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<br />,:;:. <br /> <br />---"-- ...-- <br />Q <br />,(;1 <br />~ <br /> <br />-15- <br /> <br />VALUE OF SUPPLEMENTAL WATER TO THE AlmA IN COLOHADO SUBJECT TO BENEFIT BY THE <br />.QPERATIO!" O~, C}nDOA RESERVOIR - <br /> <br />-- -Tli8 area Tn-C610raao sub ject-t-o b8nern-fronCtlie -CsMoli reserv'ciiI'-Ue.s <br /> <br />wholly within Bent and Prowers counties. A detailed study was made of crop <br /> <br />production in those counties from 1923 to 1936, inclusive. Crop production <br /> <br />was then compared to the water supply. By this process it was determined <br /> <br />that supplemental water with the type of crops that are raised at present <br /> <br />in those two counties is between ~.OO and $6.00 per acre-foot per year in <br /> <br />terms of increased gross crop production. <br /> <br />If a more dependable water supply were made available to the area, Ii <br /> <br />change in type of crops would take place which it is estimated would result <br /> <br />in a value of water of between ~8,OO to )10.00 per acre-foot per year in <br /> <br />terms of gross crop production. <br /> <br />The study indicated the outgoing car loadings of the Santa Fe railroad <br /> <br />would be increased by from 1,200 to 1,600 cars per year per 100,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />of additional supplemental water made available. The following is a brief <br /> <br />explanation of the manner in which the above conclusions were reached: <br /> <br />The production of the seven principle crops, namely: corn, wheat, oats, <br /> <br />barley, dry beans, sugar beets and alfalfa, raised in the two counties for <br /> <br />each of the years 1923 to 1936 was determined from statistics gathered by the <br /> <br />Colorado Cooperative Crpp Reporting Service. The mean value for each crop <br /> <br />for the period was then applied to the annual production and the gross value <br /> <br />of the crops produced in the two counties was determined. The mean value of <br /> <br />the crop was used in order to eliminate the effect of fluctuating prices. <br /> <br />The final result called "measure of crop values" became a measure of crop <br /> <br />production constituting a device whereby bushels and tons could be combined. <br /> <br />Another set of values was worked out, based on the averaga acreage <br /> <br />plant.ed t-"ne_a.cl1._~t~e_princ..1:palc.!'op~, the melm value ~f_!he _crops and the ___ <br /> <br />per-acre production for each year of the period, This eliminated the changes <br />