. The future water supply of San Francisco; a report to the Honorable the secretary of the interior and the Advisory board of engineers of the United States army . Xl aruiualiy. 92 REPRODUCTION OP PAGES 92 ANDOf the -17,360 acres claimed by Freeman as the area of the Niles Cones, only one per cent is nnderirrigation. On this and the opposite page, three pictures are presented of the same 50-acre strawberrytract, two of young nursery stock of the California Nursery Co., whose lands include the 50-acre straw-berry tract referred to. Two pictures are beyond the limits of the cone as fixed by Dr,
. The future water supply of San Francisco; a report to the Honorable the secretary of the interior and the Advisory board of engineers of the United States army . Xl aruiualiy. 92 REPRODUCTION OP PAGES 92 ANDOf the -17,360 acres claimed by Freeman as the area of the Niles Cones, only one per cent is nnderirrigation. On this and the opposite page, three pictures are presented of the same 50-acre strawberrytract, two of young nursery stock of the California Nursery Co., whose lands include the 50-acre straw-berry tract referred to. Two pictures are beyond the limits of the cone as fixed by Dr, Branner, andthe two remaining are of 20 acres of truck products, 280. THK BART BROWN WELL. ,\RDEN, NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN ^L\RGIN OF THE NILESCONE. [umpin;; ground walei- from well for the irrigation of an alfalfafield. RRICATLNG -lOUNG TREES. I. 1912. 93 93 OP THE FREEMAN REPORT. These illustrations of irrigation on the Niles Cone represent only one per cent ofthe area of the alleged cone described by Mr. Freeman. 2S1 282 THE FUTURE WATER SUPPLY OF SAN FRANCISCO. on unirrigated as on irrigated areas, so that irri-gation of orchards will be merely an insuranceagainst dry seasons. The area in orchards isabout at a standstill at the present time, forthe new plantings will hardly compensate forold orchards whose trees are being removedand the land devoted to summer crops. So it ismore than safe to assume that the present areamay be taken as the future area. As regards alfalfa, the district near the tidelands in which the water is always bound to benear the surface and where alfalfa can be grownwith the
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