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<br />O~18C9 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />attest to this is the fact, aocording to the county assessor, that <br />few irrigated farms have been sold for taxes, and none are now in <br /> <br /> <br />danger of such disposition. <br /> <br /> <br />The irrigated area varies from year to year.nth the water <br /> <br /> <br />supply since lands under construoted ditches total about 40,000 acres. <br /> <br /> <br />In 1937, there were 20,000 acres irrigated while county assessor's <br /> <br /> <br />records show 23,600 acres in 1934 and 35,290 acres in 1924. The <br /> <br /> <br />assessed valuation of irrigated lands in 1937 was $786,000, or $39.3~ <br /> <br /> <br />per aore, while the rate for 1930 was $.52..50 per acre, the highest <br /> <br /> <br />for the period 1924 to 1937. <br /> <br /> <br />In addition to tax collections on irrigated lands, county <br /> <br /> <br />income is available frOTIl coal-mining, tinlber lands, dry farm lands, <br /> <br /> <br />grazing lands, utilities, and other sources. In 1937, the assessed <br /> <br /> <br />valuation of irrigated lands R~S 2.7 percent of the entire county <br /> <br /> <br />valuation. The anticipated tax incon~ for the county from all <br /> <br /> <br />sources in 1937 was $890,000, and that for 1930 was $962,000. In <br /> <br /> <br />1932, the cost of government for Las AniTI~s County was $17.80 per <br /> <br /> <br />capita as against an average of ~20.l3 for all counties of the state. <br /> <br /> <br />Rental and benefit payments to farmers of the county under <br /> <br /> <br />the A.A.A. program totaled about ~120,000 from May 1933 to December <br /> <br /> <br />193.5. <br /> <br /> <br />Irrigation. <br /> <br /> <br />While there are about 20,000 acres irrigated anr.ually <br /> <br /> <br />from the Purgatoire River proper, below the Sopris Dam, areas <br /> <br /> <br />served by early priority rights having first call on normal stream- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3l <br /> <br />