Author: Tom Lafarge
Publisher: Wayside Pub
Keywords: english, students, workbook, usage
Published: 2005-06-30
List price: $17.27
ISBN-10: 1877653888
ISBN-13: 9781877653889

Author: Oliver Lafarge
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Keywords: ditch, mother
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 1983-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0865340099
ISBN-13: 9780865340091

The mother ditch, or acequia madre, is the main water line that is dug by hand and feeds many of the smaller acequias that cover the fertile land of Northern New Mexico. The acequias, water ditches, were used to irrigate the fields of crops for many farmers in the early days of settlement in New Mexico. A unique technology, the acequia, especially the mother ditch, had to be taken care of by everyone in the community that benefited from its generosity. A governing body was established to watch over the utilization and maintenance of the ditch. The mayordomo was the top elected official to pres