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<br />. <br /> <br />,,~. J'. " ~ <br />'::'l~'~ <br /> <br />( Introduction) <br /> <br />We. tor shortc.ges he.vo occurrod. hoWovcr. which c.re nore serious than <br />avorago figuros indicato due to irrogulc.ri~ of fl~l and booauso a <br />lc.rgo percontc.ge of tho annual supply nay be roooivod ever a rolutivoly <br />short poriod--loaving nlny irriGc.tors with little or no wator cluring <br />tho latter part of the soc.son, In yours of adoquc.to c.nd wo11 distributed <br />precipitc.tion tho wc.ter supply is Generc.lly c.doquato for tho lands n~l <br />irrigatod. H~1cver, in yours of drouGht or whon runoff is poorly dis- <br />tributed, crep precluction is soriously curtc.ilod. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />hwidc range of high yiolding crops have beon procluced for oc.ny <br />yoars on varicus roprosontutivo types of soil undor oanals with an ado_ <br />quate wator supply. This faot dononstrc.tes to a largo extont tho suit- <br />ability of the uroa for irrigation and tho benoficic.1 rosults which nay <br />bo anticipatod \vith an adoquc.te and dopendable wator supply. Tho Initial <br />Dovolopnont would increc.so tho hoadgato de1ivory of irrigationwator to <br />tho prosently irrigl\tod land ~.nd reliof woule. be much grel\tor tho.n the <br />actual incroascd supply would indic::.tc. IrriGo.tion wo.tor would be rogll- <br />lo.tod and cvaporation lessos greatly reduced. In o.ddition. ndvc.neo in- <br />forrn.."1.tion ~.s to viator supply would be availo.blc to tho irrigc.tors Vihich <br />wculd ereblo thom to plc.n tho soc.son's plc.nting to fit tho Vi" tor supply <br />and theroby "void lo.rGo 10ssos frrnn unharvested crots. i.n ostimc.ted <br />322.000 o.cros cf lc.nd woule. benefit fr~m c. depondc.blo wator supply whioh <br />would rosult in an incrcc.se cf $4.224,000 c.nnuc.lly to the gross farn in- <br />oemo of tho arou. This incroc.sod rovonuc to fe.rl:uJrs would be spcnt in <br />purt for donestic e.nd professionr.l servicos and labor. Incroasod ox- <br />porrlituros for trc.nsrortc.tivn and utilitios. procossinc. and po.cki!~ <br />would croe.to c groc.tcr purchnsi~ power in tho c.rca. SUGe.r mnnufc.cturo <br />from boets weuld bo increc.sod, moro moat pc.ckinG plc.nts, canning factorios <br />and procossinG fc.cilitios would bo roquirod; un increaso in tho nunber of <br />farn fanilios would rosul t in construction of ';!oro hones c.nd farnstec.ds; <br />c.dditiono.l fc.rn and nc.nufc.cturing would be noedod; nnd trnnsportc.tion <br />revonuos rosultil~ froll tho incroo.sod activity would bo considorc.blo. <br />In gcnoro.l. tho stnndarc'. of living of tho ontiro Enstern Slopo aroa would <br />bo groatly inprovcd. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4 <br />