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<br />C) <br />- <br />~ <br />'-..1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Farm Types <br /> <br />From the farm survey it was learned that the major farm type on irri- <br /> <br />gated land was a livestock operation with some cash-crops such as alfalfa, <br /> <br />small gains, and grass seed. The major farm type on tillable non-irrigated <br /> <br />land was a dry farm wheat. For the payment capacity analysis on new land <br /> <br />three farm budgets were used. One dry farm wheat composite land class budget <br /> <br />to represent future condition without the project and two combination <br /> <br />cow-calf cash crop budgets to represent class 2 and class 3 land with the <br /> <br />project. For the benefit analysis on new land a dry farm wheat composite <br /> <br />land class budget was developed to represent future conditions without the <br /> <br />project, and a cow-calf cash-crop composite land class budget was developed <br /> <br />te represent future conditions with the project. <br /> <br />Farm Size <br /> <br />From the farm survey taken in the project area it was learned that the <br /> <br />average farm size in the area was about 1500 acres. On the average this <br /> <br />accounted for about 185 acres of irrigated land, 575 acres of dry farm, and <br /> <br />700 acres of brushland. Farmers estimated that with the project 300 to 400 <br /> <br />acres of their dry farm would become irrigated, resulting in a total of 500 <br /> <br />to 600 acres of irrigated land per farm. Table 6 displays the average farm <br /> <br />size taken from the farm survey. <br /> <br />Table 6 <br />Farm Size <br /> <br />Item <br />Irrigated <br />Dry farm <br />Brushland <br /> <br />Present <br />average <br />185 <br />575 <br />700 <br /> <br />Farmers <br />estimate <br />with project <br />500-600 <br />200-300 <br />700 <br /> <br />Unit <br />Acres <br />Acres <br />Acres <br />