IRRIGATION PROBLEMS IN SALINAS VALLEY. 



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Irrigation by factory inaste vxUer, Spreckeh Sugar Company, Ranch No. 1, season 1899-1900. 



Date. 



Acre-feet. 



Week ending — 



September 16, 1899 . 

 September 23, 1899 . 

 September 30, 1899. 



October 7, 1899 



October 14,1899.... 

 October 21,1899.... 

 October 28, 1899.... 

 November 4, 1899 . . 

 November 11, 1899 

 November 25, 1899. 

 December 2, 1899... 

 ■December 9, 1899. . . 

 December 16,1899.. 

 December 30, 1899.. 



January 6, 1900 



February 3, 1900 . . . 

 February 10, 1900 . . 



Total 



Water supply, five 46-inch wells, 160 feet deep; water rises to within 4 feet of surface of ground. 

 Pumps, two 12-inch centrifugal, throwing 3,500 gallons per minute each. Both pumps lower water 

 level 19 feet. Forty feet of gravel to bottom of well. 



Willoughby tract. From Salinas River. 



Irrigation on Willoughby Tract, Spreckles Sugar Company Ranch No. 1, season 1899-1900. 



Date. 



Week ending — 

 March 31, 1900 

 .4pril 7, 1900 . . 

 April 14, 1900 . 

 April 21, 1900 . 

 April 28, 1900 . 

 May 5, 1900 . . . 

 May 12, 1900 . . 



Total 



M. Williams. Lot 7 B, San Vicente Eancho. Three 10-inch wells 110 feet deep. Water rises 

 to within 4 feet of the surface of the ground. Pumping lowers water level 12 feet. In gravel 30 feet. 

 Pump 8-inch Krogh, throwing 1,500 gallons per minute. Lift of 16 feet above pump. Irrigated 40 

 acres of alfalfa 12 inches deep at a cost of $3 per acre. Can irrigate 500 acres from pump. Irrigated 

 200 acres from Cionzales Water Company's Ditch. Soil sandy loam and river bottom. 



Salinas Valley Water Company. Arroyo Seco Canal number 1. Twenty-live feet wide, grade 8 

 feet to the mile. No irrigation. 



Arroyo Seco Canal number 2. Top 30 feet, bottom 20 feet, depth 5 feet, grade 5 feet to the mile. 

 Irrigated 2,600 acres. 



Salinas Canal. Top 40 feet, bottom 30 feet, depth 5 feet, grade 6 inches to the mile. Irrigated, 

 season of 1900, 2,000 acres. 



San Lorenzo Canal. Top 30 feet, bottom 20 feet, depth 5 feet, grade about 12 feet to the mile. 



