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<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.
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<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'. ,
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<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'.
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<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. '
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<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.
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<br />" 'The drail,age a\'ea of, the Florida River is small andi ts
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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