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<br /> <br />SPECT ACULAR GAINS IN FOOD PRODUCTION <br /> <br />Increased Yields P <br />Scientific Irrigated Fa <br /> <br />I <br />c- 40 <br />I <br />LL <br /> <br />V ALUE OF PRODUCTION <br />IRRIGATED CROPS <br /> <br />1939 <br />34 Bu. <br />8.5 T on~ <br />1.4 Tom <br />13 Tons <br /> <br />Crop <br />CORN <br />SILAGE <br />HAY <br />BEETS <br /> <br />101 <br />18 Tons <br />2.8 Tons <br />16 Tons <br /> <br />< <br />30..E <br />.. <br />c <br />'0 <br /> <br />South Platte Basin <br /> <br />Corn_ <br />H(ly~.nn <br />Beels_ <br /> <br /> <br />----- <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />20 .~ <br />:E <br /> <br />The shift toward intensive. high <br />production farming has resulted <br />in a 400% increase in corn <br />acreage with a drop in small <br />groins from 1/3 of the acreage <br />to 1/10 since 1939. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />1900 <br /> <br />1950 <br /> <br />1940 <br /> <br />Sou<<.. Colo'odoCropondL""""d.Repo"''''l!.e'...... <br /> <br />Total crop production in the Platte Basin is now estimated at $100 million - up from <br />525.30 million in 1939. The value of livestock fed for market now exceeds $250 million - <br />up from about 20 million. This increase in productivity waS accomplished at the some time <br />the form population was being reduced by one-half. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />FED CATTLE ON HAND - JAN.! <br /> <br />Dependable forage and feed <br />supplies are the foundation for <br />the Basin's cattle feeding in- <br />dustry - a pacesetter for the <br />nation. <br /> <br /> <br />South Platte Basin <br /> <br />SOO,ooo <br /> <br />400,000 <br /> <br /> I t <br /> :~- <br /> I <br />~I I- <br /> I <br />I I <br />1940 1950 1960 <br /> <br />-- - 300,000 <br /> <br />Three.quarters of Colorado's <br />total marketings of cattle were <br />fed in the South Platte Basin. <br />In 1969, 1.5 million cattle were <br />marketed from this mea. At the <br />some time, there was major <br />growth'in meat processing. <br />, . .. <br />_ . ~ '>0"...., Colo...oo C'op ....d \.J....$I...k Il..po.li..g s......;.If. USDA <br />. " ....dCoh..odoDitp...tm....1of A9"...hU'1f <br /> <br />200,000 <br /> <br />100.000 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />Poglf4 <br />