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THE AMITY ::\lUTUAL IH.RIGATIO:l'\ CO:\lPANY' President's Report' TO The jmdy Mutual Irrigation Company TO T:IE DIRECTORS A:\'D ::.TOCKHGLDEHS: On April 1, 1%1 only 22,600....a(;re fee~ oC water was in star. age in John ':\lart.1l neser.oJr. rhe first water reJea::,;ed from Juhn )lar- lIn Iteservoir this .sjlrlllg was for .Kansas. The Amity started water on April 12th and th2 sLOred water was exhausted Ly April Z~th. A small supply was stored in ..Illlle after the hard rain and d;:"a~trous hail haa coven:!..! th::l ValleY helL'w tne dam. ThiS was exhausted III aiJOut eigll[ days. AU_.Jst 13w, ~141J ds of intle.w was registere,d. Thig heing alJo\'e lhe discharge at ,that time storage was deelal'ed which lasted about three u.... ...,. In all allont ~8 days Sllllply eame from stored wilter this seilSOIl. 'J he rest of the time water at aliI' hea.dgate come from direL.l flow of '~IL..;' Arkansas river. ,River <wat::r varied from day to day and came through open gates at the dam. '1 his dire2t Clo,w water earried quantities of ~edi- ment whic:h Illade it :lEsirahle for f<lstEr irrigation and greater cuver~ age. Frolll ,:\lay 1st until Odol)er 31st, the Amity Canal diverted 70,000 a.r. of direct rIow river wat~1' at our headgate. .It would be interesting to estimate how lIlu'eh of thif> would he IU!it if run through a (Jerman- ent pool and th2 waL~r released manually [rolIl controlle.d gates. Also how much more loss wCllld nave occurred in our canal and the ILUIll- ,her of acres that might not ha....e ,teen wet with the dear water. ':\1ost everyone look:::d [urwan.l to i."l very shurt l:Iupply of wa~ tel'. firf't lJeccuse !::nl:W ~upply Wf.S below normal and the entire water~ shed wa:; comparati\"ely dry. Anticipated short water supply and a Federal 'Fcc.;J Gra n Pl'Cgram for rEductioll of grain caused an ulll1sual amount of irriga:€d land to be taken Ollt of ,production. This acreage show:;. as fallol\\' lall:1 in 0111' cro{1 report. Prospects for a successful grain crop we1'3 -dim !oO acreage wa~ reduced and water applied to the remaining acres. Th:s would have proved very henefidal had the frost l)f ,Selltemh:r :.[):h net T_-duced the yields on late planted maize and corn. \"hat looked !i'ke a sure short water year turned out to he about nurmal ail ~now melt and later raills in the mountains anti 011 the plains Ii :!pt ~ st:ady supply of w:lter in the rh"er throughout .July, August, .Sel)temher and October. The Arkansas River during the year contribute.d 105.800 a.t of the inflow ,to .John '1\lartin :Reser\'oir and the Purgatoire only 3u.- GoO a.r. as measured nenr the mouth at Las Animas, a total inflow of 1~6,500 a.r. Local rains and unmeasured inflows aceount for about 10,000 a.f. this year as the outflow measured below the dam wns 147,70() a.r. I)j~trict 07 .ditche~ diverted a,bout 164.14!l a.f. and 105,800 a.r. crossed the Sla,te line. :thout ::!7.500 a.t of this during the winter season. 1 I "\Ve 'Were fortunate '"11is year in that no major !breaks 'occur- red on anI' ditch. The .June 2nd storm was terrific. Hail and'rain tax- ed the canal and prOIll\lt aetio~ by.our. Operators and Maintenance men kept a small 'break from heccming a major repair job. Amity stockholders will want to inspect the Office hui1<1ing whleh has been remodele::J and. modernized. A 'persistant offer to pur- chase the ,property by a neighboring propert.... owner was rejected be- cause no location as suitable for our stockholders was available. The -4-