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<br />3.- Average acreage, total production and gross value of principal crops
<br />harvested In-Qmnison Iliver !asin, 'Colora<:!o,1943-049, 1950';'56 and 1943-60
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<br />1950-56
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<br />Crops
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<br />Corn
<br />Harvested Acres 13,395 5.16 13,425 5.66 13,952 5.62
<br />Production Bushels 560,149 673,112 681,561
<br />Value Dollars 766,877 1,084,493 963,844
<br />Wheat
<br />Harvested Acres 11,018 4.24 7,545 3.18 8,405 3.38
<br />Production Bushels 290,635 212,474 239,534
<br />Value l>ollars 499,394 419,007 429,106
<br />Oats
<br />Harvested Acres 12,537 4.83 11,505 4.85 11,216 4.52
<br />Production Bushels 509,136 485,519 472,490
<br />Value Dollars 394,306 424,875 379,772
<br />Barley
<br />IIarvested kres 10,549 4.06 8,008 3.37 9,312 3.75
<br />Production Bushels 414,131 317,487 387,760
<br />Value Dollars 461,724 385,444 413,722
<br />. Potatoes
<br />lJarvested Acres 2,741 1.05 813 .34 1,506 .61
<br />Production Bushels 620,059 262,439 382,ll71
<br />Value Dollars 855,974 313,838 492,359
<br />Beans
<br />Harvested kres 10,122 3.90 7,916 3.34 8,996 3.62
<br />Production Cwt. 124,751 117,291 125,893
<br />Value Dollars 869,011 726,924 821,234
<br />Alfalfa hay
<br />Harvested Acres (40,007) (15.40) (37,383) (15.76) (39,709) (16.00)
<br />Production Tons (94,456) (96,540) (98,890)
<br />All hay
<br />Harvested Acres 114,507 44.09 103,612 43.68 109,572 44.13
<br />Production Tons 199,744 186,397 197,032
<br />Value Dollars 3,063,174 4,003,277 3,666,454
<br />Sugar beets
<br />Harvested kres 2,093 .81 2,089 .88 2,099 .85
<br />Production Tons 27,046 29,960 30,494
<br />Value Dollars 285,492 343,648 341,764
<br />Other field crops 1/
<br />Harvested Acres 1,290 .50 762 .32 909 .37
<br />Value Dollars 50,299 28,887 36,548
<br />Fruit Acres 9,296 3.58 8,054 3.39 8,480 3.41
<br />Value Dollars 3,676,932 3,322,490 3,374,648
<br />Vegetables Acres 2,239 .86 1,033 .44 1,484 .60
<br />Value Dollars 934,184 439,773 635,734
<br />rotal crops
<br />Harvested Acres 189,787 73.08 164,762 69.45 175,931 70.86
<br />Value Dollars 11,857,367 11,492,656 11,555,185
<br />Other land irr. Acres 69,922 26.92 72,463 30.55 72,362 29.14
<br />Total land irr. Acres 2:,/259,709 100.00 1./237,225 100.00 1./248,293 100.00
<br />1/ Inclu~es rye and sorghum.
<br />~/ Excludes irrigated land not harvested and not pastured.
<br />Compiled from Colorado Agricultural Statistics and from the U. S. Census of Agri.
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