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IRRIGATION OP THE SOIL. 
For the greater part of the distance from Kio Puerco to this place, the soil appears to he good; 
hut little cultivated for want of moisture. The small stream of San Jose can supply acequias 
for irrigating only a portion of the wide valley which pertains to it. By common wells enough 
water might he obtained for the ordinary uses of a population. The country seems also favorable 
for the construction of artesian wells. If, by this means, sufficient water for irrigation could be 
procured, many tine valleys would be placed under cultivation. 
The niedit is clear. Astronomical observations have been made. 
