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~~~ United States Soil <br />~~ Department of Conservation <br />Agriculture Service <br />J <br />February 12, 1985 <br />Morrison Knudsen <br />P.O. Box 17219 <br />San Antonio, Texas 78217 <br />Re: Production data, Sec. 21,22, T6N, R88W <br />There are three farms in the vicinity you spoke of. One the farms is run by <br />Robert Barnes, another by Cross Mountain (now owned by Elizabeth Tieken) and the <br />wheat ground around the H-C coal tipple is run by the Hockett Brothers. <br />The alfalfa is near the center of Sec. 22 (Robert Barnes) and the SE`s of 21 and <br />SWIy of 22 (Elizabeth Teiken) all in T6N, R88W. <br />Soils on the site are SA - Absher fine sandy loam and 06B - Grail loam. The <br />Absher soil has some salt problems but production has been as high as four tons <br />per acre with two cuttings. This occured in 1980 on the Robert Barnes farm. <br />• Most years production will average 2'~ to 3 tons per acre on the irrigated alfalfa. <br />The dryland hay on areas where the water is not available will go 1'~ tons per acre. <br />To get the highest production the stand should not be over 10 years old and a <br />fertilization program should be followed. <br />Native irrigated hay in the area is really not present in the amounts that you <br />could get decent production figures. The production levels if there was water would <br />average 1`~ to 2 tons. The limiting factor would be the clay content of the Grail <br />soil and the salts present in the Absher soil. <br />Irrigated Alfalfa production 2`x to 3 tons <br />Dryland Alfalfa production 1`~ to 2 tons <br />Native Hay not irrigated ~ to 3/4 tons <br />Native hay irrigated 1~ to 2 tons <br />Hope this helps. If you need some other information, call me. <br />Sincerely, <br />John Valentine, D.C. <br />Steamboat Springs <br />• JV:kg <br />cc:HG coal file <br />O the Soil Conservation Sernce SCS-AS-1 <br />\J is en agency of the 10-79 <br />D epertmenl of Agriculture <br />