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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />OC12JS <br /> <br />47. Operation of the Trinidad Reservoir for irrigation in accordance <br /> <br /> <br />with conditions a, band c of paragraph 44 has engineering feasibility, <br /> <br /> <br />is economically justified, and would accomplish the following results: <br /> <br /> <br />a. A regulated and supplemental water supply would be made <br /> <br /> <br />available for 19"OO acres of presently irrigated land in the <br /> <br /> <br />Purgatoire River Valley below Trinidad Reservoir. <br /> <br /> <br />b. These irrigated lands, which are not now producing to <br /> <br /> <br />the ~xtent of their capability due to the inadequaoy or poor <br /> <br /> <br />regulation of water supplies, would be brought into greater <br /> <br /> <br />productivity. <br /> <br /> <br />c. Based upon a prospeotive agricultural price index of <br /> <br /> <br />21, (average 1910 to 1914 = 100) direct irrigation benefits in <br /> <br /> <br />the form of inoreased net farm inoome resulting from the opera- <br /> <br /> <br />tion of the proposed Trinidad heservoir would amount to ~290,OOO <br /> <br /> <br />annually. These direct benefits are sufficient to support all <br /> <br /> <br />annual and capital costs properly allocable to irrigation. In <br /> <br /> <br />addition, indireot and public benefits stemming from the in- <br /> <br /> <br />creased crap production would be significant'and widespread. <br /> <br /> <br />d. The value of the increased crop production would be <br /> <br /> <br />ample to meet all produotion expenses, to provide for adequate <br /> <br /> <br />family living standards, to pay annual irrigation operation, <br />