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<br />Watershed Resources <br /> <br />The watershed lands are accessible to markets in both states. In addi- <br />tion to Interstate Highway 80S. U.S. Highway 138 and State Highway 59, <br />numerous county roads and the Denver branch of the' Un i on Pac if i c Ra i 1- <br />road traverse the watershed. The facilities of the Julesbur9 Airport, <br />transcontinental buslines, and motor freight lines help provide excellent <br />access to and from the watershed locally, statewide, and nationally. <br /> <br />Commercial development normally associated with a primary cross-country <br />highway and railroad has not taken place with the exception of the <br />Great Western Sugar Company factory at Ovid, Colorado and grain storage <br />elevators and agriculture fertilizer and equipment supply dealers in <br />the nearby towns. <br /> <br />It is expected that the economy of the watershed will remain princi- <br />pally agricultural, with most of the units being family-operated. <br /> <br />In 1970 the total retail sales for Sedgwick County was $13,619,000. <br />Agriculture was the main source with sales estimated at $9.559.500. <br /> <br />In 1971 Sedgwick County produced sand and gravel valued at $305,740 <br />and produced natural gas valued at $55,930. <br /> <br />The 1970 Sedgwick County employed labor force is estimated at 1,827 <br />which is broken down into the following categories: <br /> <br />-------------------------~------------------------------------------------ <br /> <br /> Employed labor <br />Category Male Female Total Percent <br />Professional - Managers and <br />Admin i strators 281 110 391 21.4 <br />Wholesale & Reta i 1 137 100 237 12.9 <br />Services, 237 181 418 23.0 <br />Contracts & Construction 128 6 134 7.3 <br />Farmers, Mgrs & laborers 374 5 379 20.8 <br />Miscellaneous (under 2%) 196 72 268 14.6 <br />Totals 1,353 474 1,827 100.0 <br /> <br />12 <br />