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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the benefits re.ceived. As there are only two cla~ses of land recognil"ed in <br />the determination of benefit - irrigable and nonirrigable - there are only <br />hlo rates of asses,;ments. The present assessments are ~:;2.50 and :',:0.0.3 per <br />acre for irrigable and nonirrigable lands, respectivoly, and these charges <br />apply whether water is used or not. 191 <br /> <br />District No. :2 has an extremely favorable record of tax collection, <br />During the period 1924 to 1949, tax collections and adjustments average <br />97..34 percent of the amount of the original tax rolls. 111 This exemplar;r <br />tax collection record does not reflect the general opinion of nor the value <br />of irrigation. Rather, it represents the effects of a vigorous collection <br />policy pursued uncler somewhat unusual circumstances. <br /> <br />Ways ancl means of increasing the yield of adopted crops have been <br />devoloped by the local E~~eriment Substation, but they have not been <br />generally follo,red. ather reCOlOnized means and practices for increo.cing <br />and lllD.intaining yields are also a1failablc but the;}" like,lise have not been <br />eenerally appliod. Hecor;nizing this, the irrigation district has 0lnbarked <br />on D.n educationnl and illlprovement proGram in 'Ihich land levoling, better <br />lIater use, and b8tter cropping pmctices have boen encouraged. <br /> <br />C. Rolling Plains Portion ef Red River Drainage Basin Above <br />Head of LaJw TnxOllla. Exclusivo of ',fichita Falls Project <br /> <br />This area reaches from tho HiGh Plains oscalj)ment on the west to <br />the head of Lalce Texoma. It incllldes the Texas portion of the North Fork, <br />Salt Fork, and Prairie DoC T01J1l forks of tho Hod Rivor, lying below the <br />"Cap Roc!,", and the entire tribntary drainage basins of the Peaso, Little <br />Hichita, and Hichita IUvors, oxcltLSive of the project area at Hichita Falls. <br /> <br />Precipitation in this portion of tho Red Rivor Basin ranges from <br />about 23 inches in the ',rost to.35 inches in tho extreme cast. Elevations <br />range from around 700 ff)et in the le,rer reaches to about 3,000 feet near <br />tho High Plains escarpment. Most of tho aroa lies at elevations between <br />1,000 and 2,000 foot. <br /> <br />Irrigation farning is an extremely minor pr::lctice in this o.rea. <br />In 1950, the arm contained 20 farms equipped for irrig[ltion and 674 [lcros <br />of irrigated land (seo Tab'_e 1). Becnuse of fetvorable prc:dpit[ltion, the <br />irrigrltion faaili ties on six of tho fnrms wr,ro not used in 1950. <br /> <br />Both types of w::ltor, surface [lnd ground, ::lre used. Tho area oon- <br />to.inod 14 irriGation \{elJ.s, 3 of whioh have beon uGed, and 5 independent <br />Bllrfo.ce \JUtol' diversions. The etpproy..!mett'e loco.tions of tho irriga.tion <br />dov0lopments D.re sbo',m in FigllrO 1 Qnd th0 o.orenc;e, by type of ,Iett.or use, <br />is sho,1ll in Tuble 1. <br /> <br />w <br />"};1/ <br /> <br />Annual Heport, l1ichita County Hatar ImproV0laent District No.2. <br />Gp. cit. <br />Ibid. <br /> <br />19 <br />