Show Gree river water datre r W will I 1 I 1 im be 0 P e pumped U M P approximately comity conkity farmers seek refuge f uge from drouth on the green river bottom lands pumping plants installed to SM SQ 0 their livestock from nation ancion the te coming winter and per crips raise a little garde for them alv lv s approximately farmers iron the southeastern part of ashley ashler val valley y and the western end of uintah uintah cholity have moved into temporary camps along the gheen rivet these farmers who iho have lost their ca chops 0 p 5 through the drouth will vill pant corn and other quick grow ing crops along the river bottoms and pump water from the green ilver to irrigate the lands temporary settlements have been es cablish e d at leota shepherds V timothy horseshoe bend leo lea caler paulson powell abild other ranchos along the river rier the settlements are scattered along the river land which is flooded in times of high agh water the soil I 1 ib ery aery productive and some of the best crops in the basin sin have been acen raised by farmers who were nere able to utilize land pumping plant are being installed and the water will be pumped into central canals and distributed through laterals literals late rals to the earnil farming lind the government is turn rini ashing sel seed d power fuel and oil aln pumping the amter ater E r peterson former uintah county a agricultural gri cultural agent is supervising the drouth projects along the river and says that hundreds of tons of corn will bo be raised foi feed the coming anter lie he says the will be heavy due to the nature of the soil and the unusually warm aarm neather eathor in ouray valley the farmers hae abandoned the crops on their farms and turned their stock into their grain and alfalfa fields to salvage ahat hat little remains from the long parching dry spell they ure are taking their camp equipment and a few families famili cs to the shores of the river liver in a last desperate ef tort fort to secure a foraged crop for the coming winter all ali the ater needed tor for any em icv situa n is running irl in green river riter right thru the comi county the only problem Is to get it on the lands and to 9 get et the lands in use ordinary agricultural practice along the oreen green river is to permit the floods to make an annual inundation un dation on the bottom lands along th shores of th iver ano to fill zip up some likes when the floods flood one irrigation usually i az sufficient corn and similar forage r crops are planted and thrive in hi that warm climate thia sear the floods did not get oer the banks of the green but there is still plenty of water in the rier and it if becomes a matter of pumping it ib on ane land with lifts varying from eight feet to in a lev instances more than 40 feet many farmers of the bottom land li ame i e the pumps but this 3 bear ear thea ore are unable to buy een tile the cheap cupis used to apply power for the p inns di and som sometimes times residual oil from the rangely langely fu ds are used to some extent |