Northeast Regional Publication 



This is the second report of the Technical Committee of Northeast Re- 

 gional Research Project NE-33, "Economics of Irrigation on Northeastern 

 Farms". The first report was Farm Management Research Methods in Irri- 

 gation Problems, Northeast Regional Publication No. 33, Storrs (Connecti- 

 cut) Agricultural Experiment Station, April 1958. 



Numerous other reports have been published by the individual member 

 states in conjunction with their contributing projects. State publications in- 

 clude information on the costs and returns of irrigating vegetables, tobacco, 

 forage and potatoes. 



Contents 



Introduction 3 



Irrigation Requirements and Returns 4 



Budgeting Irrigation's Effect on Income for a Particular Farm Situation 7 



Budgeting Other Alternatives for a Particular Farm 11 



Summary and Comparison of the Alternatives in Terms of Changes in 



Number of Cows, Net Returns, Investment and Labor Requirements 18 



Technical Committee of Northeast Regional Research Project NE-33, 

 Economics of Irrigation on Northeastern Dairy Farms 



Storrs, Connecticut Marvin Kottke 



Delaware William McDaniel 



Maine W. E. PuUen 



Massachusetts B. D. Crossmon 



New Jersey John Carncross 



New York B. F. Stanton 



Pennsylvania Robert McAlexander 



Rhode Island Niels Rorholm 



West Virginia George Toben 



United States Department of Agriculture 



Agricultural Research Service H. L. Stewart 



State Experiment Station Division R. J. Saville 



Administrative Advisor Harry Keener, Director 



New Hampshire Agricultural 

 Experiment Station 



