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<br />Farms are getting larger and agricultural production has been increasing.
<br />Anot~er characteristic of the Basin is the distribution of the poPulation.
<br />It is very slmilar to the pattern of annual rainfall, generally being
<br />highest in the eastern part of the Basin, decreasing as it proceeds
<br />westerly in the Basin, with a fev scattered centers of higher density
<br />located around the principal trade centers. This Is particularly true
<br />in the Denver area.
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<br />Before looking to the future, it appears appropriate to discuss
<br />vhat we reean by projections, This is the utilization of past trends to
<br />guide the determination of future conditions. This has been rolleved
<br />for deriving the varinus economic factors in the three target years of
<br />1980, 2000, and 2020. It varies somewhat from what economists mean
<br />....hen they use the ....ord "forecast" in that a forecast is an attempt to
<br />build on present conditions ...ith expected future developments, Thus,
<br />arriving at the expected conditions in the future, Another factor ...hich
<br />enters into the projections in the Missouri Basin is that ...ith the
<br />assistance of the Office of Business Economics of the Department of
<br />Commerce and the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture,
<br />national projections at the three target years ...ere made and these ...ere
<br />allocated to the various portions of the country ....ith ~6t1mate6 of future
<br />population, employment, and income for the Missouri Easin being a portion
<br />of the National Projections. The Economic Work Group utilized these
<br />overall Missouri ~sin projections and on the basis of historical trends
<br />....ithin the Missouri Basin disaggregated these totals to the eight major
<br />planning subregions and also broke these d~n for the planners to the
<br />total of 35 separate areas to give the planners some further indication
<br />or the economic situation in the projected years.
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