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fig. 2.12 A small basin crossed by the cuestas 
mountain above it. Tnis basin is without irrigation, but at 
7,000 ft it receives enough rainfall for marginal dry farming 
Farmers matte an occasional bumper crop of beans or grain, but 
there are many lean years between. The soil is a deep sandy 
clay and has a natural cover of sagebrush and grama grass. 
Overgrazing in recent years has depleted the grass cover and 
caused severe erosion, with vertical walled gullies up to ¿0 
feet in depth. To reverse this trend the sagebrush has been 
plowed up, many of the gullies dammed and the area reseeded 
to range grasses. This has become a common practice in the 
basins of this area. The activity can be identified by its 
association with a sagebrush cover and deep, vertical gulLies, 
both of which indicate deep, fertile soils. In some areas 
grain crops are planted following plowing. Llaves, New Mexico. 
June 1952. Scale 1:40,000 
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Fig. 2.13 Dry farming settlement and sawmill camp. These 
lands yeild poor returns and the settlers depend on livestock 
raising and logging to supplement their Income. The sawmill 
seen here is similar to the mill in Fig. 2.15. Llaves, New 
Mexico. June 1952. Scale 1:40,000 
COLORADO PLATEAU 
BASIN TYPE 
forest land and range improvement is being done by the U. S. 
Forest Service. An increase of grazing capacity here will 
help relieve grazing pressures eleev.here. July 1949. 
Fig. 2.15 Sawmill located in basin. This mill depends on 
pine timber from the national forest nearby. Large stocks of 
logs are accumulated each summer to carry the mill through the 
winter, when snow is too deep in the woods for logging. Mill 
waste is burned in the pit in the background. Beyond the mill 
is marginal farm land. Gallina, New Mexico. August 1949.