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<br /><::) <br />c') <br />~.... <br />00 <br />CD <br />'-, <br /> <br />C. PALO VERDE VALLEY <br />The average yields of major agricultural crops in the Palo Verde Valley <br />were obtained from Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner reports for the <br />years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, see table 33. <br />Acreages of crops were based upon the Palo Verde Irrigation District Crop <br />Report for 1973. The location of specific crops on specific soil drainage <br />classes was obtained from unpublished reports of the Soil Conservation <br />Service. Personal observations of Mr. Charles Morris of the S.C.S., Mr. <br />Lester Ede, University of California Agricultural Farm Advisor, and Mr. Merle <br />Turley (If the USBR were also helpful in locating crops on specific soi I <br />drainage classes. <br />The soils of the Palo Verde Valley, Kocher and Youngs (1926), Weir and <br />Storie (1946, 1947), were placed in four drainage classes as in Sections A <br />and B of this report. The partitioning of crop acreages on soil drainage <br />classes Is shown in table 34. These data together with the declination data <br />from the California Committee of Consultants (1974) was used to calculate <br />tables 35 through 44, the projected yields of crops In varying levels of <br />surface Irrigation and sprinkler Irrigation. Costs of production can be <br />approximated from the Imperial Valley and Coachella Valley reports on the <br />same crops. <br /> <br />37 <br />