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Water entered #3 Ditch, 9 miles long, on June 10, 1870. On March 13, 1875, Union Colony deeded to the town of Greeley water supplied by Ditch #3 for the sum of $488.00. In 1882, this ditch was deeded to the Greeley Irrigation Company for the sum of $1.00. Irrigation made farming a scientific instead of an uncertain pursuit.
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