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<br />'-=0 <br />.-:) <br />~ by the water Users of a portion of the construction cost, and sets <br />forth certain procedures for the operation and :n:alntenance of proJ- <br />c...T1 ect facilities. <br />(" <br /> <br />Multiple Purposes <br /> <br />~lcuJ.ture <br /> <br />Cultivation 1n the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, <br />as practiced under irrigation, \las started when the early pioneers <br />diverted water by gravity fram the mountain streams and watered <br />fertile valley lands in the upper South Platte Basin. Fram this <br />irrigated land, food and livestock feed were produced for the untold <br />number of fortune seekers attracted to the area because of the <br />mining bonanza. The success of these early agricultural enter- <br />prises attracted many home seekers during the latter half of the <br />1.9th century. These settlers, 1n turn, initiated development of <br />one of the most extensively irrigated areas 1n the entire West. <br />Irrigation facilities constructed by fnrmer-ovn8d mutual irrigation <br />companies in the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District con- <br />sist of approximately 120 irrigation systems and. 60 principal stor- <br />age reservoirs. These systems serve an area from 'Which about <br />6]1,000 acres of crops valued at $45 million 'Were harvested in 1949. <br />Major crops produced by irrigation are aJ.falfa, grain crops, sugar <br />beets, potatoes, and miscellaneous vegetables. <br /> <br /> <br />Irrigation using siphon tubes. <br /> <br />4 <br />