77 



Dutjf of voter under West Gnllut'm Jrriijution Comjmtiif's canal Jor li/Oi. 



Montli. 



Miiy 



June 



July 



August 



Total 



Discharge. 



Acre-feet. 



569 



3,613 



5,555 



2,729 



12,466 



Depth. 



Feet. 

 0.24 

 1.54 

 2.37 

 1.17 



5.32 



KITGHEN OK CAMERON CANAL. 



This ciiiiiil is one out of fifty-four which (lix'crt wjitcr from the West 

 Gallatin River. It is owned and controlh'd l)y a small community of 

 farmers, whose farms are located in the upper portion of the central 

 belt of Gallatin Valley. Of the canals which take water from the left 

 or west bank of the river it ranks next in capacity to the West Galla- 

 tin Irrioation Gompan3''s canal. It is nearly 11 miles lono-, has a bot- 

 tom width of 11 to 12 feet, and a depth of 2 to. 3 feet near the head 

 and is capa)>le of carrying some 80 cubic feet of water per second. 

 The losses due to seepage are small. At the same time, the dut}- of 

 water is low. This is largely due to the fact that this ditch possesses 

 one of the oldest rights on the river, and has recently been enlarged 

 to carry an abundant supply for the comparatively small area of land 

 which it irrigates, much more in fact than the crops require. 



The crops irrigated in 1902 are shown in the following table: 



Anrat/e of irrlydted crop.'! under the Kughen catial for JHO;:^. 



Acres. 



Barley 899 



Oats 423 



Flax '. 122 



Timothy 80 



Pasture 25 



Wheat 12 



Clover 3 



Total 1, 564 



During the same year 1,379 acres, or nearly one-half the total 

 cultivated area was summer fallowed. If the excess water which was 

 wasted in irrigating 1,564 acres had been applied to the 1,379 acres of 

 fallow land, the additional yield in 1902 from the thirteen farms under 

 this canal would have, in all probability, had a gross value of $27,000. 



