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<br />o <br /> <br />or- <br /> <br />35. Poultry production is based on some 8,000 or more laying hens <br />and the hatching of about 22,000 chicks annually with most of the feed <br />purchased. Eggs, dressed poultry, and chicks are marketed in the <br />general area. Some farm flocks are also raised. Poultry production <br />has little effect on the project area, however, as it used only eight acres <br />of irrigated land and the feed is purchased outside of the area. <br /> <br />C".' <br />-- <br />C <br />C <br /> <br />36. Land in the area is assessed at about 40 percent of full value. <br />Assessed valuations vary from $1. 00 per acre for range land to $50 or <br />$ 60 per acre for irrigated farm land and town lots. On this basis irri- <br />gated farm land is valued at $125 to $150 per acre depending on water <br />supply and location. Tax levies during the last 10 years have varied <br />from $1. 68 to $4.22 per $100 of assessed valuation. The tax on iI'ri~ <br />gated land averages from about $1.50 to $ 1. 75 per acre. Tax <br />delinquency is not a problem in the area as practically all of the taxes <br />assessed have been collected during recent years. <br /> <br />Joseph City Irrigation Company <br /> <br />37. The Joseph City Irrigation Company, operating under articles <br />of incorporation dated April 15, 1916, has 1,514 shares of capital <br />stock outstanding, most of which is held by the people of the community. <br />The Board of Directors may incur company indebtedness of $10,000 <br />and this amount may be increased to $15,000 by action of the Board <br />and concurrence of the stockholders. The company has no bonded <br />indebtedness and as of September 30, 1948 owed only about $800 for <br />recent improvements discussed hereafter. The overhead of the company <br />is low as the officials draw no salaries and part of the upkeep of the <br />works and facilities is done by the shareholders, During the period <br />from 1932 to 1946, assessments for operation and maintenance averaged <br />about $1. 00 per share, varying from $1. 81 in 1936 to $ 0.40 in 1946. <br />From the information available, the company seems to be in a sound <br />financial condition. <br /> <br />Problems of the Area <br /> <br />38. Problems of the Joseph City area include (1) a periodic short- <br />age of water during the early part of the irrigation season caused by <br />the widely fluctuating flow characteristics of the Little Colorado River, <br />and (2) serious soil and cultural problems caused by the use of heavily <br />silt-laden water from the Little Colorado River. While data are not <br />available for conclusive demonstration of the fact, it appears highly <br />probable that the soil and cultural problems are aggravated consider- <br />ably by the high percentage of sodium in the irrigation water from the <br />river. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Plans for Improvement <br /> <br />39. Several alternative plans for alleviating these problems were <br />considered. A plan involving the storage of surplus runoff of the Little <br />Colorado River to make the water supply more dependable was dis- <br />carded because of lack of satisfactory local storage reservoir sites, <br /> <br />13 <br />