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<br />11. Agricultural cleve lopment. Agriculture, inc luding th0 ro.i sini;
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<br />of livostook, has consistently been a primary acti vi ty in the basin rJ,nd
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<br />only in recent years has contested for first place with tho m!llluft.cturing
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<br />industry.rhe principal crops c;rov.TI in the South P1"tto RIvc,r bl\si!1 i)l th"
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<br />ordor of value ure hay and forage, whoat, sugar boets, potatoes, b~rloy,
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<br />dry beans I corn, oats, rye J sorghums and otht.r grains.. and se6d, The:;
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<br />Nebraska portion of the basin nOf'D.:clly produces nearly half of tho \/hoCl.t
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<br />in the basin and about one third of' th0 corn. Of tho other crops I'lentioned
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<br />the Nebrasku. and. Wyoming portions of the basin produce perc\,ntagos roughly
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<br />corrosponding to the proporti~nal areas of those statos in tho basin. Tho
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<br />mean total val ue of the principal crops produced ill the Colorado portion
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<br />of the basin between 1930 "nd 19~0 was C33,ObO,OOO. A study of the crop
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<br />production for the past 16 years, based on crop values, shDws a very
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<br />slightly upward trend. Truck farming on the other hand hr.s shown u decided
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<br />upward trend in the same period, both in values !md acreage, eorrespollding
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<br />roughly to the popullition trend of the city of Denvor. Most of the truok
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<br />farming in the basin is carried on in the' vicinity of Denver Gnd in the
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<br />Northern Colorado c..rf.;8., Ship!f:vnts 'Or tr'lck prsduce to aref..l.S :)IJ.tsid$ of
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<br />the basin are incrC:l.ls,ing from ye;;. T' 'GO yeur. ff.:;.'-b Ie 3 presents the vulues
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<br />of crops produced in the South Pl"ttu Ri~er bc.sin ill 193!l "nd shows tne
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<br />distributiDn of those crops in thl) diff'erant pllrts of the basin.
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<br />TABLE 3. VQlue$ of crops produced in ;30uth Plr..tto River b"'-sill
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<br /> C" lorado I Nebraska I \Iyul'linr;
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<br />Crop Entire porti on portion portion
<br /> basin of ba.sin ! of basin of bas in
<br />lay and forage ~ 6,590,800 ~ 6,081,700 i $ 'J28,300 $ 80,800
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<br />Vheat 6,525,000 3,885,300 2,606,300 33,'100
<br />ugar beets 5,807,200 5,627,400 177,'100 2,'100
<br />Potatoes 2,818,800 2,533,000 254,800 31,000
<br />arlsy 2,447,800 I 2,292,1300 152,600 2,'100
<br />Jeans (dry) 2,227,800 I 2,218,000 9,000 0
<br />orn 1,292,900 775,000 <lGZ,lOO , 25,800
<br />Ol.1.ts 425,200 I 359,300 62,700 3,200
<br />"ye 112,300 52,900 56.500 2,900
<br />orghum (gro:.in) 33,500 14,000 19,'>00 100
<br />Grains (mixed) 26,800 14,400 12,400 0
<br />~ota 1s $28,308.100 $23,854.600 $'" .271. 500 $182.000
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