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<br /> Table I--Fifty Years of Agricultural and Economic P:rograss-.-North Platte Project Area
<br /> 1900 1910 15'20 15'30 1940 1950
<br />Area irrigated (acres) 85,000 138,000 196,542 302,680 314,134 357,130
<br />Numbsr of irri~~ted farms 1,165 1,800 2,660 3,961 3,930 4,212
<br />Am1'.1a1 value of crops ~, 582,500 $ 900,000 $4,426,154 $10,967,096 $7,622,000 ;li18, 881,577
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<br />Value of lar.d.:.; $1,2'15,000 $2,5h2,OOO $9,100,000 $18,196,000 ~37,670,000 $62,500,000
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<br />Ballk d3p0sits C 100,000 ~ 500,000 e3,OOO,OOO ~ 6,180,000 $ 7,592,000 $46,830,000
<br />Farm population 4,075 6,300 9,069 13,257 14,031 13,693
<br />Town pOp'~lation 3,000 4,600 21,700 22,210 27,526 32,184
<br />Total population 7,075 10,900 30,769 35,467 41,557 45,877
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