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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I n :'11: t'J t') , 'f/ ':) J. d ,,,": 't for having the benefits of irrigation exceed the costs of converting them to irrigated agricultural use. The potentially irrigable parcels in the Piedra Watershed are listed in Table 5-1, along with a description of the characteristics of each parcel. The first four columns of Table 5-1 give the parcel number, net irrigable acres, land class and climactic zone descriptions for each parcel. The fifth column of Table 5-1, entitled "Cropping Pattern Suitabil ity", provides an indication of whether the cropping pattern that maximizes repayment capacity is suitable for the land class of the individual parcel under consideration. Column six of Table 5-1 provides a description of the percentage amount of tree canopy on each parcel, and column seven provides a description of the parcel's distance from the theoretical central location of a farm equipment warehouse. The remaining columns in Table 5-1 describe any adjustments that were made to preliminary repayment capacity to reflect each parcel's characteristics. As Table 5-1 shows, Parcels P5, P7 and pg constitute approximately 204 acres of potentially irrigable lands in climatic zone E in the Piedra Watershed. There parcels are in close proximity to each other, and could be farmed as a single unit. Parcels P5 and P7 have land classes suitable for the alfalfa, malt barley rotation that maximizes repayment capacity in climatic zone E. Approximately 35 acres of Parcel pg, however, has a 4A land classification that is suitable only for native hay production. The combined size of these parcels is too small to achieve the 1000 acre economies of scale assumed in the level A economic analysis. 6