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<br />001510 <br /> <br />oonsiderably less than this during the past few years beoause Iilf <br /> <br />water shortages. The Water Commissioner reports 1;hree ditohes <br /> <br />having deoreed rights that are not in use at the present tilll8 <br /> <br /> <br />and whioh ha".e been ablUlldoned for several years. other ditohes <br /> <br />with junior rights have suffered beoause of reoent shortages. <br />, <br /> <br />Type of farming oonsists €If' ranohiJ:lg and general farming <br />with the majElr emphasis on Urestook. The County Agent states that <br />all of the operators have some livest0ek although the smaller <br /> <br />operators are foreed into small-grain produc'bicn as a oash crop. <br /> <br />Nine operators were believed to have grazing permits in the adjaoent <br />forest reserves" The grazing perioo. covers the peried fr(llll about <br />June 1st to the early part ef September. <br /> <br />Forage orops are the prinoipal oropsgrown with a <br /> <br />considerable portion in native hay meadows and some alf'alfa. Barley <br />and ea.'bs are the prinoipal small grain orops. Few.. if any.. late <br />season annuals are grown. This is primarily due to the short growUlg <br />season - ~ - Salida .. 112 dqs.. Buena Vista _ l(l4 days. <br />Yields on native hay lands are reported-to be from l.G te <br /> <br />1.5 tons per aore with adequate water supplies. The Colorado Co- <br />operative Crop Reporting Servioe report the average yields on irrigated <br />lands in Chaffee County for the le_year period 1927,,'8 to be: alfalta.. <br />1.7 tonsl eats.. 35.2 bushels, barley.. 27.6 bushels, and wheat.. <br />2'.8 bushels. <br /> <br />;5f. <br /> <br />~ <br />