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<br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />from Alabama; steel from Colorado and Illinois; insecticides <br />from Colorado and Utah; beet seed fran Arizona; bags from the <br />Pacific Coast; and fertilizers from Montana, Utah, am Texas. <br />Five factories are required to process the beets <br />grown in the valley. These factories furnish part-time work <br />to nearly 1,000 dryland and irrigation farmers in the fall and <br />winter months. Many other regular employees work throughout <br />the year. Thousands of migratory workers find seasonal work <br />in the beet fields before moving on to fruit and grain harvests. <br />Sugar beet by-products were instrumental in building <br />the livestock feeding industry. In the early years of the <br />project, the limited number of livestock in the valley could <br />not utilize all of the beet tops, pulp, and molasses produced. <br />The fanners were thus encouraged to ship in additional live- <br />stock to utilize the beet by-products. Livestock feeding has <br />now progressed to the point where corn must be brought into <br />the valley from the corn belt area to supplement locally <br />produced feeds. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />A BRIGHT FUTURE IS AHEAD <br /> <br />Project costs will be repaid-- <br /> <br /> <br />The total federal cost of bringing dependable <br /> <br /> <br />iITigation to the valley was $22,444,000. As of June 30, 1955, <br /> <br /> <br />$14,732,000 of this cost has been repaid to the Federal <br /> <br /> <br />TreaffiLrY although the last major feature was not completed <br /> <br /> until 1928. <br /> <br />27 <br />