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<br />I <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />'. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i I <br />I <br /> <br />The consultant team found that irrigation practices vary within the study area, <br />Some of the high elevation hay meadows and pastures are irrigated by uncontrolled <br />flooding. The hay and pastures at lower elevations are irrigated by controlled <br />flooding, while corn and grains are generally furrow irrigated, <br /> <br />Crops cultivated in the study area and the number of acres of each crop, by sub- <br />area, are given below. <br /> <br /> Surface Creek Cedar Mesa <br />Crop Upper Lower Upper Lower All Areas <br />Alfalfa, Hay 1,lli5 2,060 760 365 1i,330 <br />Pasture 1,150 550 260 85 2,Oli5 <br />Orchards 800 1,930 130 liO 2,900 <br />Corn 2liO 1,120 190 80 1,630 <br />Small Grains 650 1,085 230 100 2,065 <br />Residential Lots 285 900 70 30 1,285 <br />Farmsteads and <br />Wasteland 230 615 90 liO 975 <br />Total 1i,500 8,260 1,730 7liO 15,230 <br /> <br />The 975 acres occupied by farm dwellings, municipal lands and other structures <br />and wasteland do not require irrigation water, A majority of the land divided into <br />residential lots (not residences of farmers) consists of pasture for horses and it has <br />the same calculated water requirement as other irrigated pasture land on farms <br />and ranches. <br /> <br />While irrigation improvements have been implemented on some of the land within <br />the study area, such as lined irrigation ditches, financial considerations are the <br />principal constraint for the rate at which such improvements are made, However, <br />some investments in land leveling, underground pipelines, gated pipe, sprinkler <br />systems and syphon tubes have been made, <br /> <br />11-7 <br />