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<br />00 <br />..~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />Likewise, irrigated meadow hay land is valued at $200 per acre, which includes <br />livestock permits, the value of livestock, and other ranch property. About <br />two acres of meadow hay are required for each cow permitted on the forest. <br />Thus, values of irrigated meadow hay land and national forest permits comple- <br />ment each other bec~use neither is worth proportionately as much alone. <br /> <br />Comparison of Acreage Irrigated and Water Supply <br /> <br />Water supply refers to the total water resources of the Basin rather than the <br />direct seasonal supply needed for irrigated land. As such, it has amounted <br />to 1-3/4 million acre-feet average in excess of crop and other uses within <br />the Basin. Most of the water has not been available for direct irrigation <br />when needed because of lack of reservoir storage and consequent regulation <br />of streamflow, However, for comparative purposes, acreage irrigated was <br />collated with water supply. <br /> <br />Two consecutive 7-year periods, 1943-49 and 1950-56, were selected for com~ <br />parison. Acreage irrigated in 1950-56 averaged 91 percent of the 1943-49 <br />period, while water supply in 1950-56 averaged 75 percent of the 1943-49 <br />period (combine table 3 and figure i). There were greater relative annual <br />fluctuations in water supply than in acreage irrigated, but a definite <br />relationship existed between them. <br /> <br />Acreages of small grains, potatoes, <br />smaller in 1950-56 than in 1943-49. <br />(table 3). <br /> <br />beans, hay, fruit and vegetables were <br />Acreage of irrigated pasture was larger <br /> <br />- 22 - <br />