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<br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />(-, <br />~~ <br />00 <br />C"il <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado <br />, <br />Narch ,I, 1942 <br /> <br />The following statement supplements a report, dated December, <br />1 9J-I 1 , entitled, "Agrioultural Produotion in Northern Colorado Hater Con- <br />servanoy Di striot as Related to National Defense. II That report was <br />prepared for the pUrpose of showing the relation of the Colorado-Big <br />-Thompson projeot, now under oonstruotion, to the production of food in <br />the present emergenoy. Sinoe it was issued additional data and changed <br />o ondi ti ons with respect to the pI' oduotion of sugar to meet exi sting <br />national needs have beoome important. For that reason the accompanying <br />supplemental statement issubrid tted. <br /> <br />It should be notedl <br /> <br />1, . That with the aid of supplemental water provided by the <br />Colorado-Big Thompson projeot the harvested beet e.creage in the Northern <br />Colorado Hater Conservancy District could reach an average of approxi- <br />mately 19,.000 ac~es as oompared with the harvested beet aoreage in 1941 <br />of approximately 104,000 aores. <br /> <br />2. That the present oapaoity of the thirteen sugar faotories, <br />now looated and operating in the area. is adequate to refine all beets <br />harvested from about 205.000 aores. <br /> <br />" That the potential average bee'!; produotion oape.oity of the <br />Northern Colorado Hater Conservancy Distriot and the present capa01ty <br />of refineries in the area are approximately equal. It followS that no <br />materials vitally needed in produotion of war equipment will be required <br />for processing purposes within the area. <br /> <br />.4. That farljl operators in the Northern ColoradO ,Water Con'" <br />servanoy Distriot are already equipped with farm tools and maohinery re- <br />quired for beet produotion. During the war eJ]);lrgency new farm maohin- <br />ery needed in the area will be largely limited to ordinary replaoements. <br /> <br />5. That the present program of beet seed production is ade- <br />quate to furnish all antioipated future demands. <br /> <br />6, That the increased produotion of sug~.r beets in the area <br />will result in proportionate inorease in the by-produots (beet tops. <br />pulp and molasses) whioh are utilized in sheep and oattle feeding. Pro- <br />duotion of fat livestock to meet war needs will thereby be aided. <br /> <br />7. That the sugar beet industry in Northern Colorado has <br />always used a olass of transient farm laborers. largely Spanish-Amerioan, <br />who follow the seasons Of orop produotion. Mostly unskilled in trades, <br />