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<br />. <br /> <br />1541 <br />Year Irrigated land Nonirrigated land Grazing land <br />1960 $208.15 $64.35 $26.81 <br />1961 206.07 64.93 27.76 <br />1962 221. 77 69.57 29.89 <br />1963 229..55 75.36 31.56 <br />1964 237.33 ".68 32.98 <br />Average $220.57 $70.38 $29.80 <br /> <br />In 1962, the average farm in Colorado had a total of 1,261 acres, <br />wi th an investment in lands and buildings of $70,877. The value of <br />buildings averaged $10,340 per farm leaving $60,537 for an investment <br />in land. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Irrigated lands in the Narrows Unit area generally are more <br />productive and have a value higher than for the state as a whole. <br />Farmer's estimates of land values obtained in a field survey of the <br />North Sterling Irrigation District in 1964, ranged from about $100 <br />to $400 for irrigated land; $30 to $100 for nonirrigated land and <br />$20 to $100 for pasture, farmstead and wasteland. Normally., the <br />value of nonirrigated cropland, pasture, farmstead and wasteland <br />follow state trends. Irrigated. land values vary widely from area <br />to area in the four prodect counties and the State. <br /> <br />Number and Size of Farms <br /> <br />Data concerning size of farms in the four counties were ob- <br />tained from U. S. Census of Agriculture for 1950, 1954, and 1959. <br />These data are summarized for all farms, irrigated farms and non- <br />irrigated farms in table 9 and show the recenc high rates by which <br />farms have increased in size and decreased in number. Size and <br />numbers of nonirrigated farm units can be arrived at by deduction <br />to provide a comparative analysis of all farm units, irrigated <br />and non irrigated units. Further analyse s of the four county area <br />reveal that the number of irrigated farms declined from 1,777 to <br />1,615 or 9.1 percent whereas dryland farms .decreased 13.6 percent <br />from 2,499 to 2,159 during 1954 to 1959. The average size of <br />dryland farms in the four county area increased 18.8 percent from <br />1,054 to 1,252 acres. Irrigated average farm size increased from <br />533 to 598 acres or only 12.2 percent during this same period. These <br />data indicate a more stable agriculture due to irrigation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />15 <br />