WSP11664

• File Number: 8220.128.J
• Description: Silt Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 8/1/1961
• Title: Report of the Reappraisal of Direct Agricultural Benefits and Project Impacts - Silt Project-Colorado - Part 1 of 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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GENERAL INFORMATION 0 0
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Location and Physical Features o. 0 . 0 . . . 0 .
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EVALUATION OF DIRECT AGRICUL ruRAL bENEFITS FROM nm SILT PROJECT
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Irrigation Requirements and Water Supplies .. . . . . . . . .

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Water Requirements t> r: 0 " e e (I 0 0 0 (I e t> 0 (> .. 0- 0 0
Adequacy of Water Suppiy 0 . . (I . 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 (I
Findings . . 0 I> 0 (> (> 0 (I . . .. . . (> 0 . .. 0 <) 0 0 0
Land and Irrigation Development 0 . . 0 . . 0 0 0 . 0 0 . .

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Farm Irrigation Development. ... 0...... 0 . . .
Farm Drainage Development 0 0 0 e 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0

Find i n 95 . <> .. 0 0 0 (> 0" 0 0 ,,4> 0 0 0 0 " 0 0 0 0 " 0
Projected Agricultural Economy . .. ...... 0 0 . . 0 .
Procedures (> <> 0 <) 0 0" (I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0
Sources of Data 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. . 0 " 0 . 0. 0 0. " " 0 0. 0 0 0 "
Commodity Price Projections 0 0 0 0. (I 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 " "

Farm Sizes 0 C> 0 0 " C> 0' <) C> . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 " " 0 0 0 0
Anticipated Crop Yields . . . . . . . . 0 . . 0 . . 0 0 0 . 0
Anticipated Cropping Qystems ...... 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 0
Direct Agricultural Benefits .... .. . 0 . . 0 . . . . .
Labor and Management Charges .... 0 . 0 . . 0 . 0 . . . .
Return to Land and Water . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0' . " 0 0 "
Land Development Costs (I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 . " " " " 0
Development PerIod " 0 0 0 " 0 0 " 0 " 0 0 . 0 0 " 0. 0. 0 0 "
Findings . 0. " " . 0 0 0 0. 0 (I 0 (> " " 0 " 0 " " " 0 0 0 0
Prospective Fann Income 0 0. 0 0. . 0 " " 0 0 " 0 0 0. 0 0 " . 0
Livestock Enterprises and Production Rates ... 0 . 0 0 . .

'fy'pes of Fams 0"" 0 0 0 0 0 " 0 0 " . " <:> " (> " 0 " 0 " 0
Cap I tal Requi rements (I 0 (> 11 0 0 0 0 " (I 0 0 " 0 0 0 0 0 0 "
Returns to Operator and Family Labor and Management . . 0 . 0

Findings . . 0 0. 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (lOCI 0 (I " " 0 0 0 0 e 0 0
Relationship Between Farm Income & Crop Production Budgets 0 0

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