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<br />while in the fonnativc stagc. rhe eil.llllOn haud hook is allacheu herelo, ann is, for <br />identification$ purposes illarked exhibit "A "; the times <br />of operation will bl' (klmnined by visl.1al obse1'Vation of the operators. It is the intcnt <br />ofthe opcrato1"sto cornrntmce the operation of the hail cannOll some 10 minutes <br />belo1"t., the expected arrival of the pote11linl cloud over thc protected area anu [0 <br />continue its operdticln until the S\lSpcct c.loud has lcft tbc protected area, The <br />implementation ofthe device is a j\ldg,mental dec.isioll, :irriveu at hy watching the <br />progress of the clo\ld thcrcby, <br />oelenuilling its approximate !.-peed to have a minimum of 10 minlltes prior to its <br />arrival for activation. The time interval is largely deterlllined by the \lppcr lcvel wind <br />velocity, II is to be noled that the operlltor implementing the hailmaclulle probably <br />will have some 15 minutes to 1 hour to view the S\lSpcct clonus. lhcir lormation and <br />lo view ils movement and speed toward thc protected area, the longtr lh~ time of <br />observation the more exact tJIC operator will b(;(;om~ in implementing the hail <br />. - - - - .calJJlOJl, to.achieve his op~ralion-Ofthe-machine 10-minUte~ prior.taits-Iluival-at the. <br />protected area. TIlL: It:rmination of the operation of the hail cannon would he <br />ill!JlJediately upon the deparrure of the cloud from the protected area, Iht: It:rmination <br />or lh~ operation of the hail cannOll would be immediately upon [he uepartu.re of the <br />cloud rrom the protected area, 'The time or opcf'.i!ion throu.ghout the year we estimate <br />to he IlIl average of 20 OCCUl"reJlces l::ach aud having a uuration of ~O minutes for caclJ <br />activation, As noted tlus is Ollr cslimaliun of the average in a particularly hmn.id <br />summer we mighl st!e more instances of activation than the average and in a lc,s than <br />humid SlllnIncr cons:clerahle less nUID.her of activations_ <br /> <br />4 & 5, <br /> <br />The economic bellefit provided by the haiJ cannon is to reduce the incidenccs o[l1ail <br />falling upon thc growing CftJpS within the protected area, The priI1lalY arcas of <br />prot(;~,tion by the haiJ cannon are for J, Spinl1Ch, 2. Lcttllec, and 3, Potatot:,. crops <br />bcing dTected Ihe most by untimely falling of hailstones. The degree or damage hy <br />hail is in that order. <br /> <br />The method emplDyed is a science thaI ha~ been known for several years !Ind has <br />beCllllset:! SLlcctlssfully in the growing areas in New Zealand, The appli~'lIIll has <br />traveled to areas in New Zealand and has spent a great deal oftimc in res"iJrching the <br />dnciency ofthis device for the protection of crops and is now satisfied that this is an <br />"IT"clive metbod of controlling incidences ofhaiI upon the applicant~ crops, <br /> <br />The project is economically beneficial in IhaL iL will pemlit the applicant to marktt his <br />crops without having hail damage upon them. . <br /> <br />In the field of marketing spin:wh, Colorado's reputation in the spinach producing ar~a <br />is being seriously damaged by the incidence of hail and thc devl!!Itating damage done <br />to spinach as a r/,;sull oflhe hail. to the: extent that purchasers of spinach are seriously <br />rescarcbing other areas for SOUrcillg their spinach needs ratheT than relying upon <br />Colorado; Colomdo has failed to. provide a ut:ptmdable source of supply over the past <br />