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Thomomys also gather along the ditch but burrow more in the upper bank where the only damage is in filling up the ditch. Many also burrow in the lower bank where they are sure to pierce the wall. Perognathus, Onychomys and numerous other little burrows appear in the banks and by time to turn the water in next spring a new ditch bank will be needed. Some one ought to get bust with a line of poison along the ditch. 

The Indians at present raise little fields of corn & squashes ^ [[insertion]] & beans [[/insertion]] here & there all over the country without irrigation. Any little sandy flat where soil is good & the water will stand after a rain is dug or plowed up and planted & left to take its chances. This year has been unusually rainy & crops are pretty good. Corn that has apparently never been touched has a fair yield of ears. & little patches of squashes in the sagebrush have good fruit. At Ojo Caliente some little patches of onions & chili are irrigated.  

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