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<br />.,.,..~: <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />r-... <br />~,") <br />....4", <br />(,-,1 <br /> <br />maintenance cost properly chargeable'to the water users is estimated at <br />$5100. An annual average of $60,000, or $0.70 per acre irrigated, will <br />therefore be available for repaJ~ent of construction charges. The total <br />which eould be made available for repayment in a 40-year period would be <br />$2,400,000. <br /> <br />l....\ <br />Cj <br /> <br />Plate A graphically portrays, for reservoirs of various capacities, <br />the relationship between the annual cost to the water users and the amounts <br />which the water users would have available to meet annual construction and <br />operation and maintenance charges. <br /> <br />Fcrrms <br /> <br />According to the 1945 census of agriculture, a total of 91,686 acres <br />of crop land was harvested on 770 reporting farms in Conejos County during <br />the yoar 1944. Of this number, 249 or 32.4 percent harvested less than 30 <br />acres, while 274 or 35.5 percent harvested 100 acres or more. The farms <br />on which, 200 acres or more were harvested are to a considerable extent' live- <br />stock enterprises VQth large acreages in native hay and meadow. The distri- <br />bution of farms reporting by acres harvested is as follows: <br /> <br />Acres Harvested Number Percent of Total <br />1 - 9'acr9S 123 16.0 <br />10 - 19' acres 80 10.4 <br />20 - 29 acres 46 6.0 <br />30 - 49 acres 100 13.0 <br />50 - 99 acres 147 19.1 <br />100 -199 acres 158 20.5 <br />200 acres and over 116 15.0 <br /> Totals 770 100.0 <br /> <br />In Conejos County and in the project area the principal types of farm <br />enterpris"s are general field crop farms and livestock enterprises, alth'Qugh <br />there are a limited number of specialized units such as vegetable farms, <br />dairy farms and poultry farms. The 1945 census of agriculture classified <br />749 farms by type of enterprise in Conejos County. Of these farms 314 or <br />41.9 percent reported the total value of farm products as being less than' <br />$1,000 per farm. The average value of farm products for this group was <br />about $32A per farm. <br /> <br />The following tabulation shows the number of Conejos County farm <br />enterprises in each type of farming group and the percent of each group <br />producing farm products valued at less than $1,000 per farm. <br /> <br />7 <br />