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<br />-. <br /> <br />001203 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />", <br /> <br />lIlent of the coke ovens in the Trinidad area. and their replacement with <br /> <br /> <br />modern ovens at the steel mill in Pueblo, where the by-products could be <br /> <br /> <br />more advantageously utilized.. <br /> <br /> <br />7. Agriculture, always an important industrial segment, has been <br /> <br /> <br />especially significant in stabilizing the economy of the area as it has <br /> <br /> <br />cushioned the effects of tl:= l:e.~line of the coal raining industry. <br /> <br /> <br />Agriculture in the area consist3 of irrigation farming, dry farming and <br /> <br /> <br />accociated livestock and dairy industries. According to the 1940 irriga- <br /> <br /> <br />tion censuS for Colorado, the total irrigated area in Las Animas ,COlmty <br /> <br /> <br />was 30,li8? acres. The SM':.e Engineer's records for 1941 show 20,724 acres <br /> <br /> <br />as irrigated in the pro;:?c' 'lre:.,r The remainder of the irri,r:;ated acreage <br /> <br /> <br />in the county, abo'.lt 9,1::00 >'0.'=">, is located above t.hE' T-:-!.nidad Reservoir <br /> <br /> <br />site, and on the tributaries to the Purgatoire above Alfalfa, Colorado. <br /> <br /> <br />The project area discussed in this report comprises 19,500 acres of irri- <br /> <br /> <br />gated land and repreee:>.ts +"'" area of land consistently irrigated from <br /> <br /> <br />year to year. <br /> <br /> <br />8. The principal irrigated crops in the project area are alfalfa, <br /> <br /> <br />beans, corn, wheat, oats, barley and sugar beets. Garden t.ruol; is pro-> <br /> <br /> <br />duced to a limited extent. <br /> <br /> <br />9. The irrigated lands in the county outside the project area con- <br /> <br />.cdQ.... nf' ;nnllrnAl";::).h'~ ~rn,q_'l ;~n1::L+.lCIl:n t.,.,q"t.C1. 1Irit.h ".,.,....ol;~'h'o ........+a"" ""'".....- <br />