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Dry Farmed Agraian Grids. Shown northeast near N 32.93719 W 109.80258. An extensive number of dry farmed grids also form a unique feature of the Gila Valley. Water was collected in the "inside" areas and stored under the border rocks. Agave was the most likely crop and these may have served as giant mescal booze factories. There are thousands of grids north of the Gila River and a few hundred to the south. While often contemporaneous, these grids do appear largely unrelated to the canals. Nearest of many roads at N 32.93979 W 109.80632 Click to expand the image. The definitive book here.