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<br />:~r~> <br />"::_.~"':" <br /> <br />w <br />.~ <br />9 <br />~ <br /> <br />~~.:? ~.~ <br />.,....:,;.' <br /> <br />.....--:-. <br /> <br />systems. Major crops are <br />stock reported are up to <br />31 places and 1200 head of <br /> <br />The Lower Gunnison data base includes 123 <br />alfalfa, pasture grass, apples, and corn. <br />350 head of beef with an average of 77 on <br />sheep with an average of 253 on 6 places. <br /> <br />A summary of benchmark and treatment effects for plans included in <br />the economic database as collected is presented below in table 8. <br />system installation data cari be found in section I part 5. <br /> <br />Table 8 <br />Benchmark and Treatment Effects of salinity Control Practices <br /> Benchmark Treatment <br />Group de1J.verv systems <br />System type unlined ditch underground pipe <br />Average Number of units served 5.43 # 5.43 # <br />Average System length 5,371 ft 4,820 ft <br />Salt savings per contract - 194.0 T/yr <br />Labor per contract 33 hrs 90+ % reduction <br />Farm deliverv systems <br />System type unlined ditch undergroun? pipe <br /> or lined cfitch <br />Average System length 4,128 ft 3,679 .~ ft ). <br />Salt savings per con~ract - 123 T/yr <br />Labor per contract 44 hrs 90+ % reduction <br /> -, <br />Field application systems per acre <br />system type unlined ditch buried pipe & <br /> gated pipe or <br /> sideroll <br />Non Machine Labor <br />for 0 & M of system 11. 0 hrs 90% + reduction <br />Number of Irrigations 6.4 6.6 <br /> <br />,I <br /> <br />Table 9 shows the average total and annual cost for the installation <br />of an improved irrigation system (total, government cost share, and <br />producer costs), operation and maintenance costs and cost per ton of <br />salt saved for on-farm systems. Table 10 shows the same values as <br />table 9 except for it displays group system information. Table 11 <br />displays the dollars allocated in the project for fiscal years 1992 <br />and 1993 and the cost per ton of salt saved per the federal <br />procedure. Part of this cost is the operation and maintenance cost <br />of the system which is a producers cost. <br /> <br />31 <br />