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<br />. 0:1793 <br /> <br />since 1927. During the dry year of 1934, this crop and alfalfa <br /> <br />probably received the greater portion of the available water <br /> <br />supply. This would account for the small deviation of their yields <br /> <br />from those of other years in vmich more water was available. Aver- <br /> <br />age annual yields compare favorably with those obtained in the <br /> <br />Arkansas Valley a s follows: <br /> <br />county <br /> <br />:*Average Yields Per Acre Irrigated - 1929-1936 <br />:Winter:Spring:Corn:Oats:Barley:Dry :Sugar:Alfalfa <br />:Wheat :Wheat :Beams:Beets: <br />bu. bu. bu.: bu.: bu. bu.: ~: T. <br /> <br />Las Animas <br />(Purgatoire River) <br /> <br />2.5 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />27 <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />7.50 :10.00: 1.7 <br /> <br />Prowers (Arkansas <br />River) <br /> <br />2.5 <br /> <br />38 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />610 <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />9.0 <br /> <br />1.7 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />*From Colorado Agricultural Statistics. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1.5 <br /> <br />