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<br />respond well" to a'level' situa~ion.'" With furrows', 'you ',can eliminate
<br />that.: In'other:words,this"would be' more or less a'dimensional system,
<br />still using furrows' but,unde'r'a -bas'in'setup'. . ':' '" , '.',
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<br />MR. LONGLEY: Next, we will hear from Jack Ott, who is the Mesa County
<br />Director ofthe'ASC and'the'officer in' Grand' Junction. Jack;
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<br />MR. OTT: Mesa County ASC Office was granted'l.6l5 million in funds to
<br />administer ari on-farm program for salinity control; The County Committee
<br />made a deve 1 cipment of the program to install on-farm,projects that are
<br />semi':automated, in the 'impact area and in ,the. Grand' Valley. 'The County
<br />Committee has given special emphasis to anyone who wants to improve
<br />their irrigation systemor:-reorganizeit' in the' impact' area, which is
<br />the Reed Wash area or in the Grand Valley.
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<br />A grant of 90 percent of the cost,. not to exceed $3,500 for any
<br />individual is available. If two or more farms are adjoining; we call
<br />this an "on-farm pooling agreement," where the practice would benefit
<br />the nearby adj oining farm. . 'In: :that .case, the farmer can apply for a.
<br />grant and get 90 percent of the cost, not'cto exc'eed$lO ;000. '
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<br />At the present time, we have approprfated'money in the amount of
<br />$920,000 to 82 producers in Mesa County. We have received 379 applica-
<br />tions 'for cost-sharing assistance;, All:of.'these projects, as I said."
<br />before, are semi-automated. They are either a pipeline system coming
<br />into a gated pipe that distributes the water over the land that.is
<br />semi-automated, whereby the farmer can set the gate so that the set
<br />will' irrigate 12' hours":or '15 hours; whatever' the' case' 'may 'be, to get.
<br />the right pene'tration of:water; 'shut off and turn on for the next set.'
<br />We have gated pipe systems. We have what we call "open ported, level
<br />ported" ditches, the cost-sharing with ditch :i:rrigation'systems :in
<br />orchards, and we also are doing land leveling to make these systems
<br />work more efficiently. " ,
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<br />We 'feel,thatwe will have',the:L6million-.appropriated for the farms in
<br />Mesa County probably within the :next week or two: We have enough
<br />applications on hand. In fact, we have enough applications on hand to
<br />spend; over $2 million at the present time. ' .!
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