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interest in the work. The remaining six per cent is di- 

 vided as follows: Reclamation Service, three per cent; 

 Carey Act enterprises, two per cent ; and Indian Service, 

 one per cent. As there are large enterprises in course of 

 development, these figures for 1909 do not fully represent 

 the present situation. The figures for 1910 gave the 

 Reclamation Service about four per cent of the total, the 

 Carey Act about six per cent of the total, and the Indian 

 Service about two per cent, the decrease being principally 

 in individual and partnership enterprises. Of the acreage 

 included in projects, the Reclamation Service shows six 

 per cent, the Carey Act eight per cent, and the Indian 

 Service about three per cent, the decrease being divided 

 between cooperative and individual and partnership 

 enterprises. 



"All Reclamation and Carey Act enterprises and many 

 of the commercial enterprises will eventually become 

 cooperative. Classing these with those already under the 

 control of the water users, leaves less than ten per cent of 

 the acreage irrigated in 1909 to be served by works which 

 are not now or soon to be controlled by those who use the 

 water. 



"While statistics to prove the statement are not avail- 

 able, I believe it safe to say that in no other industry in 

 this country is there so large a percentage of cooperation." 



PROGRESS OF COOPERATIVE IRRIGATION ENTERPRISES 



Cooperation in irrigation had its origin in the develop- 

 ment of the arid lands of Utah by the Mormon colonies. 

 The development of the early history is related by Samuel 

 Fortier, who says : 



