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<br />-18- <br /> <br />,-, <br />,~_.. <br /> <br />,- <br />.-"..".--....:.. <br /> <br />The value of the crops raised in Weld county for the geriod 1923 to <br />_._ _ H____ ____un_ __ _n_ _ __ u,___ _..__n_ _________ <br /> <br />~ 1936, inclusive, was determined by using the average unit prices for the 14- <br />Cf.l <br />~ year period, applying those prices to the actual production of the principal <br /> <br />crops. It wes found that the average gross value of the crops produced in <br /> <br />Weld county for the period W6.S ~12,768.700, or about ho.oo per acre per year. <br /> <br />The average value of the crops produced in Bent and Prowers counties for the <br /> <br />same period, based on the same average unit prices, was about i23.00 per <br /> <br />acre per year. <br /> <br />The growing season in Bent and Prowers counties is agout one month longer <br /> <br />than it is in Weld county. With a controlled water supply, available for ,use <br /> <br />when needed, it is reasonable to suppose that the same tYge of crops would be <br /> <br />grown in Bent and Prowers counties as in Weld county, which would almost double <br /> <br />the gross crop value per year. If this change in type of crop materialized, <br /> <br />,'." <br />.( <br /> <br />the value of supplemental water to the area would practically double. <br /> <br />Detailed studies in connection with the Colorado-Big Thompson trans- <br /> <br />mountain diversion, which is to serve the northern Colorado area, indicate <br /> <br />that the value of supplemental water for that areR in terms of increase in <br /> <br />gross crop production is not less than }10.00 per acre-foot per year. <br /> <br />Since for the period 1914 to 1936, inclusive, it is estimated there would <br /> <br />be made available to the ColoradO canals by the Caddoa reservoir about <br /> <br />67,3Qo acre-feet of additional water per year, it is estimated this water <br /> <br />would result in an increased gro'ss value of crops produced, based upon present <br /> <br />acreages and types of crops, and based upon average unit prices prevailing <br /> <br />between 1923 and 1936, of $280,000 to ~400,OOO. If the operation of the res- <br /> <br />servoir would bring about a change in ~ypes of crops, approaching the types <br /> <br />raised in Weld county, it is estimated the increased value of crops resulting <br /> <br />,- - trOD! the opere:tion or-tlie-Ciiddoa reserVorr-m-tlie ColoradO" areawould-amount---- <br />to between $500,000 and $600,000 per year. <br />