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<br />t <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />( <br />I <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />f <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Alfalfa hay - 5.5 tons x 1,700 acres = 9,350 tons <br />@$70 per ton = $ 654,500 <br /> <br />Barley - 85 bu. x 1,700 acres = 144,500 bu. <br />@$2.00 per bu. = $ 289,000 <br /> <br />Sugar beets - 24 tons x 1200 acres = 28,800 tons <br />@$50 per ton = $1.440.000 <br /> <br />Total value of crops $4,683,500 <br /> <br />Irrigators under the Handy Ditch use about two acre-feet of water per <br />acre, thus the 10,000 acres under Welch Reservoir will require 20,000 acre- <br />feet of water. The 5,000 acre-feet lost through restricted storage at Welch <br />is approximately 25% of the water normally used. If a 25% reduction in water <br />available to the crop results in a decrease of 25% of crop yields, the dollar <br />amount would be over one million dollars per year '($4,683,500 x 25%). <br /> <br />27 <br />