United States of America, and v. 4,566.26 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Maricopa County, State of Arizona, John W. Wesson, And

BYRNE, District Judge;

This appeal is from judgment awarding compensation for the taking of land by condemnation. The central point in issue is the manner in which the value of the land’s cotton allotment was determined.

Pursuant to Congressional action authorizing construction of the Painted Rock Dam and Reservoir, (See, Pub.L. 81-516, 64 Stat. 163), a flood control project in the Citrus Valley of the Gila River Basin in Maricopa County, Arizona, the United States, in 1959, brought a condemnation action to acquire the land of appellee Wesson. The said land contained 1285.20 acres, including…