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<br />I. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The irrigz,tion sc~son ge[](1l'"lly cOinm~nces ebollt li:ay ll;'t, find <br /> <br /> <br />ends Lbout ~e)tember 30th ~nd ~~er2ges abo~t IGO days in Jivision <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />The principal crop a~erages may be t~bul~ted as follows: <br /> <br />Alfalfa <br /> <br />226.600 acres or about 35 per cent. <br />128,000 aoreS or abOl~t 20 per cent. <br />140,000 acres or abeut 20 per cent. <br />36,000 acreS or about 6 per cent. <br />29,600 acres or about 5 per oent. <br />10,000 acres or about 2 per cent. <br />69.000 acres or abeut 12 per cent. <br />643,200 acres - - - - 100 psr cent. <br /> <br />lIa ti ve Hay <br />Cereals <br /> <br />Orchards <br />Potatoes <br /> <br />Sugar :Bee ts <br />Veg. & I.lisc. <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />Irrigation requirements are p:radually absorbing the direct <br />flow in the late summer months and stor2ge de~elopments ha~e <br />been made to the extent of some 60,000 acre-feet. In adc~ition, <br />o~er 30,000 ~cre-feet of reser~oir capacity hES been de~eloped <br />for Hydro-electric plants, <br />rteturn flow waters from irrigbtion h5~e de~eloped in great- <br />er or lesser degree on ~ll streams in the di~ision and on mapy <br />are extremely hea~y. 'i'he imj?ortance and ~alue of return flow is <br />generally recognized as a large element of ri~er flow in the <br />lower ~alleys and with wider use on the higher lands a much great- <br />er re-use of ,'later will occur in \lesteTn Colorado. <br /> <br />(Lnd of Paper) <br /> <br />G.J. <br />