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<br />l!? <br />M <br />C\J <br /> <br />REPAYMENT ABRITY <br /> <br />Present and Anticipated Land Utilization <br />Lands of the project area are 86% developed for irrigation. <br /> <br />Crops common to a semi-arid, temperate climate are grown successfully <br /> <br />in the area with irrigation. Precipitation is insufficient for success- <br /> <br />ful farming without irrigation. The lands with a better supply of <br /> <br />irrigation water are used for the growing of crops of higher potential <br /> <br />income returns such as the common varieties of fruit, potatoes, onions <br /> <br />and sugar beets. Canning crops can be erown successfully although <br /> <br />packing facilities are not now available within reasonable transportation <br /> <br />limits. Lands with lesser water supply are us,ed largely for the pro- <br /> <br />duction of small grain and forage crops. The additional water supply <br /> <br />to be made available by the project will provide for the growing of a <br /> <br />larger acreage of the higher i-ncome crops and the yield of all crops <br /> <br />will be increased. <br /> <br />Crop census of project irrigated land was taken by the Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation in 1937. From the data collected and from similar information <br /> <br />on crops grown, crop yields and crop prices of the lands of the Uncompahgre <br /> <br />and the Grand Valley Projects on which an adequate irrigation supply <br /> <br />of water is available taking into account differences in altitude, <br /> <br />soils and marketing conditions, the following table has been prepared <br /> <br />showing the present and anticipated crop income of the project land. <br /> <br />The table reflects average long time prices and yields and not those <br /> <br />of spy year or short period of years. The present crop program as <br /> <br />shown L'1 the table is in close agreement with similar data given in the <br /> <br />state Water Commissioner reports. Yields and prices check reasonably <br /> <br />close with similar data reported in Agriculture Census summaries for <br /> <br />Garfield County of Colorado. <br /> <br />'- <br />