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<br />c., <br /> <br />(..1 <br /> <br />The figures include the population of the towns of Silt and Rifle in <br /> <br />addition to farm .population. The population trend for the area is on <br /> <br />the increase as shown by the above table. This is the result of <br /> <br />commercial business and is not credited to any expansion of irrigation <br /> <br />farming. <br /> <br />Markets and Transportation <br /> <br />Agricultural products are largel,y marketed east of the Continental <br /> <br />Divide. The 1; n.. COlllllllll1ities of Glenwood Springs and Rifle and a <br /> <br />number of mining camps in Western Colorado of small population furnish <br />Thc..c. <br />a very limited market.!lI!IIlt may be considered at lhL Li.__ the only <br /> <br />points of market west of the Continental Divide. In recent years a <br /> <br />small number of livestock has been sold on the Ogden, Utah and West <br /> <br />Coast markets but the major portion is shipped to Denver and points <br /> <br />farther east. If the manufacturing industry buUt.up on the West Coast <br /> <br />in recent years is maintained a Western outlet for agriculture products <br /> <br />may be eJqlected to develop. The fruits and ve~etables gllll -L __I shipped <br /> <br />from the area find a ready market in Denver and Pueblo. SUgar beets <br /> <br />are loaded on railroad cars at Silt and sent to Delta, Colorado for <br /> <br />processing. The hay and grain produced findsa ready market locally in <br /> <br />the feeding of livestock. The following marketing companies and <br /> <br />~ ' <br /> <br />associations are active in the area: <br /> <br />0Qt. Co-op Association <br />John Ritter Compan.y <br />Costanzo Produce Exchange <br />Mutual Creamery Company <br />