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-34- <br />• <br />Vegetation Type 84 - Agricultural. Agricultural lands co~rised the largest <br />type on the study area accounting for 44.59 acres. .These lands were planted <br />with alfalfa hay during the 1979 growing season and harvested during late <br />sunnier. The farmex using the land was contacted for hay production esti- <br />mates; however, he did not keep records and this inforniation is not avail- <br />able. Similar dry land alfalfa fields in this area of Colorado produce <br />between 2000 and 3000 1Ls uiy rreight alfalfa per acre per year (personal <br />comrnu~ication, Mr. Thomas Darty, Agricultural ESctension Agent, Nbntrose, <br />Colorado, 1979). As with the juniper oomminity, reference areas were <br />not rec~,;red for this type. <br />• <br /> <br />APR. g ,gg~• <br />