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<br />Comparison of net farm income of farm operators with and without participation <br />in casc program will be calculated by case file economic analysis. ,Sample <br />size is 150 total case studies (fifty case studies per ' year with follow-up <br />information every three years). <br /> <br />to Evaluation of data collected will provide feedback on improved irrigation <br />oi~_ systems implemented under casc program. This will help to answer questions on <br />tv what structural ,improvements and management techniques are' best suited to <br />~ reduction of salt loading and what are the economic benefits VB.' implementa- <br />tion costs of irrigation system 'improvement alternatives. <br /> <br />Konitoring activities that occurred.in 1984 include: electronic data logging <br />, equipment purchased and installed' on six irrigated fields, six automated <br />climate stations and SHOTEL radio systems for monitoring evapo-trans~iration, <br />'selection and preparation of fifteen irrigated fields for monitoring and data <br />selection from thirty wildlife habitat sites for evaluation. <br /> <br />-24- <br />