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<br />~~~ <br /> <br />,~ <br />(\! <br />.. ..-j <br /> <br />a composite rotation for the 1977 cropping pattern of Saguach County <br /> <br />,\) <br /> <br />, ., <br />',...,.,< <br /> <br />(primary center pivot area of the valley) consisting of 67% malt barley, <br /> <br />7% feed barley and 26% potatoes on center pivot systems, the net returns <br /> <br />to land risk and management per quarter section acre in 1977 budgeted <br /> <br /> <br />at about $44.00/acre for conventionally irrigating the corners, '$46.001 <br /> <br />acre for establishing permanent cover, $60.00 for idle corners and $63.00 <br /> <br />for using a "corner" system. <br /> <br />Two conversations encoun,tered during a visit to the valley by the <br /> <br />author exemplify both the concern of local growers and visitors to the <br /> <br />area. While the author sat down for lunch during his first day of the <br /> <br />visit, the first words heard were one grower asking another, "What in <br /> <br />the (expletive deleted) are you going to do with your corners?" Later <br /> <br />on during the visit the author overheard a visitor to the area (remarking <br /> <br />about the dust problem) state: "t met the valley over Canon City, <br /> <br />Colorado at 20,000 feet altitude." Hopefully, the following pages will <br /> <br />shed some light on these kind of problems and statements. <br /> <br />- 3 - <br />