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Show 117 'fho necessity of having adeqtoate funds avellahU to maintain ncd operate a project is almost too obvious to require comment. On a properly conducted private project, the funds are usually at land when required. On an Indian Irrigation Project where estimates aro prepared two years In advance, should somo unexpected demand occur, tha work must ba limited to the funds available, and not to the requirements of the rroject. Thia frequently attracts criticism from the water-users, before which tho engineers condr.oting the work are helpless. Cost of Maintenance and Operation:- Previous to ta. reoent expansion o f the cultivated area, the cost of operation end maintenance, vhon applied to the comparatively few acres being irrigated was apparently excessive, ihis was due to the fact that many mile 3 of laterals lad tc be repaired and sain-tained-to supply a very small acreage. In seme cases this required as much wzr)c?.rF orspsiditTre as though the lateral wera delivering water to the full aoreage forwhioh it vas o oust rue ted, as tho rurningof a small stream of water in the laterals was conducive to tho heavy growth of weeda and brush, which w euld not have beon the oase had the full valociti ea been developed by a full hoad of water. Since the oral ti rated area- has attained its present size, thi 3 condition has boen relieved. y.',„ - -•-11. |