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Loan Projects
Contract/PO #
C153025
Contractor Name
Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District
Contract Type
Grant
Water District
0
County
Routt
Bill Number
XB 99-999
Loan Projects - Doc Type
Feasibility Study
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Land Use <br />of 1.9 tons per acre without fertilization and nearly 3-� tons <br />per acre with the addition of 160 lbs. each of available nitrogen <br />and phosphorus per acre. Average production for all of Routt <br />County, as determined by the U. S. Department of Agriculture <br />is 1.62 tons per acre. While most of the hay is consumed locally, <br />substantial quantities have been transported to the Denver area <br />in recent years where it commands premium prices. <br />Current trends in the livestock industry are toward selling <br />by advance contract rather than through a central market. The <br />relative convenience of the project area to the large feeding <br />enterprises in Eastern Colorado assures top market prices for <br />feeder cattle raised in the area. For several years there has <br />been a trend toward consolidation of ranch operations to reduce <br />overhead and improve operating efficiency. Thus some ranches in <br />the area have more than the 320 irrigated acres which Reclamation <br />law has established as a maximum for family size farm in joint <br />ownership of husband and wife. However, the ranches in the area <br />are still individual family operations with the land owners <br />operatinq and living on the land they own. One of the essentials <br />for continuance of this type of operation is a reliable full season <br />water supply to assure the raisinq of necessary winter feed. <br />Otherwise, the deeded land will tend to gravitate into the owner- <br />ship of large absentee corporations which graze large herds of <br />stock on them during the summer and leave them virtually abandoned <br />the remainder of the year. This type of economy was in general <br />existence 60 or 70 years ago and proved to be undersirable for the <br />general public welfare. To revert to this type of economy again <br />would be a considerable blow to the local economy and would reduce <br />the value and attractiveness of the area to the State and nation. <br />Ranches having less than 200 irrigated acres cannot be <br />considered a full time family operation under modern conditions <br />of inechanized farming. Owners of those ranches must supplement <br />their ranch income with outside employment or rent to large <br />operators. One family with some seasonal extra help can success- <br />fully operate a 200 head cow outfit. A size appreciably less <br />III - 6 <br />' <br />1 <br />1 <br />, <br />i ' <br />�1 <br />t <br />' <br />' <br />_ j <br />
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