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<br />.0 ~ t8'1~ counties, Colorado, to be betvieen $4 and $6 per acre-foot. His <br /> <br /> <br />. analysis was based on the average value of all crops, by yoars, for the <br /> <br /> <br />actual area irrigated and the total water divert"d annually., November <br /> <br />to October, of each year, including precipitation for the same period. <br /> <br />The study was for the years 1925-1936. A similar study for the Trinidad <br /> <br />area involving the Baca, Johns, Hoehne, Model and Enlarged South Side <br /> <br />ditches shows a value of $5.00 per acre-foot of water diverted for the <br /> <br />same period. This is the gross value of crops produced. Production <br /> <br />on lands irrigated as obtained by field interviews is shown in Table 9. <br /> <br />Need for Supplemental Irrigation Supply <br /> <br />i <br />t <br /><. <br />, <br />L <br />, <br /> <br />As computed from diversion data, Table 2, for the period <br /> <br />1926-l937 for areas under five ditches receiving full water supply <br /> <br />and totaling l,500 acres on the average, the annual diversion require- <br /> <br />ment is found to be 3.l0 acre-feet per acre. The Hoehne Qnd Johns <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Flood diversions are not included, since in the first instance the <br /> <br />irrigated area is underlain with gravel with heav-j demands on irriga- <br /> <br />tion water and in the second instance considerable water ((juantity <br /> <br />unknown) is diverted to the Model Reservoir. From a consideration <br /> <br />of temperature, precipitation,crops, soils, topography, and canal <br /> <br />losses the average annu,~l diversion requil'ement for the 14,800 acres <br /> <br />with yearly shortage is ostimated at fully 3.30 acre-feet per acre, <br /> <br />or 50 percent more than that now diverted. <br /> <br />Use of Supplemental Supply. <br /> <br />It is anticipated that crop distribution will not change <br /> <br />materially over that now obtaining. Alfalfa will no doubt continue <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to be tho major crop. Sugar beet aoreage ,vill fluctuate widely as <br /> <br /> <br />in the past, in accordance with nnticipated. wnter supply and <br /> <br />other factors. <br /> <br />Generally this crop is grown on lands servod <br /> <br />37 <br /> <br />