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<br />0,' :""7 <br />v" V ..J <br /> <br />Henco, a landowner who chose not to participate in <br /> <br />the project would receive very definite benefits <br /> <br />from his neighbor,' participation in the projeot <br /> <br />and could, with a minimum of pumping, produoe <br /> <br />crops equivalent to those grown on lands served <br /> <br />directly by the projeot. <br /> <br />3. The suocessful operation of individual or family <br /> <br />typo far~s requires an aoreage substantially in excess of <br /> <br />160 acres. <br /> <br />(a) The crop rotation pattern whioh has been <br /> <br />sucoessfully adopted in the area requires a large <br /> <br />aoreage in order for there to be profitable f'arm- <br /> <br />ing operation; <br /> <br />(b) The type of fa.rming requires a high in- <br /> <br /> <br />vestment of oapi tal in f:.\rming equipmont. On 160 <br /> <br />aota farms thCl cost per aore of suoh equipment is <br /> <br />too high for there to be a suocessful operation; <br /> <br />(0) The area is now mado up of !"amily fa.nna, <br /> <br />the size of which lla.8 bee:l determinod by eoonomio <br /> <br />forces; <br /> <br />(d) Suooessful rar~~g at an elevation of <br /> <br />7,700 re~t whero there is a short frost fro0 <br /> <br />period, where the seasonal tr~sitions are abrupt, <br /> <br />and whore all ore? produotion is depende~t upon <br /> <br />irrigatio~ roquires a aardy, energvtic, hard- <br /> <br />working, rosouroeful individual who is able to nake <br /> <br />substL~tial onpital L~v~stmo~ts in loveling and <br /> <br />- 18 - <br />