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<br /> <br />These soils have the most favorable climate for irrigated crops and <br />are occupied by approximately 75,000 acres of the presently irri- <br />gated cropland. There is a potential for additional irrigation <br />development. Grazing is the major land use at present and there <br />is no dry cropland. <br /> <br />Group II: <br />(BROWN) <br /> <br />Soils of Warm semiarid to DI"U Subhumid ReaionB <br />- '. <br /> <br />This group constitutes 14.5 percent of the basin and consists of <br />soils that are of moderate extent in all the states. Most of the <br />367,000 acres of dry cropland are located on these soils and appro- <br />ximately 122,000 acres are irrigated. <br /> <br /> <br />....~. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Soils Group II - Cropland <br />near Dove Creek, Coloriao <br /> <br />with dry beans <br /> <br />" >-" <br /> <br />There is a range of 12 to 17 inches in mean annual precipitation <br />and the frost-free period ranges from 100 to 170 days. Elevations <br />are mainly 6.000 to 7,500 feet and mean annual temperatures are <br /> <br />II 1-15 <br />