WSP10974

• File Number: 8220.143.J
• Description: Smith Fork ‎(Crawford)‎ Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 5/1/1958
• Author: Dept of Agriculture
• Title: Report of Reappraisal of Direct Agricultural Benefits and Project Impacts-Smith Fork Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table 9.- Projected cropping pattern, 'with' and 'without' project, by
evaluation areas, Smith Fork project

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Wi th project

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areas

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Alfalfa

Grass hay

Rotation
pasture

Com silage

Barley

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488 531 543 - 170 1,732 329 3'94 468 68 107 1,366
168 191 543 - 65 967 180 223 461 64 65 993

320 389 621 - 144 1,474 533 679 1,001 214 207 2,634
135 230 160 - 52 577 144 268 181 32 52 677
472 460 640 - 183 1,755 503 536 724130183 2,076

Nonirrigated 112 318 350 540 - 1,320

Farmstead
Total

Permanent
pasture

101
1,796

115 160 - 39 415 107 134 182 32 39 494
2,2343,017540653 8,240 1,796 2,2343,017 540 653 8,240

533 578 822 144 79 2,156 533 578 822 144 79 2,156

Returns to Operator and Family Labor and Management

An appraisal of the adequacy of projected farm incomes requires a guide or
standard in terms of return to operator and family management and labor.
For purposes of this report, a return of $3,100 is used as a minimum average
for full-time farms.]j Variations from this amount would be expected with
different managerial requirements, quantities of operator and family labor
and, in established farming areas, the willingness of farm families to
accept lower returns rather than move to alternative employment.

]j Fuhriman, W.U., Blanch, G.T., and Stewart, C.E. An Economic Analysis
of the Agricultural Potentials of the Weber Basin Reclamation Project,
Utah. Utah Agricul tural Experiment Station Special. Report No.7,
December 1952.
U. S. Department of Agriculture and U. S. Department of Commerce,
Farmers Expenditures, a special cooperative survey, December 1956.

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