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here, we have been doing a little arithmetic :and the cost per person in the city project has ranged so far from thirty dollars to seven hundred and s~venty dollars per person. The cost per farm, I think, woyld be applicable to two cases, Trinchera and Overland at this point. Trinchera was about four thousand dollars per farm and this.one was . about twelve and a half thousand per farm, the state's contribution or loan, I should, say., I would suggest, Mr. Chai~n, that p~rhaps thi~ ought to be ,another evaluation factor as we go down the list: !;tow much we're spending per farm or user. This one is quite^high,I think, at twelve and a half thousand dollars. MR'. STAPLETON: I d(;m't know the mathematics you'r~ using down there: I don't know whether it's a ten thousand acre farm or a five hundred acre farm. Perhaps that would have something to do with it. I MR. JACKSON: I just divide~ the m.unber of farms into I understand that some farms are larger tgan others. ought to talk in terms of per user perhaps. Another'factor to be considered:ishow many acres we're benefiting. the state's ioan. But',I - think we MR. STAPLETON: Maybe we can ask Mr. Sparks what he threw ~nto the hopper on these factors. MR. SPARKS: I was afraid somebody was going to ask me'that. MR. SCHUSTER: Could I answer that for Mr. 'Sparks? Thereare&~pp~0xi- mately fifteen to twenty thousand people in Delta County, who will all benefit from t~s. MR. SPARKS: The reservoir is situated on Leroux Creek which is a principal supply for the town of Hotchkiss, which is the total supply, actually, for the town of Hotchkiss. The inhabitants of th~ town do own stock in the reservoir and it's very possible that they will want to increase that ~tock ownership. MR. JACKSON: Mr. Chairman, let^me make myself clear on t~ direction of the questions. I favor, this' construction tund approach and the loan approach as a very'viable use of state money, and pretty much consistently have voted for the projects, and I hope.we can go through with ~hem. , But we're going to be asked by somebody, I'm sure, what benefit it has per person in some f9rm. I: would agree with you, Larry, t~at there are others perhaps than the farmer, than one farm per user,' that. others are benefited by the agri~ultural economy~ , MR. SPARKS: There are seyeral factors' that are built into this rating I sheet - the total cost, for instance, the regional benefits, and the people affected. Those are all factors which we have in this rating' sheet. It would be a fairly simple matter for us to break. it out to a cost per person or a cost per farm unit, and we can do that. MR. BROHNEU.: I think it would be more al;:res than farms. .,.34.,.