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<br />003286 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />:j:', <br /> <br />'r <br /> <br />-ll- <br /> <br />_I <br />- <br />L .. The lJIllSa embraoes approximat<#ly thirty thousand (30 ~OOb), <br />e:'pre:s of' wjlioh about f'ourteenthousand (14.000) is now bei;;ig <br />*ri~at~d. . tJ.I1d there i~ six thousand (6,000) aor, es mot'e, ,'su, s,;, <br />ojliltp.ble ~ irrigation. The baJ.e.noeof' the area is t akon up <br />" bf' r~ads, ditohos, dry f'tJ..t'ming and pasture. <br /> <br />i ' <br />OWA,i:.SI <br /> <br />'. ,TM major portion of' this land is supp~ie~bytw'o oanal <br />, sys~llnrs-, vh., The 'F10r1daCanal .and the Florida Farmors <br />Ditch. de,rtving their supply of' water from bho Florida Rivet'. , <br />f" .' ,,\' <br />, " <br />, : '. Thoreare two Companiesintot'estod in eaoh of' th~,aj:loVe <br />n~ed ditohes, vlz., The Florida Canal Company and the F~orida <br />C.i1a~J!lil1a*gement Company in orle, and the Florida Farmers'n:Ltoh <br />" C~~p~~ .and the Florida Farmers Co-oi>erative Ditch Company in <br />tl/le 9thi'll'. <br /> <br />'The Fiorida Canal an~ theF~orida Canal Enlargement Com- <br />pljiUes neve approximately 35lI1i1es of' main, ditohes and the <br />F10rida Fa~ers and Florida Fanners Co-operative Ditoh Com- <br />. p4nies have approxime.te1y 25 miles of' main ditohes. ' <br /> <br />, Wi~E~1 <br /> <br />1 'The wr.iterhas kept a dailyreoord of' the flow in the <br />F~orida Carla 1 System eaoh year sinoe 1930 up to andino1ud~ <br />,i~g 1.944. ,Such reoords, show that'l;hef'ar.mers b.egin to Use, <br />tllei~ f'u1l8ll10unt of wate\, eaohyeai' ,about Mayi20th, and the <br />r:llve~ begins to drop about June 20th. to the 25th.. so that a <br />pclr'tion or all of their water is shut of'f'atthe t1methat it <br />i~ ,mgst nee:ded. <br /> <br />" 'The drail,age a\'ea of, the Florida River is small andi ts <br />.[', ,-" . , <br />squrQe -is $t, up in the high mO~htains. in comparison with <br />A!'f.i!me;sRiver on the west and the Vallecito and Pine Rivers <br />'j*,t ':to '\;he: east, therefor,e when it begins to drop itfa;Lls <br />viJ,h irapidly and within two or three weeks after it begins <br />,to/,dJ:!op pra,otioallyall ri'ghtson the mesa, are shut off. ex- <br />cept '13. f'ew of' the older priorities' in the Fanners Ditoh. <br /> <br />'Under present oonditions about the only dependable crop <br />t~t :oan be raised is fall wheat, whilei!' the farmers ~re <br />as~ut'ed of' suff'ioient waterdiversi!'ied f'al'll\ingwou1dbe <br />very ~ucoessful oven to row orops and berries. <br /> <br />: ,On an average under existing oonditions I do not think <br />t~t the farmers get to,exoeed 1-1/4 aore, feet of' watllr per <br />aorecif ground irrigated, where they should have at least <br />2"~/~ aore feet per aore. <br /> <br />; <br />,~ <br />, <br /> <br />, <br />} <br />.j!, ! <br /> <br />J,-' <br /> <br /> <br />,-_~,'i^~ <br /> <br />", <br />,:.;, <br /> <br />;",,"--" <br /> <br />" ,.' .'T ' <br /> <br /> <br />i-' <br />.F <br />I <br /> <br />t <br />, <br />, <br />}; ,'. <br />f,. <br />- <br /> <br />, <br />, ,}-~ <br />'j <br />i - <br />J <br />l~_:,:, <br />:~. ',;:,-" <br /> <br />-f' <br /> <br />'1' <br />j, <br />!' <br /> <br />l' <br /> <br />i' <br /> <br />j <br />l <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1- <br />r <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, ~' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />',', <br /> <br />- -- ti ' r;;v- F.-".::; <br />','i':'c'",~, ~,,,,,cl-'; <br />. ,~~I" ,. " <br />';. -'<Q.i,~ll,i,j v" " <br />