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'I tLD <br />PLANNED <br />APPLIED <br />_ <br />LAND USE AND TREATMENT <br />MONTH <br />s °s;, •• <br />AMOUNT <br />COOPEIPftR nFd":38ri.. "�1n4 <br />J <br />AND <br />RECORD OF COOPERATOR'S 0EC1M <br />ASSISTED BY TL F. Hnun,., <br />AND PROGRESS M APPLICATION <br />DATE <br />This is Irrigated farming - livestock unit OWna <br />by Frank Morgan. It is located 2 miles west <br />'I tLD <br />PLANNED <br />APPLIED <br />_ <br />LAND USE AND TREATMENT <br />MONTH <br />NO. <br />AMOUNT <br />YEAR <br />AMOUNT <br />AND <br />YEAR <br />This is Irrigated farming - livestock unit OWna <br />by Frank Morgan. It is located 2 miles west <br />and 1 mile north of Nucla four corners. Also <br />know in part as the Sunshine Ranch. <br />The present land use is irrigated gra.PA- <br />legume mixtures for pasture and hayland; <br />corn and small grain crop land and livestock <br />grazing on rangeland. The summer rangeland <br />is located on the benchlands on the north- <br />east aide of the Little Cone. Winter range <br />land is south of Nucla along both sides of <br />Colorado 97 and south of the Nucla airport. <br />RESOURCE MANAGEMENT UNIT 1 <br />Irrigated Cropland <br />UUAC. <br />Conservation Crop System <br />Corn and small grain will be grown in rotatio <br />- <br />, <br />and the stubble will be plowed in for mulch <br />and to protect from erosion. <br />.4,6 <br />Oric. <br />Crop Residue Management <br />Plant residue will be left on the field to <br />improve soil condition and control erosion. <br />Fertilizer will be used in increasing pro- <br />duction. <br />4,6 <br />46Ac <br />Irrigation Water Management <br />Irrigation water will be applied to meet the <br />need of the plants and to prevent erosion. <br />The length of run as determined by soil, slop <br />and crop Reeds will be from 200 ft, to 500 ft <br />Approximately three gallons per minute will <br />be appiied for a period of about III hours. <br />Tire crops will require irrigation about every <br />13 to 15 days. Water will be applied. in <br />corrigations and will be kept to a. mininmm <br />amount of runoff. <br />