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<br />._-. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.- -- <br /> <br />1635 <br /> <br />(Introduc tion) <br /> <br />In Lako and Chaffeo Countios the produotion of hny and boof clltt10 <br />is of major irnportanco. In Fr~ont County agricu1tuznlcentors around <br />fruit and vegetable growing. where apples. cherries, pcars. peaches. <br />grapos. and raspborrios are the important fruits. Dairying and generlll <br />farning are carried on to some extont in Froment County. <br /> <br />Vegetable gardening for both IOCll1 and commoroia1 markets is impor- <br />tant on the St. Char10s ilesa east of Puob10. CTcnora1 farming, in which <br />SUgllr boots ~nd alflllfa aro the prinoipal crops. is followcd extensivoly <br />in Puoblo County. Pwblo County is the leading county of tho entiro <br />projoot llroa in dairy production. <br /> <br />Otero County. pllrts of Crowloy County. and parts of Bont County llro <br />i1:1portant truck orop produoing oountios. Tho principll1 truck crops aro <br />onions, oantaloupos. ouounbors, and tomntoos. Largo quantities of vego- <br />tablo llnd flower soods of ~ny kinds llre produ,od in Otero County. <br /> <br />Coroll1 crops rend sorG>UI:UI ::xo inporb.nt in Bent ~nd Prowcrs Coun- <br />tic s. <br /> <br />Tllking the llrca llS II Whole, gonoral faming llnd stock raising pre- <br />doninate. This typo of faming is fo11owod throu~out the entiro llroa <br />on tho larger films. The principal enterprisos on the generll1-typo <br />farns cro preduction of sugar beots. WhOllt; hay llnd othor feed crops; <br />shoop llnd cattle raising; llnd food lot fllttening of livestock. <br /> <br />Tho arell is so lo.rgo llnd has so I:1O.ny vllriable typos of fums with <br />different produotion roeords tho.t it is difficult to prodiot tho llnti- <br />c ipa tod potontill1 Ilgricu1 turlll production the. t would llcoruc fra:>. proj- <br />oct dovolopr1ont. An attonpt has boon r.lr.de to viow tho distant future <br />and, bllsod upon certllin supporting evidonce, a consorvativo pioturo ef <br />tho potentilll llgricul turnl devolopnent he.s boen drawn. <br /> <br />In addition to tho potontia1 incrollse in crop llnd livestock produo- <br />l..ion,-rw.ny-othor-j;ntnn~ble-beno-ri-ts-wou1d-acorlfo-fr on-tho-n-grtc ul-turll1 <br />deve10pnent. Now turns for film-hungry fnnilic s; nClN honos llIld new en- <br />p10;ynent for peoplo reeding II p1aoe to live and work; und now weill th <br />creuting oaoneroilll and industrial entorprises to prooess row agriou1- <br />tural produots are only a fow of the indireot benefits to be derived <br />from the Gunnison-Arkc.nsas project. <br /> <br />It is safo to predict thD.t over.a11 development of the area. which <br />is larger thnn the cOr.1bincd llreaS of several Ellstern states, would hllve <br />0. profound and highly beneficial effect on tho entire region, the Stc.to <br />of Colorlldo. c.nd the Nlltion llS a Whole, <br /> <br />4 <br />