98 



Hardware cloth 



drain 

 6"of gravel - 



CROSS SECTION 



Drains connected 

 to bottom of wells 



PLAN 



PIGURE 13.— Plan of Mesilla Dam station. 



be seen in Table 25 which presents all consumptive use and 

 meteorological data. 



The average consumptive use of water by cattails corre- 

 sponded closely with data obtained at Isleta for the same period. 

 The average for both stations amounted to about 111 inches in 

 depth for the 12-month period. 



Saltgrass . --Saltgrass was transplanted into a tank set in 

 a saltgrass area of high ground water. A Mariotte control pro- 

 vided an automatic supply, keeping the water level in the tank 

 at a fairly constant depth of 14 inches. A thick growth of grass 

 developed to a height of 7 to 10 inches by midsummer. As at other 



