will not exceed .05 feet per 100 feet. Where-ever possible, lands will be leveled in such a manner that irrigation tail or waste water can be removed from the fields and discharged into open ditch drains as provided in Paragraph D2. Ribbon-fills for farm ditches, and laterals, and roads will be constructed during or prior to leveling the land. II. Development Program: The development of lands included in this lease will be accomplished in such a manner that, there will be under cultivation and irrigation not less than 12,500 acres by June 30, 1958; 25,000 acres by June 30, 1959; 37,500 acres by June 30, 1960; 50,000 acres by June 30, 1961; and the remaining acreage essentially developed by June 30, 1962. Due to the existence of areas of sand dunes and sloughs within the project area, development will be considered essentially complete, for the purpose of this development program, when 95 percent of the gross area is under cultivation or occupied by roads, laterals, or drains. III. Operations: A. Cropping and Crop Rotation: The lessee shall have the right to grow any type of crop that he elects on the entire acreage covered by the lease. A conservation land-use-plan will be worked out mutually between lessee and lessor on a 5-year period. Practices relating to |
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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] : |