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BULLETIN 1026, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
are now in force and unimpaired. In Table 4 the rights of the prin- 
cipal canals of the valley are listed, with notes to show how they 
were acquired or changed. Ninety per cent of the direct irrigation 
rights of the stream are included, those omitted being chiefly rights 
of small ditches above the canyon or at the head of tributaries enter- 
ing below the canyon. 
Table 4. — Water rights of the principal canals of the Cache la Poudre Valley. 
Pri- 
ority 
num- 
Date. 
Amount 
(sec.-ft.). 
Remarks. 
ber. 
North Poudre Canal 
2 
June 1, 1861 
0.72 
Transferred from Watrous, Whedbee & 
Secord Ditch. 
17 
Apr. 15,1866 
4.77 
Transferred from Taylor and Gill Ditch. 
19 
July 1, 1866 
2.16 
Transferred from Watrous, Whedbee & 
Secord Ditch. 
29 
June 1: 1868 
2.16 
Do. 
40 
May 1, 1871 
4.00 
Transferred from Wm. Calloway Ditch No. 
1; use limited to certain land. 
52 
July 20,1872 
15.00 
Transferred from Arthur Ditch. 
60 
July 1,1873 
7.20 
Transferred from Aquila Morgan Ditch. 
161 
do 
9.38 
Transferred from Brown Ditch No. 1. 
63 
Aug. 15,1873 
3.32 
Transferred fromBrown Ditch No. 2. 
66 
Sept. 1,1873 
11.00 
Transferred from Arthur Ditch. 
69 
May 15,1874 
3.32 
Transferred from Brown Ditch No. 3. 
77 
May 1,1875 
6.72 
Transferred from Brown Ditch No. 4. 
79 
Jan. 1,1876 
6.72 
Transferred from Brown Ditch No. 5. 
80 
June 1, 1876 
6.72 
Transferred from Brown Ditch No. 6. 
82 
June 1,1877 
2.85 
Transferred from Brown Ditch No. 7. 
97 
Feb. 1, 1880 
315.00 
Original appropriation: by court decree 
subsequently made inferior to priority 
Total 
401. 04 
No. 100 of the Larimer County Canal. 
28 
Mar. 15,1868 
Poudre Valley Canal 
1.63 
Transferred from Canyon Ditch. 
56 
Mar. 20,1873 
24.44 
Do. 
Total 
26.07 
4 
Sept. 1,1861 
Pleasant Valley and Lake 
10.97 
Original appropriation. 
Canal. 
11 
June 10,1864 
29. 63 
51 
July 10,1872 
16.50 
92 
Aug. 18,1879 
80.83 
Total 
137. 93 
5 
Mar. 1,1862 
Larimer County Canal 
10.77 
Transferred from Pioneer Ditch. 
12 
Sept. 15, 1864 
13.89 
Do. 
28 
Mar. 15,1868 
4.66 
Transferred from Canyon Ditch. 
56 
Mar. 20,1873 
4.00 
Do. 
84 
Apr. 1,1878 
7.23 
Appropriation of Smith Ditch acquired 
with right of way. 
100 
Apr. 25, 1881 
463.00 
Original appropriation: by court decree sub- 
sequently made superior to priority No. 
97 of the'North Poudre Canal. 
Total 
503. 55 
3 
June 10,1861 
Oct. 21,1870 
Jackson Ditch 
11.67 
Original appropriation. 
36 
14.42 
67 
Sept. 15,1873 
12.13 
91 
July 15,1879 
12.70 
Total 
50.92 
31 
May 1, 1869 
Tittle Cache la Poudre 
62.08 
Do. 
Pitch. 
58 
May 1,1873 
20.42 
Total 
82.50 
17 
Apr. 15,1866 
Taylor and Gill Ditch 
12.15 
Of the original appropriation of 18. 4S sec- 
ond-feet, 4.77 second-feet transferred to 
North Poudre Canal and 1.56 second-feet 
returned to river to protect it from loss on 
account of transfer. 
Larimer County Canal No. 2. 
14 
May 1, 1865 
4.00 
Transferred from John R. Brown Ditch. 
57 
Apr. 1,1873 
175.00 
Original appropriation. 
Total 
179.00 
1 The appropriations of the Brown Ditches are not owned by the company but are carried in the canal 
under a perpetual contract. 
