86 



The areas in the various crops were as follows: 



Acreage of cropK irrvjated under Bass Brothers'' ditch for tlie seaso)i of 1D03. 



Acres. 



Timothy and clover 175 



Orchard 85 



Wheat 30 



Oats 10 



Peas and garden , 10 



Pasture 90 



Total 400 



Figure 10 illustrates the use of water under Bass Brothers' ditch in 

 1903. 



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Fig. 16. — Daily discharge of Bass Brothers ditch, I'JUo, and depth of water received by hmd. 



ALLEN, nUGnES, ET AL. DITCH. 



This ditch takes its waters from Lolo Creek near the mouth of the 

 Bitter Root Valley, and on the west side of the I'iver. The land cov- 

 ered is a delta or wash from the Lolo Canyon, and is composed of a 

 gravel and sand}^ loam underlaid by a deep bed of gravel. This drinks 

 up the water rapidl}', and the ground is solid and firm in a very short 

 time after the irrigation. The climate and soil in this locality are par- 

 ticularly well adapted to fruit growing, and all the varieties of apples, 

 pears, plums, and berries, with some very tine peaches, grow W(dl. 

 On Ma\' 28, 1903, a rating flume with automatic register was placed in 

 the ditch at the upper edge of the field and there was no loss b}' seep- 

 age. The area watered was 21:7. ♦> acres. 



