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<br />In 1950, farmers of the four-county area which <br />contains this irrigation project sold $55 million worth of <br />farm products including livestock, $44 million of this being <br />attributable to irrigation. Farmers on the North Platte <br />Project figured heavily in this production, turning out <br />nearly $19 million in irrigated crops. other irrigated <br />lands produced another $2 million. The irrigated lands <br />accounted for 80 percent of all crop receipts. <br />According to data developed from U. S. Department <br />of Commerce income statistics, residents of the valley drew <br />$100 million in income payments in 1950. Comparison with <br />income data from nearby dry farming communities reveals that <br />$91 million of this $100 million resulted from activities <br />which surround irrigation farming, (figure 2). Such a <br />circumstance, wherein 91 percent of an area's income results <br />from irrigation of but 10 percent of the land area, illus- <br />trates the efficiency of irrigation <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />10 <br />