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<br />I,. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />I ~:.i <br /> <br />(~ir. Har')er the:'] c~de the fcll'J\linr, oomm~nt outside <br />hi s pa ,er ) , <br /> <br />the lan~ immediately surrovnding Grand Junction is irri- <br /> <br />gated from the system of 1;hd Jr2.nd VLlley Ir;'igE tion -.;ompeny. <br /> <br />The &c~eage now under i"riga~i0n is ~O,OCO, with an ultim2.te <br /> <br />possible acreage of 45,000, and I Di&~t explain the situation <br /> <br />in connection \,i th that l)ro,jewt. ~'he reason for that differeJ,ce, <br /> <br />that discrepanc,y in &crca.ge, though this is a very old project, <br /> <br />i8 due to tiig wats:.:' lO~iied 'Jondition of a h'.rge ')ercentage of <br /> <br />the l::"tls; ,-:hieh lwve been iITigated, for forty years and are <br /> <br />too wet to '),cdu~e c:rous. 'l'!,e Orche.rd desa Jistrict on the <br /> <br />SOllth 8],"'e o~ the Colorado :li\'er 113S !lO,'1 under irrigation <br /> <br />3,000 acres ,'Ii th ::m ultir.',2te &Cr8Hi;e of 9,600 acres. :L'he :"'[.li- <br /> <br />Bade Irrigaticn District has an ultimate acrenge of 6,000 and ~hE <br /> <br />that district is very close to 1')) ~.Jer cent cultin,ted at the <br /> <br />present time. 'l'he r,iess C011nty Irrigl'tion :District acreage now <br /> <br />irrigated is l,e~O, with an ultimate acreage cf 2,400. <br /> <br />(Mr. Hal';>er then contim:ec'. to read his p2.per.) <br /> <br />Denand for \Vater. <br /> <br />The de~and froo the Colorado ~iver :or these projects as <br /> <br />oi'iginal1y wonstru(;ted was 1,3<:.6 secomi re8t fer ii'rigLtion use <br /> <br />and2,280 second fGet of }io"Jer watej: u3ell :for pumping irrig[.tion <br /> <br />water. <br /> <br />G.J. <br />