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<br />Gas and oil production is abundant with fourteen gas proces-
<br />sing plants and the only helium plant in the State in thia region.
<br />This area produces 90 percent of the annual Oklahoma gas production.
<br />Eight percent of the total United States output. Value of mineral
<br />production is $100 to $150 million per year.
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<br />Although the number of farms has decreased 61% oVer the last
<br />45 years, farm size has continued to enlarge. For example in 1920,
<br />23% of the farms were 500 acres or larger, while now 64% of the
<br />farms are greater than 500 acres in size. Acreages of crops gro~,
<br />in this re-iion are high and are of vital importance to the needed
<br />supply of food and fiber for the nation.
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<br />County
<br />Beaver
<br />Cimarron
<br />Texas
<br />
<br />Units
<br />-
<br />Acres
<br />Acres
<br />Acres
<br />
<br />950
<br />
<br />Wheat
<br />323,000
<br />250,000
<br />440,000
<br />
<br />Oats
<br />2,180
<br />
<br />Barley
<br />3,380
<br />840
<br />1,540
<br />
<br />Sorghum
<br />66,800
<br />159,000
<br />136,000
<br />
<br />Corn
<br />2,600
<br />16,000
<br />68,000
<br />
<br />Hay
<br />8,500
<br />4,500
<br />1,000
<br />
<br />Livestock, particularly beef cattle feedlot enterprises are
<br />important in this region, boosting related business, including
<br />production of feed, meat processing and pscksging. Livestock pop-
<br />ulation is shown below.
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<br /> All Cattle Beef Milk All Sheep All Hogs Farm
<br />County and Calves Cows Cows and Lambs and Pigs Chickens
<br />"Beaver 145,000 45,650 1,850 200 7,600 7,300
<br />Cimarron 107,000 29,850 150 1,800 900 2,500
<br />Texas 220,000. 26,400 600 450 4,100 6,600
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<br />Land use in the Panhandle counties by and large is primarily
<br />agricultural oriented. This area includes 3,650,376 acres, about
<br />8.5 percent of the total State land area.
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<br /> Paature- Sand- Feeding Urban &
<br />Coun ty Cropland Land Forel!lt Range Dunee Oper. Hines Build-up Wster Total
<br />Beaver "82,218 818 1,531 6"1,0"3 2,687 15 27'J 1,791 20,717 1,1;1,179
<br />CilMrron 509,"22 1,283 80 661,"3" 160 80 1,059 1,179,5\8
<br />Tex.. 116,663 --ll - 526,000 -ill - 9,075 ~ 1,319,679
<br /> - -
<br />1,768,363 2,182 1,617 1,828,497 2,849 175 273 10,9"6 35,47" 3,650,376
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<br />Surface Water - Developed surface water resources include one
<br />major reservoir under construction, 13 lakes of ten or
<br />d 3 1 5 more acres
<br />an , 1 ?maller ponds. An additional five sites have been studied
<br />for potent1al development, two in the Cimarron basin and three i
<br />the North Canadian basin. n
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