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.: the further limitation that water diverted under Priority No. 29 shall be limited to the existing capacity of the Rist and Goss Ditch without enlarge- ment, provided, however, that Applicants may perform maintenance and repair work on the Ditch necessary to maintain present capacity, Applicants' entire interest in Priority No. 29, being 53.38 cfs shall be abandoned and of no further force or effect when their lands historically irrigated by Priority No. 29 are taken out of agricultural production. This provision of the decree concerning abandonment shall be self-effective; however, the Court shall retain jurisdiction to make any declarations or further orders in respect to this provision on demand of any interested party at any appropriate time. When Applicants' interest in.Priori- ties Nos. 9 and 29 are used for irrigation, the total annual diversions by Applicants under said rights shall not exceed 370 acre feet or such lesser amount as may result in 171 acre feet of consumptive use. C. The Court finds that the agreement as set forth in the Stipulation by and between Applicants and Loomis wherein Applicants and Loomis agreed that Loomis may divert, at the headgate of the Rist & Goss Ditch, all the water under Priorities 9 and 29 five consecu- tive days out of every fifteen consecutive days for the purpose of irrigation commencing April 1 of 1977 and each year hereafter and continuing through October 31 is just, reasonable and proper under the historic diversion practices of Applicants and Loomis. D. The Court finds that the agreement as set forth in the Stipulation by and between Applicants and Loomis wherein Applicants and Loomis agreed that during any period when either Loomis or Applicants shall have no immediate need to apply Rist and Goss Ditch water -9-