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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />OOlQQ!; <br /> <br />E80;-;muc CONDITIOl!S <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />The Gering & Ft. Lal'nmie Irrigcttion District cant,,; ns 685 farms <br />with a total c.rec. of 54,844 c,cres., 'fhe Gosl'.en IrrIgc.tion District <br />is conposed of 540 fnrrn l.U1its with n.n UreD. of EI2,.~3'7 ::.cres.. Locr~l <br />rlc.rkets conSHme part of the products of 'Ghe c..reD., but tho grec.ter <br />pOl'tion is ship;led out8ide. Sugar beet refineries locOlted in LJ'l!Pn, <br />Torrin::;ton, "-nd GerinG process most of the beets raised in the <br />districts, DeOln and potato processing plc.nts in surro~~ding tm'ms <br />process these crops for shipment to ol,tside mc.rkets. ?c.cking houses <br />in Gering; o...'1d Torrington process cc.ttle and Iflmbs, but ':,he greater <br />portion of the liVDstoclc is shipped to the l;!idwestern mc.rkets. <br /> <br />Of the G85 farms in the Gering & Ft. Lnr"-mie Irrigation District <br />255 \"I8ra ormer..operc.ted in 1946, rJhi Ie 424 rlere ten,mt.-opero.ted .^.r,d <br />6 TIare idle. In the Goshen Irrigation District 270 of the 540 farms <br />Vlere .owner-operated "Iith 241 tanent_opere.ted and 29 units ':;ere idle. <br />In recent. Y02.rs the trend l1f'..s s\';un[, to"T~..rd o...:n(lr-oper~t8d units.. <br />Gonero.lly speaking, the f8.rms a~e riell dovAlo~ed ..-Ji"th improve;ncnts of <br />"- substantial nc.ture. Lr.nd values aj'e cUrl'ently high (1848) ':!i th <br />Friess rccnging from $150 to t.2GO par :ocre. rii th the current high <br />prices being received for f:-I.rm products r.:ost of the operators are <br />pros[.cring. The :J.ver:J.ge gross crop value per cera in 1946 TIUG $84.96 <br />in the Gering & Ft. Lo.rccnie Irrigc.tion District and ~80.1'l in t'le <br />Goshon Irri~ction District. <br /> <br />Table 5.-Crop yields C\nd val1A8s for r.rincipc.l crops, Gering ~, Ft. <br />Larumie District, 1946, Clf.SSOS 1, 2, 3, 'end 4. <br /> <br />Crop i.l.creC'.g;G Yia Id/ucre T atal vuluo <br />/ . <br />. - <br />Alfc.lfa 10,056 1. 95 ton I', 274,708 <br /> .:/ <br />Bo.rlaO' 8,314 44.9 bu. 366,153 <br />I3c8.nG 10,823 25,03 bu... 1,354,310 <br />Potc.toe s 6,401 179,6 bu, 471,492 <br />81.l/!,Gr bcots 9,396 14.95 ton 1,406,265 <br />SljurcEt--Cro p Yic Id :10 ",art, 1946, North flc. tte Project Tr ..... <br />L~ls"':ory. <br /> <br />9 <br />