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<br />...... <br />00 <br />00 <br />C\./ <br /> <br />been filled in all years except 1925, 1931 ~nC 1934. <br /> <br />Only in <br /> <br />1934 wnuld the storage catch be really low. Such years are highly <br /> <br />infrequent, 1902 having been the last previous year of sinilar <br /> <br />extrenely low runoff. <br /> <br />The Haystack Reservoir site seems to be the best ~vailable <br /> <br />in the drain~ge area of West Divide Creek and cennot well be enlarged <br /> <br />bey,cnd the caraci ty of 7,000 8.cre-feet. Its usefulness will be sone- <br /> <br />what increased after several years of storage operation, in that <br /> <br />return flow within the project area will be stabalized and increased <br /> <br />curing the 18.te summer. If it is well operated, full advantage <br /> <br />can be taken of the runoff from sumner storms to conserve ~ter <br /> <br />which now wastes to some extent, anl' the supply of the project will <br /> <br />be somewhat inproved thereby. <br /> <br />The hay and grain which are now the princiI~l crops of <br /> <br />the project shcull' bebrought to [) good average yield, much higher <br /> <br />than at present, by the use of this stored 'Mater. Its greatest <br /> <br />value, however, will arise from the ability to Brow a certain <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />acreage of late row creps of biVler value, such as sugar beets, <br /> <br />beans and rct~toes, which are now ~ttemptee only on a leost limited <br /> <br />area. (See Table 2). <br /> <br />The reservcir shculL: be an incentive to economy anc' ef- <br /> <br />ficiency in the use of water, such as does not exist at present. <br /> <br />.54 <br />