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<br />Chapter I <br /> <br />Chapter II <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />Agricultural Economy <br /> <br />Economy of the project area. . . <br />Introduction and sources of data. <br />Need and support for the project. <br />General description of the project area <br />Location and service facilities. <br />Population . . . . . . . . <br />Project service areas. .. .. <br />Climate and frost-free period. <br />History of agricultural settlement. <br />General characteristics <br />Agricultural economy <br />Land classification . . <br />Water supply. . . . . . <br />Types of farms and sizes of operating units <br />present and projected <br />Introduction <br />Dry land. . . <br />Beef. <br />Grade A dairy <br />General farm. <br />Relative weights by type of farm <br />Land use and crop distribution--present <br />and projected . . . . . . . . <br />Crop yields . . . . . . . . . . <br />Numbers and kinds of livestock. <br />Beef cattle. <br />Sheep. . . . . <br />Dairy cattle . <br />Farm indebtedness <br />Farm credit and mortgages <br />Farm tenancy. . <br />Crop surpluses. <br />Basic input-output data. <br />Level of management <br />Prices received and paid by farmers <br />Prices received. . . . . . . . . <br />Prices paid. ., . ..... <br />Crop yields--present and projected. <br />Farm capital investment . . <br />Land values. . . .. .. <br />Land development costs. <br />Value of water. . . . . <br />Orchard establishment. . . <br />Farm buildings and improvements. <br /> <br />Page <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />3 <br />4 <br />4 <br />6 <br />8 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />14 <br /> <br />18 <br />18 <br />18 <br />18 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br /> <br />27 <br />32 <br />32 <br />34 <br />34 <br />34 <br />35 <br />35 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />37 <br />37 <br />38 <br />38 <br />38 <br />40 <br />40 <br />42 <br />43 <br />43 <br />43 <br /> <br />~ <br />