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Show 48 -- 45-- It is a few hundred acres. He is not qualified to say what the acreage is that is susceptible to irrigation at that place. He was there for studying the rocks for oil possibilities. In his report, Complainant's Exhibit No. 55, he made mention of crops and irrigated lands as he knew of them there. R. 117. In the report he speaks of the industries and what the people are engaged in, and says a " very small part of Southeastern Utah is suitable for farming, primarily because of an insufficient supply of water for irrigation purposes; and secondarily, because of lack of proper soil." R. 116. He did not make an examination of that country specifically for that purpose. In the report he is dealing with Southenstern Utah and not with one little spot around Greenriver, and he does not feel qualified to express an opinion on the subject of susceptibility of irrigation at Greenriver, because there is an adequate water supply there. R. 118. " Q The country around Greenriver, as you get away from the cliffs - Greenriver is in the country just outside of Sic Book. It is rolling and hilly country, underlain by shale. The shale flats are very nearly barren of vegetation. There is vegetation there, but it is certainly not abundant. The shale shows through it - well, you can see the shale flats everywhere you look." R. 119. He is not sure what kind of land is being farmed around Greenriver because he has not been through all that irrigated land. It lies off the main road, most of it. " But I think a lot of it is flood |