124 LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. 
that period 350 square miles. It will be practicable to include under canals 
from the Jordan only about 160 square miles of farming land, and I think 
it safe to assume that the supply of water will be greatly in excess of the 
demand. 
At the present time the Jordan is little used, the chief irrigation of 
Salt Lake Valley being performed by the large creeks that flow from the 
mountains at the east. It will not be long, however, before large canals 
are constructed to carry the Jordan water to all parts of the valley that lie 
below the level of Utah Lake. They will include 120 square miles of 
farming land. 
The mountain streams, being no longer needed in the lower parts of 
the valley, will be carried to higher land and made to serve the benches at 
the base of the mountains. By these means the total agricultural area of 
the valley will be increased to 192 square miles. Eventually, the western 
canal will be carried about the north end of the Oquirrh range and made 
to irrigate the northern third of Tooele Valley. It will pass above the 
farming lands of E. T. City and Grantsville, and enable the streams which 
irrigate the latter town to be used upon the higher slopes. The service of 
the Jordan will amount to no less than 40 miles and the agricultural area 
of the valley will be increased to about 45 square miles. 
Including Tooele Valley and Kamas Prairie with the drainage basin 
of the Jordan, its agricultural resources sum up as follows: 
ie as E Square miles— 
Tracts. | 
Cultivated 
in 1877. Cultivable. 
| Kamas brainiot-t ee ss oes scene nh tS) set ee Cee See ieeee See eee ree eee 4.0 10.0 
| Hailstone Ranche and RENN [= S555. SR Se coc seniS SD Sne os Sn eh Sasa Se geS ago SEE mISO EME ECDONDN 2.0 2.0 
IPTOV OAV al OY gee nee mene enn eee mere so nieieieleimin = = alsian aim wenn ene eine oe main miialainimeie mm mmm mwa mim 6.0 16. 0 
AVG En i eee Se ae sce Santeoenacrinntr SeeCs url oanmace a= sya HRS SA CKOs oo ceo net doee orice nee seeders 2.0 2.0 
LORRAINE Oc apo Sorba cea HU S de IaReeO SASS Sond SoeneSte Seno case mesos ss dessdoddoooseanAResbeescE 59. 0 190.0 
Goshen....---. | 
Mona nies-- oan Salt Creek soscce donne sae scchn ale ae owe aoe ee nee ces sneer eee ease mana ee 14.0 | 16.0 
Nephieseeriera if 
Salt Lake Valley (including Bountiful and Centerville) ---.-..-.-...----..-------.---------------- 89. 8 | 192.0 
ERODE Ge Vall Oyseee aes sea anism ale e(n te eee eee oi Nefa ace Strata cee ee ele oe eT MER acre Bia barat 5.4 | 45.0 
Motel’ 2c cpceeaceccesitss «act ecce caress MASRSE Soe aa2 ee ech See tee tra SAaee 182. 2 473.0 
The drainage district has an area of 4,010 miles; 44 per cent. are culti- 
vated, and 113 per cent. may be cultivated. 
