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<br />The principal crops are :J.lfalfa, sugur be8ts, fruit, corn, <br /> <br />potatoes, cereals, an;" vecek,bles. J:he more 3uffessful farmers <br /> <br />~', <br />. 1 <br />J <br /> <br />obtain yields :)er acre of 5 tOllS of e.lfElfa, 12 to 15 tons of <br />sugar beets, 50 bushels of C01'n, 40 bushelS of whea"., and 15 <br />tons of tomatoes, vlhile cppleEJ, peers and peaches are important <br />c;cops in the olcier secti ons of the Grand. Velley, very little of <br />the land under the government proj8ct has been set out in or~ <br />chards. Much of this land, however, is excellent fruit land and <br />undoubteJJ.y will be devoted to orchards at some future period. <br /> <br />~stimates (1f the crop yields ilel-e also been mHle for the <br /> <br />Mesa County and P<lisade Irrigqtion Districts, which are now <br /> <br />supplied by water from tr.e project system. The average produc- <br /> <br />tion of these districts is much hip-her tho n that of the project <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />lEnds, because the,j' e.re l:ergely devoted to fruit, and the re- <br />sults for the past three seasons ere as follows: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Avera!l;e return peT acre <br /> <br />1919 <br />1920 <br />1921 <br /> <br />$234 <br />111 <br />151 <br /> <br />associations [,nd others in a position to know. ~L'hey ere not <br /> <br />based on an individual crop census, and are considered as rough- <br /> <br />ly a 1''1) roxim6 te . <br /> <br />G.J, <br /> <br />.' <br />