June 1939
In June 1939 an irrigation rate was adopted with a fixed charge of $6/season/hp and a use charge of 2.5 cents per Kwh for the first 100 Kwh, 1.7 cents for the second 100 Kwh and 1.2 cents for all additional use.
![Irrigation before electricity and center pivots](http://slvrec.com/sites/slvrec/files/news/10-2021%20Newsboy/history_irrigation.png)
From the March 2004 Newsboy