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<br /> "The return floVJ in acre -~et per month - Kersey to <br />. , <br />Jule sbur g, yo~r 1920, is e-s :f'l'llloWB: <br /> J2J1. ::53490 Acre -ft. 5.9% <br /> Feb. 39730 " " 6.9 <br /> Mer. 46190 " " 8.1 <br /> Apr. 45900 " " 9.0 <br /> Mr,y 51770 " " 9.0 <br /> June 52800 " " 9.2 <br /> July 54870 " " 9.6 <br /> Aug. 53785 " " 9.4 <br /> Se::.rt . 53850 " " 9.4 <br /> Oct. 53785 " " 9.4 <br /> Nov. 46200 " " 8.1 <br /> Dec. 40300 " " 7.1 <br /> Totd 572,660 Acre-ft. 100. Ora <br /> 'The above tab Ie Indi cates the- t tho rGturn floVl in one <br /> fall mont h (Aug. Sept. Oct. ) is abcut 9.4% of the tot~l yearly <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />flow. If this scme monthly :!,Jercentcge r.pplied in 1899 then <br /> <br /> <br />tho rGturn flow r.t thr.t time (ct the rate of 235 sec. ft.) wouJd <br /> <br /> <br />he-ve cmeunted to !l yer.rly tete,l of 150,000 ceere -feet. but it",': <br /> <br />does not follol'l thc.t such WGS the cf'.se. since the w::'.ter tr.ble <br /> <br />f'.t the-t time was not built up to its present condition. It <br />is therefore probable th:::.t the tot2-1 ye:::.rly rdturn floVl was <br />much less at tho.t time thcn the cbove fieures would indicp.te. <br />"The lcild irrigated in 1920 by South Plctte river water, <br />between Kersey and Julesburg, we-s approximately 235,000 acres <br /> <br />r.ccord ing to the reports of the wr.ter eommiss ioners of Dis- <br /> <br />triets 1 end 64. <br /> <br />"Comparing this figure vlith the amount of return floVl in <br /> <br /> <br />acre-feet (viz. 572660 acre-ft. ) we are st:nuek with the appar- <br /> <br />ent discre?ancy between the two. To understand this relatio~ <br /> <br />we must consider another factor, the eeep2.ge and loss from <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />D <br /> <br />, <br />-- <br />