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<br />Annual Report For. 1974 <br /> <br />Superintendent's .Report <br /> <br />To <br />The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company <br /> <br />TO THE DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS: <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />The following statements covering the operation and maintenance of <br />The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company, its canals and reservoir system, <br />are submitted for your consideration. <br /> <br />AMITY CANAL <br /> <br />A limited water supply and practically no rainfall marked the 1974 <br />irrigation year. John Martin Reservoir contained about 30,000 acre feet <br />on April 1. Both Colorado and Kansas ditches called Cor reservoir water <br />on this date. John Martin was emptied on April 18. At this time your <br />Directors were Caced with a difficult decision. A discussion on the merits of <br />using Great Plains Reservoir water at this early date to start a crop <br />ven:us conserving this water until late summer to finish the crop was <br />pursued at length. It was decided that the water could be more benefically <br />used early with the hope that rain would help later in the season. There- <br />rare Great Plains water was started to the Amity on April 17. Only this <br />wafer was used until May 13, when the snow melt began and river water was <br />available to Amity. Both reservoir and river water was run <br />until June 1, when river water was able to keep up with demand and the <br />reservoir water was turned ocr. The river held up well throughout most of <br />June. Reservoir water was not used again until June 28th, when the river <br />began falling. By July 6th the river was so low that Amity could no longer <br />draw. After this date no river water was available with the exception of a <br />short run of less than 12 hours in August. Rainfall was extremely short, <br />with only 2 1/2 to 3 inches falling on lands served by Amity in the entire <br />irrigation season. Because of the drouth condition, TheGreat Plains Reser- <br />voirs were emptied on August 5th and Amity stockholders received no more' <br />water the rest of the season. A good crop had been started but because of <br />the curtailed water supply yields were generally below average. <br />The 3 new steel nap checks were installed on Buffalo division and have <br />worked very well. The 22-B dragline completed cleaning the canal from the <br />rating flume to U.S. Highway 50 before the irrigation season. In November <br />this machine and the T D-15 dozer were moved to Buffalo division. The <br />canal was cleaned (rom highway 385 to the Jones Lateral. <br /> <br />Page 16 <br />