Farmers canal, September 16, 18S7, from North Platte river, 60,000 acres; Minatare canal, January 14, 1888, from North Platte river. 12,000 acres ; Winter creek canal, October 18, 1888, from North Tlatte river, 7,000 acres ; Enterprise ditch, March 28, 1889, from North Platte river, 12.000 acres ; Castle Rock canal, April 18, 1889, from North Platte river, 5,000 acres ; Central canal, June 23, 1890, from North Platte river, 2,000 acres ; Ramshorn canal. March 20, 1893, from North Platte river, 2,500 acres ; Shortline canal. May 1, 1893, from North Platte river, 3,000 acres; Nine Mile canal, December 6, 1893, from North Platte river. 4,000 acres ; Steamboat ditch, October 22, 1895, from North Platte river, 800 acres; Gering canal, March 15, 1897, from North Platte river, 15,000 acres.

In addition to the foregoing the Mitchell canal irrigates about 15,000 acres, and there are a number of smaller appropriations from the North Platte river: David Kah, of Minatare. Will A. Hale of Scottsbluff, L. F. Flower of Minatare, and Joe Maycock at Morrill. John Kellums has several appropriations from Owl creek ; John Mihan, Perry Braziel, George Marsh, Chas. E. Gatch, A. O. Taylor, Caney French, C. B. Foster. Joel Jackson, F. D. Gilmore, Ellis Lowry, Ed. A. Currie, H. J. Pizer, and a few others have small appropriations from Horse creek, Kiowa creek, Sheep creek, Winter creek, and other small streams.

The acreage given in the foregoing list is approximate. In some cases the original intentions have been enlarged, and a few of the smaller projects entirely abandoned. A larger number of the small appropriations have been merged into the southside federal irrigation project, and are included in the Gering & Fort Laramie Irrigation district.