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<br />-15- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Adallll <br /> <br />.\f~lr:.to3.b <br /> <br />. lcke, <br /> <br />S&rIODt <br /> <br />Increased returns to the farming conununity over variable costs in <br />MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. For 1" of additional growing season rainfall. <br /> <br />In 1974 the Agricultural Experiment Station of North Dakota State <br /> <br />University at Fargo published "A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Effects <br /> <br />of Added Growing Season Rainfall on the Agriculture, Economy, Ecology/ <br /> <br />Environment and Social Attitudes Toward Weather Modification in North <br /> <br />Dakota". Not only were many different crops examined, but this group <br /> <br />of investigators (under Jerome Johnson) studied possible changes in <br /> <br />cropping strategies, weed and insect control, and on trees and shrubs. <br /> <br />The study went on to show that: the gross business volume added to the <br /> <br />state by an extra inch of gro~Ting season rainfall was about $168,000,000. <br /> <br />(in terms of our dollars of ttle 1960's). This investigation remains <br /> <br />one of the best of its kind; however, it should be noted that it made <br /> <br />no attempt to evaluate the actual weather modification program. The <br /> <br />beginnings of such an evaluation are given in Chapter 4 of this vol- <br /> <br />ume. No matter how one views the matter, the benefits of weather <br /> <br />modification far outweigh the costs (see page 12, this chapter). <br />