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Show Ifev 8* 1934 ':,: : s?. c -'. ?, .- J,;.-^ Di -.- •„:.-' .... M Rellvf Administration, State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah* i'MUt George- £* Ciya © , Irrigation lagister, Utah State Agricultural Sxperlment Station, Logan, Utah. Be; Dron' b r?' Uati? m ia Utah* ^•: ;.•>-^ -. j." . veil 30tn and liay 5th, incl live, the counties 3f Cache, Rich, Box Hd © rs Weber, 13teTis, Morgan, Susiait, * aaatoh and Utah w# r « :- ., \ rt « .*• ,/ r- i ? s oonstltute & pproxlmat# ly l? jl of Hit state's arvft* ;?--,- jf cars X o panics, Irrigation enterpriftt, communities, and also individual farmers w ® re contacted end the drouth situation discussed with them in detail* VUEBL SUPPLY ' • -' A*. ".. agm • in mil 11 ---- » -** - - • -^ .:-• c^* vg gapply of irri*;^ • V^ WJE 5- V llahla * or the aeaaon -- » X. ' ty ?>* c 30) 4 a fch? ir ! vr:% &. i UI pa « v- ol the soi i- tiea thla percentage Is reduoed to 88£, 1033 water supply- wag only 70% of normal* Certain companies witli rights of late priority will not exceed 10^* .. - Tii- ts ;- this lar -~ t r* fse.**? oi, i? ays v « ? iv w » , t!, X a rt » is no hold- over in th © Bssall reservoirr* Ihe snow cover on the high water shed* froa which the streams derive their flow was very deficient at the beginning ca? the melting season* There was no low snow and only 50$ of high snow © 3hla condition resulted in an absence of high water on any of the streams and as a result, ground storage at the beginning of the growing season was loWo it has been necessary to irrigate sines about April 1st, thus extending the Irrigation season at least thirty days* Under ordinary conditions, storage watt? will not he drawn upon until after July Isto This year, storage supplies were being drawn from by April 15tho Late priorities have received no water at all this spring only the early rights being supplied* On May 1st, all of the streams in the counties visited were falling rapidly, and the users of water under th © later priorities wars being cut off* Bo gtock Wateringo The water holes on the ranges ore drying up, and many of the springs which heretofore have never been known to go dry are now dry* In many sections, it is not possible to utiliae the spring rangBS because of absence of sufficient watero It is reported that many of the allotments on the National Ibrsst are now without water* Stock are baing turned onto the ranges and, due to the fact tha_ t they must trail long distances to w& t# p, they are tramping out much of the feedo |