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• Continued - <br />Fort Collins Loam <br />If this unit is used for irrigated pasture and hay crops, the main <br />limitations are the steepness of slope and the hazard of erosion. <br />Irrigation valet can be applied by flooding from contour ditches. <br />Seedbed preparation should be on the contour or across the slope vhere <br />practical. To avoid overirrigating sad leaching of plant nutrients, <br />applications of irrigation valet should be adjusted to the available <br />water capacity, the water intake rate, and the crop needs. Proper <br />grazing practices, weed control, and fertilizer are needed to insure <br />maximum quality of forage. If properly managed, this unit can produce <br />3.5 tons of irrigated alfalfa hay per acre. <br />This unit is well suited to windbreaks and environmental plantings. The <br />hazard of soil blowing can be reduced by cultivating only in the tree <br />• rows and by leaving a strip of vegetation between the rows. <br />Supplemental irrigation may be needed when planting and during dry <br />periods. Among the trees that are suitable for planting are <br />Russian-olive and Rocky Mountain juniper. Among the shrubs are plum and <br />lilac. This unit is well suited to homesite development. <br />This map unit is in capability subclasses IVs, irrigated, and VIe, <br />aonirrigated. It is in Loamy Plains range site. <br />• <br />