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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />,I <br />I <br />.1 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />n"~"?? <br />u~.J .~_ .:._ ~,' ".1 <br /> <br />TABLE 3-1 <br /> <br />Cropping Proportions and Yields for Selected <br />Irrigated Agricultural Operations <br />In La Plata and Montezuma <br />Counties, Colorado <br />(1984) <br /> <br />Irrigated <br />Crop <br /> <br />Percentage of <br />Acreage <br /> <br />Average Annual <br />Yield/Acre <br /> <br />Alfalfa 39.9% 2.5 tons <br /> * <br />Grass pasture 26.8 2.3 AUMs <br />Grass hay 18.9 4.2 tons <br />Corn silage 4.0 20.1 tons <br />Gra i n crops 10.0 ** <br />Fruit/Potatoes 0.4 ** <br /> Total 100.0% <br /> <br />Source: Survey of 47 irrigated agricultural operations near the Southern <br />Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Reservations in La Plata and Montezuma <br />Counties, Colorado, 1985. <br /> <br />* <br />AUM stands for animal unit month of grazing capacity. <br />** <br />Insufficient data was available from the survey to provide reliable yield <br />estimates for these crops. <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />,jl <br />