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<br />I <br /> <br />SERVICE AREA MAP <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />In Appendix "B" is a map shOl\fing the general area served by The <br />North Poudre Irrigation Company and the approximate limits of the <br />present irrigated area. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />LAND USE <br /> <br />Present <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />There are approximately 42,000 acres 1n the area served by North <br />Poudre which could grow crops, of which approximately 30,000 acres <br />are in irrigated agricultural use. By estimate, 2,000 acres may <br />be in municipal and industrial use. Crops generally cultivated <br />are corn, sugar beets, pinto beans, alfalfa, barley and pasture. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The average yields of these crops would be estimated as follows: <br />20 tons of silage per acre or 120 bushels of corn; 17-18 tons per <br />acre for sugar beets; 30 bushels per acre for pinto beans; 4 tons <br />per acre for alfalfa; and 75 bushels per acre for barley. The <br />source of this information was from the Possil Creek Application <br />as provided by Mr. Harlan Seaworth, farmer and fecder who has lived <br />1n the area for 36 years, and served on the Agricultural Stabiliza- <br />tion Committee for 11 years helping set County Agricultural Yields. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Future <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Anticipated net acreage for agricultural use by crops is between <br />25,000 and 30,000 acres. Some farm ground has gradually been conver- <br />ted to smaller tracts and residential home sites. An estimate is that <br />over 40 years there might be a loss of 15 to 16 percent to municipal <br />or urbanizcd land if past expcricnce is a guideline for future changes. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />LAND OWNERSHIP <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />At this time we can only providc an estimate on the number of <br />ownerships of public and private land in the North Poudre area. We <br />estimate that 1 to 2 percent at the most, would be public land. This <br />would consist of the State and federal Government, and some municipal <br />property in the Town of Wellington. The remaining acres would be <br />private. <br /> <br />7 <br />