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<br />1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />COMPARISONS <br /> <br />Facts of Economic Siqnificance - created by irrigation from wells <br />in Wiggins-Hoyt area. <br /> <br /> School Dist.50 Dist. #50 Dist. #50 Dist.#50 <br /> Dist.#50 Irrig. Assessed value Irrig.wells KW <br /> valuation Acres Irriqated Acres Morqan Co. used <br />1935 ~l,Ol4,776 0 0 0 0 <br />1960 $4,709,400 26,852 $1,286,420 442 16,569,707 <br /> <br />Based upon two acre feet water to raise a crop, approxi- <br />mately 53,704 acre feet used in School District 50. <br /> <br />Great Western Sugar Co. states the total sugar beet ton- <br />nage has grown from 0 in 1935 to the 1960 crop of 4813 <br />acres which produced 130,215 tons for an approximate <br />gross of $1,953,225 in the Wiggins-Hoyt area. <br /> <br />Based upon a conservative estimate of $l50 an acre gross <br />income for irrigated acres, these areas gross from agri- <br />culture produce is approximately $4,000,000 per year. <br /> <br />To indicate growth of population, Wiggins School has <br />grown from 161 in 1935 to 519 in 1960. <br /> <br />The Wiggins-Hoyt area is recognized as the most intensive <br />seed producing area of Colorado. Coors Brewery has <br />selected this area as a principal seed producing area <br />for production of seed for their malting barley growers. <br />