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<br />:0" <br />,,-) , <br />"...... <br />'c.n <br />'....:1. <br />;CJ,;l <br /> <br />".~ '. .~~.. ,",' <br /> <br />~t.: <br /> <br />t~l~ <br />1 --~, <br />'l_ - , ~ <br />t,. ~; <br />.t;? <br />r;~ <br /> <br />, <br />~ <br />t <br />1 <br />r <br />;i <br />" <br />r <br /> <br />,i <br />1, <br />;1' <br />~ <br />, <br />* <br /> <br />-9- <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />$1,900,.000 <br />, .', 948 ..000 <br />470,000 <br />302,000 <br />aa6jooo <br /> <br />~:= <br /> <br />$4.,700,000 <br /> <br /> <br />The ollow1ngshows the approximate al1l1ue.l loss in value of ctops, b.~cause <br />of inadeq te Wll.ter supply. <br /> <br />Bug&. beets. . . " " t. II .. ".."" t' t. .. .. " .. .. II <br />AlIa fa. .. .. . .. ... ....................".."" II .. <br />S:m.al grain. ".."" " . ,. .. " , , ." """. <br />Bean .. .. . .. .- " .. , ... .. " , .. ._ .. " .. " .. " " " .. " , <br />Corn , , , .. .. " .. t', " " t. " .. t, , " " " /I " " " ,,-.. " <br />Pote: oes .. " " .. " " , " " , " ., , " .. " " " " .. " .. " <br />All ther orops" " " , , " t_ .. . .. .. " , " .. " " .. , , <br /> <br />tn 1 9 the State engineers of Colorado, in cooperation with the Pla'\lte <br />;Valley 1'1a'\; Conservation League, and the United Ste.tesArmy engineers, lllf!\i!1 ,ii. <br />. cOlllpre hens e study of the water resources of the South Platte Basin inndJoth... <br />:easternCo orado. This study included the Cache J;aPoudre RiVerin<wa.terliis- , <br />,trict no. the Big ThQIIPson River in wa.ter distriot no. 4, and theSt','Iltaih <br />River in d triOt no.,. The investigators determined the excess wa,tera-vJ:l.l.. <br />JiLble on th e streams above 'present normal demal1ds and also aboVo the no~l <br /><lema-l1ds oli he South Platte River proper bel~ where these streamse:tlter. , ' <br /> <br />stigators also determined the location, Cl>.paoity. and' cost oCithe <br />e reservoir sites for the storage of this exoessiwa.ter. <br /> <br />This <br />estimated <br /> <br />The <br />. variation <br />, $12.400.0 <br /> <br />The 1 <br />, that are d <br />duct ion, . <br />as a whole <br /> <br />The e <br />: graphicall <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />most <br /> <br /> <br />The re <br />date by us,i <br />the wa.terwll <br /> <br />1\ '. ' <br />;" ,f,...l,~,,, 1 <br /> <br />,;. , <br /> <br />, , .. " <br /> <br />. . . <br /> <br />:1;' <br />" <br />" <br />fl.: J~ <br />1.:, <br />" <br />~ - <br />1 ;1 <br />'~. <br />'j <br />'j <br />;1 <br />~ <br />j <br />!; <br /> <br />i,', ! <br />1 ~i: <br />11 <br />I,'} <br />',','.','N <br />c!,~::::~ <br />tl <br />1: <br />II " <br />r <br />l <br />.1 <br /> <br />r,., <br />l~ <br />q <br />1 <br />" <br />I <br />.~. . <br />. .l~.., <br /> <br />\_--.':'1 <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br /> <br />verage al1l1ua.l direct crop lOBS is about 19 percent of1;he$24i,800"OOO <br />ost of the Colora~owBig ThQnpson irrigation projeot. <br /> <br />op lOllS in 1934. dUll to Shor1:agll of water" as oOlllpe.r",d'-t:o 192~ a.:f1;er <br />n price and acreage factors had been aocounted for. amounte~ t~ <br />. or just one-half the cost of the project. . , '; <br /> <br />sses here giyen are the farmlosses, and do not include the los~es" <br />to prOcessing, transporting. Or hal1dling of that qua.ntity of;prow <br />ich would add several mi.llion dollars to the loss of. the canun~it:r <br /> <br />,," <br /> <br />fect of such inadeque.te water supply for the plriO<! 1925..35 is;shown ' <br />on drawing no. 1 JbllOWing. <br /> <br />SUPl'LEMENrAL Wi\.TER SUPPLY <br /> <br />ul ts are shown in the follOWirigtable and haye 'been brOllghtup;to <br />the S!llllll demands for irrigat:l:on as set up in the report and Using <br />pply records furnished by the Ste.te,engineer's office, ' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />,;!. <br /> <br />. ,-..wL <br /> <br />, , <br />.~ :''''-'. ;;. ~,<': '".._,,';';,-:"~ - j,--~ <br /> <br />.V :.~<:i,l~~~~t~(~ <br /> <br />'.'j' <br /> <br />, <br />, -~ <br />" "'." <br />.,;, - <br /> <br />',&';-,:/ <br /> <br />:~i-~t?~ <br /> <br />" " <br /> <br />:'~;; __;;:_::~/i" <br /> <br /><~-"~>:-"j,.: l4' ,~-_,,'>> <br />