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<br />...-- .'"'.,- ~ <br />~i-"""'\: <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />hay grasses. Soils are generally shallow and subject to alkalinity and gravel. <br /> <br />. These lands are best suited for permanent hay and grazing uses. The meadows <br /> <br />can be grazed the y;:,ar round except during haying season. <br /> <br />Sub-Irrigatedl\leadow _~ <br /> <br />Sub-irrigated meadows are usually sandy to gravelly, level to undulating <br /> <br />in tile flood plains of the South Platte River. These lands are characterized by <br /> <br />hard pan, alkali, swan'py features and gravel outcroppings. Salt and wild hay <br /> <br />grasses groVJ all the n'tt'adows. <br /> <br />There is a comparatively l1ir;h demand for irrigated and sub-irrigated <br /> <br />meadow land as part of the combin:ltion ngricultural operations in the area. <br /> <br />Dry Cro2_.!.-M~l <br /> <br />Dry crop lan,l in tile area i;; a generally light sandy soil subject to heavy <br /> <br />. wind ,H1d water erosion. Sup::n!er fallowing is 3. nornjal rcquircn1ent. <br /> <br />/It one time much of the grnzing land in the area had been tilled. This <br /> <br />cropping did not prove to be successful. Much of that land has been returned to <br /> <br />permanent pasture. <br /> <br />Therc is vcry little dry Cl")P land with whcat base located within the areas. <br /> <br />Individunl acre2.ges and fields are generally small. There is little apparent dry <br /> <br />farm cropping activity in the area. <br /> <br />Grazing Land <br /> <br />GrazinG lands ~.re generally level, undulating or hillside. The soils are <br /> <br />usually sandy. Forage Cover varies throughout the area. Capacities are esti- <br /> <br />mated at 2. [; 1.0 8 animal unit months. <br /> <br />. <br />