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Show . iiifete iiL iiii a H ; 1321 twenty inches of annual precipitation . When ( he lie ) states that one acre of land would require one ( acre- acre ) foot of water to irrigate it , ( he lie ) means there should be sufficient water to cover the entire acre of land one foot deep . ( R . ( 5167-5108 5167-5168 ) . ) That would be ( suffi suffi- suffi ) cient water for one ( year's years ) irrigation purposes , the average irrigation period being one hundred and twenty days , beginning early in May and ( extending extending- extending ) through August . He has been over most of the country within the . state of Utah lying south of the San Juan River , and would characterize the soil as being a rich , sandy loam , lying on rolling mesas , and in long draws . He would say the soil is fertile and susceptible ( of of" of ) cultivation so as to grow crops thereon . ( R . 5168- 5169 . ) Some of this land would be inside and some outside of the Navajo Reservation . He has never made surveys south of the San Juan River but has studied government contour maps , and feels that the water of the San Juan and its tributaries could be stored at some points so as to reach that portion of the country by gravity flow . The country is more or less cut up over which the ditches would be built . ( R . 5169-6170 . ) There are no irrigation projects now contemplated . which extend into Utah on the south side of the San Juan , to his knowledge . ( R . 5170-5171 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . , Vol . 29 , pp . ( 5171-5173 0-171-5173 ) ) : In his estimate of five hundred and six thousand acres of irrigable land he deducted roads , ditches , and . |