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Show * * * # , Ui & f 1413 ( At jU ) the present time ( he lie ) is working on a project to . irrigate a ( one-thousand onethousand oiie-thousand oiiethousand ) acre stretch expending his own personal funds . The soil is mostly a wind driven soil of a fine texture , very fertile when watered . The growing season is long in the valley and fruits and vegetables mature much more quickly than ( almost alniost ) anywhere else within hundreds of miles . ( R . 5454 . ) In referring to the Government document , the Atlas of American Agriculture , issued July 15 , 1918 , which is used by students of climate , including the Government weather Bureau , lines of equal ( tempera tempera- tempera ) ture are shown making a great dip to the north along the Colorado River and at Moab . For example , the temperature is far warmer than would be expected in this latitude . ( R . 5455 . ) Sheets two and three of the advance sheets of the Atlas of American Agriculture show average dates of last killing frost and show the last killing ) ( frost- frost frost ) occurs much earlier in the spring in the Moab section and the sections down the river , and it extends up into Grand Valley section in Colorado , both ( east east- east ) or west of the river . The ( same sarne ) thing is true of ( the the- the ) Greenriver section but . , not so much . as there , is more , , liability of frost at Greenriver . ( R . 5456 . ) . The Government map corroborates his statements . In the Moab Valley they ( can ca-n can ) and do raise ( the the- the ) ( so-called socalled ) yam variety of sweetpotatoes , peanuts , and , chufa , and these things can not be matured to any ( higb high- high ) quality anywhere ( else el8e ) in that ( vicinity viciiiity ) . |