Farm development--men survey a farm outside of Wheeler

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division. Predevelopment Farm No. 1; located approx. 2 miles east of Moses Lake, Wash. Crew of Agricultural engineers taking topography in view of land leveling and laying out of irrigation distribution system. Farm covers 80 acres. Water supply well may be seen in distance, and the town of Wheeler may be seen in extreme left background. Men in picture are, left; M.W. Hoisveen, USBR Agriculture Eng.; center, B.W. Doran, USBR Agriculture Eng.; right, H.A. Sandwick, USBR Agriculture Eng. Photo taken for J.L. Toevs, chief of land development