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for two or more weeks. Mel Staats would pull all of the water out of the draw before it reached <br />WFC and use it for another place of his, so until he was done with the water, there was no water <br />to irrigate WFC permitted area. This is also documented <br />It also shows on the reap that Garveys property has 21 shares irrigating 51 acres #12. This shows <br />right there that 1 share will do at least 2 acres of ground. If I could take all of you over there <br />and show you the areas I irrigated with and which areas were totally to the electric pump and <br />pump and which properties were irrigated by the diesel pump, you would see that the water could <br />not be moved from one area to another as WFC has indicated on their map. The electric pump, <br />then you would totally understand. The Calamity draw irrigation could only irrigate a few areas <br />and all of the rest was irrigated by the diesel pump. The diesel pump was irrigating 157 acres <br />with only 75 shares, this is also all documented. This was also with the head gate turned down. <br />Now, they have gone to everything in a pipe, but the fact still is true on the Calamity draw water <br />and this can irrigate certain small areas. <br />WFC is trying to prove there is not sufficient water but they also have taken water shares and <br />moved there to areas not in the permit area., this is also documented. <br />The Refemece area was irrigated with only two shares of water at times . WFC pulled all of their <br />water from that area and the only water that was used to irrigated the reference area was n-y t l <br />personal two shares. This area still was great and maintained good grazing. This area was <br />furrowed and also fertilized by myself and by Wayne Buttons. <br />Facts in the revision and on the map have been made to seem what they really are not. <br />WFC on the map says they have a total of 75 shares to do all fields. The fields that are listed on <br />the map that can only be irrigated with WFC water since Calamity water(100shares) is not <br />interchangeable with any of those properties, WFC is evert NOW irrigating more than. 150 acres <br />with only 75 shares of water. <br />#12, #13, #41,#l,#20 were all planted with not only WFC seed and rates but 15 pounds per acre <br />of alfalfa seed was added to the mix at my own expense. This was to raise production rates and <br />because any fanner knows if you plant alfalfa, it will eventually go to grass over the years. The <br />hay yields were very high when I was there, the first few years. As the grasses, like now, and <br />also because of continuously drowning the alfalfa out,(especially on Garveys and $urbridges) <br />which is very evident in the last couple years, the yields have been way down. This is also due to <br />the 10 year rule and these figures are also documented. <br />I have not finished reading this yet, I will continue to send letters where things are not. correct. <br />Letters that were furnished to WFC are now being used against us, such as the production rate <br />letter. These figures were lowered to help WFC get bond release and now in the revision they are <br />being used to show that this production. was ne.rer made, again everything taken out of context. <br />Also in these letters where they figured their production. rate and took averages, the Morgan <br />property was at 0 to be figured into the average but that was because there was nothing but