IRRIGATION IN NORTHERN COLORADO. 
41 
Under an old agreement with B. G. Eaton for carrying water from 
Worster for certain of his lands under the North Poudre Canal the 
company secures 160 acre-feet of stored water from that reservoir. 
Reservoirs of the North Poudre Irrigation Co. 
Reservoir. 
Capac- 
ity 
(acre- 
feet). 
Reservoir. 
Capac- 
ity 
(acre- 
feet). 
No. 1 
445 
3,880 
2,870 
2,795 
5,740 
10,215 
170 
170 
4,095 
Tenney 
345 
No. 2... 
150 
No. 3 
1 Babble 
225 
No. 4 . 
815 
No. 5 
6,428 
5,510 
12.C50 
595 
No. 6... 
1 No. 15 
Caverly 
S tuchell 
Portner 
The water rights of the company are shown in the tabulations on 
pages 14 and 16. The area irrigated in 1916 is shown on Plate XIII. 
No dependence could be placed in the original appropriation of 
the canal and the necessity for a more reliable supply accounts for 
the large number of transferred rights. With the exception of the 
William Calloway right and the rights of the Brown ditches, these 
appropriations are owned outright by the company. The former is 
limited in use to a certain tract and the latter are carried for the use 
of individuals under a perpetual contract. To permit a better use the 
transferred rights owned by the company may be stored temporarily 
in Halligan Eeservoir until a sufficient amount has been accumulated 
for an economical head for the main canal. 
The system of water delivery under the North Poudre Canal is 
different from that of any other canal in the valley. At the beginning 
of the season the superintendent determines the amount of water in 
storage and estimates the amount in sight on direct appropriations. 
On this basis an allotment is made which in average years is close 
to 125,000 cubic feet per share. This water is delivered upon demand 
at any time during the season and at any rate, subject of course to 
certain requirements of operation. To discourage extensive growing 
of crops requiring late irrigation, heavy deductions of credits are 
made for absorption losses as the season progresses. Water credits 
remaining on June 1 are reduced by 10 per cent ; those remaining on 
July 1 are reduced by 25 per cent, and on August 1 a reduction of 50 
per cent is made. Under this system, if the farmer starts the season 
with an allotment of 100,000 cubic feet per share and uses no water 
until August 1, he will then be entitled to only 33,700 cubic feet per 
share. 
When the farmer wishes to draw water he notifies the ditch rider 
or the office of the company in Wellington the day before and states 
