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<br /> <br />"1 <br />10 <br /> <br />Id- <br />le- <br />~. <br />ith <br />ort <br /> <br />n8 <br />i- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />'8 <br />JU- <br /> <br /> IRRIGATED ACRES IN COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br /> As Rep orted by U. S. Census Bureau <br /> 1902 1909 1919 1929 1939 <br />Arizona 246,866 317,661 461.694 572,289 640.110 <br />California 10.000 '213.611 l447.384 464,653 454.768 <br />Colorado 417,839 617.242 766,532 856,413 844.494 <br />Nevada 11.481 13.850 8,546 12,308 13.880 <br />New Mexico 29,809 37,300 53.808 55,310 49,841 <br />Utah 92,622 167.287 362.576 347.452 324.899 <br />Wyoming 118.566 183.595 211,507 228.699 273.971 <br /> " <br />Basin Totalll 927.183 1.550.546 2,312;546 2,537.124 2,601,963 <br /> <br />The above table indicates the irrigation development of the Colo- <br />rado River Basin since 1902. or illustrates "Claiming the Basin~ for agri- <br />cultural purposes during the past 40 years. 'and is not inconsistent with <br />data appearing in the Rep ort for the Basin as a whole.' ,The table at page <br />27 shows 2.400,000 acres irrigated in 1922, whereas the above table shows <br />2.312.546 acres in 1919 and 2.537.124 aoree in 1929. Later in the Report <br />a ~igure appears of slightly more than 2.600.000 aores. whioh represents <br />the pr,esent irrigated acreage exclusive of' allowances made for irrigable <br />lands of exieting and authorized projeots to be irrigated in tl1e future, <br />w!,\ioh figure' is substantially the ssne as the 2,601.963 acres reported by <br />the U. S. Census Bureau for the season of 1939, although there are unex- <br />plained differences in the figures when oonsidered by individual States. <br />Colorado ,questions the advisability of reporting information oonoerning <br />lands considered irrigable'in 1922. unless it can be shown that the deter- <br />minations were based on land olassification definitions that were uniform- <br />ly applied i'n both basins and National 'IJ:lhnlation concerning develop.. <br />ments in Mexico would not oane wi. thin the title of the Report. Whatever <br />dat~ regarding Mexioo may be justified for inclusion and preservation in <br />the Report. if any. might better appear in the following Chapter entitled. <br />"Dividing the Water." and in the section thereof entitled. "Between the <br />UDi ted States and Mexi 00," Colorado points out that the frrigated aoreage <br />, in the Basin. according to the above table, inoreased from 927,183 aores <br />in 1902, to 2.601,963 acres in 1939; and suggests that the Bureau of Re- <br />olamation segregate the increase of 1,674.780 acres as between federal <br />and private developments. In this oonneotion Colorado notes that the ,irri- <br />gated acre.age in the Colorado River Basin in Colorado increased from <br />417,839 acres in 1902 to 844,494 acres in 1939, and says that the increase <br />of 426,655 acres in about 40 years may be attributed to federal develop- <br />ment.. to the extent of 90,012 acres. and to private developments to the <br />extent of 336,643 acres. <br /> <br />27. Chapter III, entitled, "Dividing the Water.~ contains an outline <br />of the factors; said to have motivated the negotiation of the Colorado Ri- <br />ver Compaot, and is arranged in two parts; entitled. "Between the Upper and <br />Lower Basins;~ and "Between the United States and Mexioo," Subjeot headings <br /> <br />