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Show -26- bon-fills for farm ditches, laterals, and roads will be constructed during or prior to leveling the land. II. Development Program: The lessee shall proceed in development of the lands of this unit in such a manner as to have not less than 1,500 acres in cultivation and irrigation by December 31, 1958; 3,000 acres by December 31, 1959; 4,500 acres by December 31, 1960; and shall essentially complete the development of this unit by December 31, 1961. Due to the existence of the recently occupied river bed within the unit area, development will be considered as essentially complete, for the purpose of this development program, when 95 percent of the area is in 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 crop rotation, special tillage practices, soil building crops, and the use of commercial fertilizers and barnyard manure will be applied to keep the land permanently productive. B. Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation Works: The lessee will be completely responsible for the operation and maintenance of the pumping plant or plants, irrigation system, drainage system, and all related structures. At the termination of the lease, the lessee shall return the complete irrigation system to the lessor in good operating condition. |
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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] : |