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above sea level. A few years ago water was brought from neigh- 

 boring creeks and stored here in a reservoir. The water required 

 for orchard irrigation is conducted from this reservoir, under pres- 

 sure, in two lines of redwood-stave pipes over the rolling hills 

 which separate the reservoir from the orchard lands. Contour 



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lines were established, and each section was divided into 40-acre 

 tracts. These were further subdivided into eight 5 -acre tracts, 

 with a 20-foot alley through the center. The large conduits from 

 the reservoir are connected with smaller lateral pipes laid in the 

 alleys, and these in turn are tapped by 3-inch pipes, which furnish 

 water to the 5 -acre tracts. 



