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<br />.-/ <br />'0:::" <br />00 <br />"-.l <br /> <br />AGRICULTURE <br /> <br />A crop census covering 99i of the irrigated land within the <br /> <br />project is given in Table 2. <br /> <br />Table 2 <br /> <br />Crop CensuS <br />Present Irrigated Area <br /> <br />Crop Acres 1. Crop Acres 1. <br />Alfalfa 5230 64.1: Orchards 25 0.3 <br />Gras s Hay 1176 14.4:Sugar Beets 8 0.1 <br />Small Grain: 1608 19.7:0ther crops 41 0.5 <br />Potatoes 73 0.9: <br /> Total 8161 :100.0 <br /> <br />It is apparent that faming on the project with 801. of the <br /> <br />irrigated area in hay crops, is prioarily an adjunct of the livestock <br /> <br />business. A more reliable water sUl'Ply will increase the acreage of <br /> <br />cash crops such as potatoes and sugar beets at the expense of the <br /> <br />small grain acreage in the first instance, and later with increased <br /> <br />acre yield of the hay crops there will be a decrease in that area, <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />also by reason of limited demand for hay for livestock feeding and the <br /> <br />,. <br />", <br /> <br />, <br />" <br /> <br />greater value of other crops. <br /> <br />~ <br />r <br />:~; <br /> <br />The area opposite the project, north of the Colorado River, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~.. <br /> <br />is regarced as'>ne of the best in Western Colorado for the production <br /> <br />of sugar beets. More sugar beets might have been 1~oduced on the <br /> <br />project in the past except that the lower project lands owned the <br /> <br />18 <br />