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<br />" <br /> <br />;. <br /> <br />In 1950. more than 13.000 carloads of agricultural <br /> <br /> <br />products from the valley were forwarded to 32 states. In the <br /> <br />same year over 17.000 carloads of goods were received in the <br /> <br />valley from 44 states (figure 5). These figures do not <br /> <br />account for shipments of less than carload lots and do not <br /> <br />show the source or destination beyond that shown on the way- <br /> <br />bill. If these data were available. probably every state <br />" <br /> <br />would be represented. Building materials topped the list <br /> <br /> <br />of commodities shipped in, with 646 carload~ received by the <br /> <br /> <br />two major stations alone-Torrington, Wyoming, and Scottsblui'f. <br /> <br />Nebraska. These shipments came from all parts of the country. <br />Over 540 carloads of implements, machinery, autanobiles, am <br /> <br />tractors were shipped into Scottsbluff.' and Torrington. <br /> <br />These shipments came principally from the northeastern section <br /> <br />of the country. There were 220 carloads of livestock received <br /> <br />by these same two stations. <br /> <br />Eastern farmers living near the factories which <br /> <br />produce this vast now of industrial commodities consumed in <br /> <br />the North Platte Valley also prosper fran this increased trade <br /> <br />since their own local market for their farm products is de- <br /> <br />pendent upon the empl.oyment of the factory workers who produce <br /> <br />The dairy farmer near <br />. <br />Detroit may be the best example of this dependence since his <br /> <br />goodS for the far-distant consumer. <br /> <br />milk market is tied so closely with high-level industrial <br /> <br />employment . <br /> <br />24 <br />