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Show 190 6377 4368 Lyman- D Blanding is built. Q Is that country around Blanding a farming country? A Yes; they raise anything, -- raise fruit, garden stuff there, without water. Q Dry farm country, is it? A Dry farm country. Q How about the soil, with reference to its richness? A It is rich soil; it is a red, sandy loam; it has a depth on an average of from ten to sixteen feet in the country where I have seen wells made or seen washes cut into it. Q What about climatic conditions through that section, Blanding and the section south of Elk ridge? A They are very favorable; frost is not too late or too early, generally, to interfere with farming; it is a south slope. Q Have you any judgment as to the number of acres of this type of land lying south of Elk ridge? A I think it is conservative to say there is one hundred thousand acres south of Elk ridge that is arable, taking the country as a whole there is a good deal more that that, but there are gulches that cut into it. Q Have you made any archaeological investigation through |
