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<br />." ..., '\ - <br />~~"v ' ," '.~J <br />... ~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Agricultural Economy <br /> <br />Table l5.--Crop yields <br /> <br /> Repayment studies !!./ Benefi t studies 'E.! <br /> Crop Unit Hi thout With Wi thout With <br /> supp, irr. supp. irr. supp. irr. supp. irr. <br />Irrigated <br />Alfalfa ton 2.8 3.1 3.1 4.1 <br /> Dry beans cwt l7.0 17.0 18.0 18.0 <br /> Sugar beets ton l7.0 17.0 18.0 18.0 <br /> Corn: <br /> Grain bu. 68.0 75.0 75.0 85.0 <br /> Silage ton l2.0 14.0 l4.o 16.0 <br />Nonirrigated <br />Wheat bu. 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 <br />. Pasture aum 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 <br />~/ Average yields expected immediately following availability of <br /> supplemental water. <br />'E./ Average yields expected at the economic midpoint of the 100-year <br /> period of analysis. <br /> <br />Livestock Production <br /> <br />Livestock enterprises on the representative farms are designed to <br />make use of feeds produced on the farm that are not readily salable <br />such as pasture, crop residues, and damaged hay and grain. In most <br />instances these feeds must be supplemented with salable feeds for the <br />total livestock enterprise. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Farm interviews in the North Sterling Irrigation District showed <br />that most farmers operate a beef cow herd for the production of feeder <br />calves. The usual practice is for the feeder calves to be sold to a <br />second farmer whose livestock enterprise consists of feeding calves <br />for a period of 6-l2 months with the objective of obtaining growth <br />rather than finishing. At the end of the feeding period the calves <br />are sold to commercial feeders. These two types of cattle enter- <br />prises are expected to continue in the future irrespective of whether <br /> <br />75 <br />