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<br />. <br /> <br />n:; <br />'~:t" <br />..,~j1 <br />(\1 <br /> <br />In 1944 the assessed value of improvements on agricultural lands <br />totaled $414,930 which, if assumed to represent improvements only on irri- <br />gated crop land, would imply an assessed valuation of only $8.83 Del' acre. <br />However, during the summer of 1947 the county in cooperation with the state <br />expects to complete an appraisal of all real estate and improvements in <br />Conejos County to more accurately reflect real property values. The <br />improvements in the project area, while aged, are well constructed and vdth <br />some repair and modernization should adequately serve the needs of prOject <br />residents. <br /> <br /> <br />, ' <br />-.,J <br /> <br />~) <br /> <br />The high crop incomes of recent years has permitted considerable <br />reduction in the number of mortgaged farms. In 1945 there were about 150 <br />Federal Land Bank loans outstanding in COnejos County. About 35 percent <br />of the Federal Land Bank IDans outstandj,ng in 1944 were retired during <br />1945. , , <br /> <br />Markets and Tr~nsportation <br /> <br />The principal crop3 of the project area, hay and grain, are generally, <br />cDnsumed locally as winter feed for range stack and for finishing cattle <br />for market. Some livestock feed is trucked southwar1 intD northern New <br />Mexico to satisfy the needs of the livestock industry in that area. COnejD~ <br />County produces the major pDrtion of the green peas grown in the Valley. <br />While green peas are principally oroduced o\.1tside the project area, the <br />main packing and canning facilities are IDcated at La Jara immediately <br />adjacent to the project area. The potato industry is extremely important <br />to the Valley as a whole and adequate marketing outlets are available <br />through the facilities Df coopcrative aSsociations and private buyers. <br />LivestDck frDm the area moves principally to D~nver and eastern markets. <br /> <br />The project arca is well supplied with transportatiDn facilities. A <br />standard g~ge line fr~m Antonito in the southerrunost pOrtion of the project <br />r'lnS northward through the pro,joct are8. tel Alamoea and thence acl'o:,;s La <br />Vet8. FaGS to ~onnect with ,~ther lines at Pueblo. From AntonitcJ a narrow <br />gage Urce 18ads into New dexico and western CDlorado. U. S. Highway 2R5, <br />an 6x~ellent t,ard surfaced road, parallelG the railroad north from Antonito <br />to A1amo~a where it co~ects with go~d highways leading eastward across La <br />Veta Pa~s and northward tn Denver Or westward across Wolf Creek Pass to <br />western no1crado. <br /> <br />Farm T':mure <br /> <br />Types Df occupm cy of farms in Conej os County as reported by the census <br />of agri~ulture for the years 1940 and 194,c; are summari7.ed as follow,,: <br /> <br /> APril: 1 Jan4 1 rerflent Porflent <br /> 19 0 19 5 19 0 19 , <br />mers . ..:. <br />Part Ovmers 14a 187 13:t 21.6 <br />Managers (10~) 1.1 <br />All Tenants (2~~) (24.6) (l{tJ <br />Cash Tenants ~~ 6.2 .j <br />Share-Cash Tenants 15~ 14.2 4.;+ <br />Share Tenants and Croppers .;, .-1 <br />Other & Unspecified Tenants 21 30 2.0 3.8 <br />Tot,"l Farms 1049 793 100.0 100.0 <br /> 13 <br /> <br />