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<br />001113 <br /> <br />Draft - 9/81 <br /> <br />TA8LE 4 <br /> <br />Land Use Pattern for Increased Agricultural Production <br />in the Arkansas Region <br /> <br /> Projected <br /> 1979a for <br /> Land Use ExPansion <br />Crop Percent Percent <br />Wheat 10.58 14.00 <br />Corn Grain 10.74 14.00 <br />Corn Silage 7.37 9.00 <br />Barley 1.77 2.00 <br />Sorghum Grain 14.87 15.00 <br />Dry Beans .59 2.00 <br />Sugar Beets. 1.47 -0- <br />Oats .43 -0- <br />Alfalfa 35.10 36.00 <br />Other Hay 10.62 -0- <br />Tree Fruits .05 -0- <br />Pasture 5.27 6.00 <br />Vegetables 1.14 2.00 <br /> 100.00 100.00 <br /> <br />Year 2000 <br /> <br /> Acreage of Acreage ofc <br />Water!> New New <br />Depletion Development Development <br />Per Acre Likely Estimate Hiqh . Estimate <br />Acre-Feet Acres Acres <br /> - -- <br />1.09 972 972 <br />1.77 972 972 <br />1.77 625 625 <br />1.09 139 139 <br />1.63 1,041 1,041 <br />1.22 139 139 <br /> <br />2.72 <br /> <br />2,499 <br /> <br />2,499 <br /> <br />) <br />- <br /> <br />2.18 <br />1.77 <br />~ <br /> <br />.416 <br /> <br />.......l11 <br />6,942 <br /> <br />416 <br /> <br />.......l11 <br />6,942 <br /> <br />2.06 <br />wt. avg. <br /> <br />a. Pasture and vegetable acreage were taken fram the Census of Aqriculture, which <br />is published every five years. AS of October 1980 the latest Census published is <br />for the year 1974. All other acreage data are from the Colorado State Agricultural <br />Statisitics for the year 1979. <br /> <br />b. Water Depletion equals the sum of consumptive use and incidental loss under <br />.current technology and management. <br /> <br />c. Equivalent full irrigation based on available water of 14,300 acre-feet for <br />both the likely and high estimates. (See Tables 1 and 2.) <br />