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<br />r"- <br />c..! <br />~ <br />.... <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION REPORT <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />properly allocable to irrigation without interest in accordance with <br />reclamation law. All costs for operation, maintenance, and replace- <br />ments are likewise allocable to irrigation. <br /> <br />Repayment <br /> <br />Payment capacity of the project farmers was estimated by the farm <br />budget method. Analyses were made of conditions anticipated with proj;.. <br />ect development on a general farm of Class 1 and 2 lands and a livestock <br />farm of Class 3 land. Payment co.po.city of Class 4 land was estimated <br />from a study of pasture rental operations. A budget was also made for <br />a farm comprised of lands in all four classes in the proportions pre- <br />vailing in the project area. The payment capacity computed in this man- <br />ner checked closely with the average payment capacity determined from <br />budget studies by land class. Land use, crop and livestock yields, and <br />farm expenses used in the analyses were determined through a comparison <br />of conditions on actual farm units with similar climate, water supply, <br />soil characteristics, markets, and other basic factors. <br /> <br />The farm budget analyses showed that all project lands, including <br />Class 4 pasture lands, could pay operation, maintenance, and replace- <br />ment costs estimated at $1.50 an acre annually. In addition all Class <br />1, 2, and 3 lands could pay annually toward retirement of construction <br />costs an average of about $1.36 an acre or a total of about $82,700. <br />The estimated payment capacity of all project lands, segregated by land <br />class and use, is shown in the following table. <br /> <br /> Annual payment per acre Annual total <br /> Required for Available available <br /> operation, for pay- for payment <br />Land maintenance, ment of of eonstruc- <br />class Payment and replace- construc- t:l.on. <br />and use Acres capacity ments tion costE costs <br />Farm unit B <br />Class 1 9,390 $3.50 $1.50 $2.00 $18,780 <br />Class 2 31,960 3.22 1.50 1.72 54,970 <br />Class 3 5,170 2.65 1.50 1.15 5,950 <br />Class 4 5.170 1.50 1.50 0 0 <br />Subtotal or <br />average 51,690 3.04 1.50 1.54 79,700 <br />Community <br />pasture <br />Cluss 3 3,000 2.50 1.50 1.00 3,000 <br />Class 4 6,030 1.50 1.50 0 0 <br />Subtotal or <br />average 9,030 1.83 1.50 0.33 3,000 <br />Project total $1.36 $82,700 <br />or average 60,720 $2.86 $1.50 <br /> <br />ESTIMATED PAYMENT CAPACITY OF PROJECT !ANTE <br /> <br />11 <br />