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<br />THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF RETREAT <br /> <br />The potential losses from arbitrary water <br />tion in basic crop production. <br /> <br />regula- <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />I <br />I <br />. <br />I <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />.1 <br />. <br />. <br />I <br />I. <br />I <br />. <br />l. <br /> <br />$100.1 MILLION <br />LOSS TO <br />COLORADO IN <br />LOST SALES OF <br />GOODS AND <br />SERVICES TO <br />AGRICULTURE <br /> <br /> <br />Dollar <br />LOSS <br />la Ihe <br />Economy <br /> <br />Permanent damage to the economy in the form <br />of bankruptcies, loss of forms and secondary <br />effects on ogri-businesses are practically impos- <br />sible to estimate. <br /> <br />ESTIMATED $14.3 MILLION <br />LOSS TO FARMERS IN THE <br />PLATTE BASIN IN ONE YEAR- <br />FROM THREE BASIC CROPS ONLY <br /> <br />.... <br />.. <br /> <br /> <br />Crop <br />Loss <br /> <br />Dollar <br />LOSS <br />10 <br />Farmer <br /> <br />.. <br />.. <br />.. <br /> <br />::'a <br />,. <br /> <br />.. <br />.. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />.. <br /> <br />Dollars from primary agricultural produc- <br />tion has 0 multiplying effect of seven to <br />eight times in the general economy. <br /> <br />When primary production undergoes processing <br />in the region - such as slaughter and meat <br />processing of beef - the multiplying effect is as <br />much at 19 times. <br /> <br />Source <br /> <br />Impgct 01 AgflCUJ'urol Cllonge on 0 ot~(O' Economy in In" <br />G',"ot Ploms. Te(;hn;(ol Bullelin 106, (010'0<;10 5101(' Un,,,,,"'Ty <br />hpeflment 5,otion Oct_ 1969.h; Mel"," B S~old ond Arthur <br />J GreerJr -. <br /> <br />" ~ .- <br /> <br />Pog_ 10 <br />