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of land so irrigated amounts t<» about 3,100 acres, and tin 1 amount of 
free water furnished is L,815 inches under a 2-inch pressure. 
The Barnes Ditch was another acquirement by the company under 
similar agreement, the company furnishing free water to the extent 
of 2. LOO statutory inches. The land watered, however, scarcely exceeds 
1,000 acres. The Barnes Ditch had four priorities, as follows: 
Decreed riglUs of Harms />i/,-h. 
Cubic feet 
per second. 
October20, L865 18.56 
June 1, L867 12.06 
June23, is?:; 19.93 
November 1, L878 15.20 
T< >tal 05. 75 
The ditch was acquired and enlarged as a feeder to Lake Loveland, 
and when in good repair has a capacity of more than 400 cubic feet 
per second. The total decreed right of the Loveland and Greeley 
Canal is 446.09 cubic feet per second. 
Four kinds of rights exist under this system — the old Larimer 
County Irrigation and Manufacturing Ditch free rights, the old Barnes 
Ditch free rights, the rights under the Loveland and Greeley Canal 
proper, and the Lake Loveland Reservoir rights. A piece of land 
may have a reservoir right with either of the others, or a reservoir 
right alone. There are 208 rights of 80 acres each under the Love- 
land and Greeley Canal proper, of which 205 are in use; under the 
reservoir are 300 rights of 80 acres each, of which 175 are in use. 
There is considerable land covered by no water right that lies under 
the ditch and the reservoir whose outlet is the ditch, and it is probable 
that some of this land is watered. A water right, being about 1.44 
cubic feet per second, is made to cover much more than 80 acres, the 
waste and seepage water being used. 
The range of value of the land is considerable, but $75 per acre is 
not uncommon even for 160-acre tracts, 'especially if it possesses 
both ditch and reservoir rights. 
THE BIG THOMPSON AND PLATTE RIVER DITCH. 
This ditch is located at the extreme lower end of the district, just 
above the mouth of the Little Thompson, from which it draws some 
seepage water. It has two priorities, one dated November 18, 1865, 
for 35 cubic feet per second, and one dated May 15, 1870, for 86.18 
cubic feet per second. Its first priority is supplied principally from 
seepage. The ditch covers about 1,800 acres between the Big Thomp- 
son and the Platte River, and has a carrying capacity of about 40 cubic 
feet per second. The cost of maintenance, including supervision, is 
about $500 per year. This ditch is a source of very little trouble to 
