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It ~ be noted from an examination of the above balance sheet that the only returns to the share oropper are found in a low-standard liv- ing for his family. After allowing for depreoiation, repairs and re- plaoement af his capital goods he receives no interest return on his capital investiment and no oash return for his labor beyond a poor liv- ing for his family. ~his about represents the status of 35 per cent of the farmers in the northern part of the area who are Hjust getting by." Oomparison of a Dry Farm and an Irrigated Farm of Same Soil Classes Another 35 per cent of the farmers in the project area are not making a living and depend upon part-time WPA employment and sometimes various forms of direct relief assistance. The operating status of such a dependent low income farmer-owner is shown in the first part of the following com- parative summary of two farm plans, whioh show for a 280 farm unit, its produotive capaoity for the support of a farm family as a typioal small dry farm, and its productivity as an irrigated farm. Dependent Farmer on'a 280-acre dry land Farm Dry Farm: ~hirty aores wheat produces 510 bu. of which 210 bu. are used for feed and seed and 300 bu. are sold for $195. Thirty acres are in summer fallow; 25 acres of class 1 land in dry land alfalfa meadow, which produces 25 ton of h~, used for feed; 25 acres are in dry land, native grass and drun-outd alfalfa pasture. Ris AAA compliance p~s him $40. Garden, largely corn, potatoes and beans ocoupies three acres, 117 acres are good class 2 soil sage brush grazing land, and 50 acres are roe~ wood- land and waste ground. He has a limited off-and-on grazing permit on the National Forest. He feeds and pastures 55 sheep, one cow and calf.