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<br />. <br /> <br />LANDS SERVED BY THE SLVID <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The lands served by the SLVID lie within the boundaries of the <br />SLVID shown on Map 728-7 contained in the back pocket of this report. <br />The gross acreage amounted to 49,930 acres in 1981. Because some of <br />the corners are not irrigated, the net irrigated acreage, although <br />variable from year to year, is estimated to be approximately 45,000 <br />acres. This acreage was managed by 165 landowners in 1981. <br />For the last three years the SLVID has estimated the acreage for <br />each crop. The acreage has not been determined consistently since <br />one person estimates a full 160 acres per quarter irrigated and <br />another person only estimates 130 acres per quarter irrigated. Actu- <br />ally the true acreage is somewhere in between 130 and 160 acres per <br />quarter since some of the "corners" are irrigated. For comparison <br />purposes, the cropping pattern is shown as a percent of the total <br />acreage in Table 6. <br /> <br />TABLE 6 <br />SLVID CROPPING PATTERN <br />(Values are percent of total) <br /> <br /> Crop 1979 1980 1981 <br />Small Grains 37 39 41 <br />Potatoes 21 23 26 <br />Alfalfa 23 17 18 <br />Pas tu re 11 13 11 <br />Fallow or Not Farmed 4 4 1 <br />Other (1) 4 4 3 <br />(1) Other includes peas, 1 ettuce, sweet clover, native hay, <br /> corn and beans. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-24- <br />