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Similarly , reports for 1978 crop production class Pitkin <br /> and Gunnison Counties , again, as among the least productive of the state <br /> (Tables III-A-7 & 8 . ) <br /> TABLE III-A-7 <br /> AGRICULTURES PRODUCTION : PITKIN & GUNNIS.ON COUNTIES <br /> Crops Produced Mountain District State Low State High <br /> Winter wheat Under 100 , 000 bushels Same 3 , 000 , 000 plus <br /> Corn grain Under 200 , 000 bushels* Same 5 , 000 , 000 plus <br /> Barley Under 40 , 000 bushels* Same 5 , 000 , 000 plus <br /> Sorghum grain Under 25 , 000 bushels* Same 300 , 000 plus <br /> Dry beans Under 10, 000 CWT . * Same 90 , 000 plus <br /> Sugar beets Under 10 , 000 tons* Same 100 , 000 plus tons <br /> All hay Pitkin : Under 25 , 000'* Same 80 , 000 plus <br /> Gunnison : 25-49 , 999 Under 25 , 000 <br /> tons* tons <br /> • *Production by county . <br /> Source : 1979 Colorado Agricultural Statistics . Bulletin <br /> 1-79 . Published by the Colorado Department of <br /> Agriculture . <br /> Statistics collected over the last decade <br /> indicate a similar pattern for the Mountain and Northwestern <br /> reporting district as a whole. Native and alfalfa hay are <br /> the most substantial crops produced in the district . Relative <br /> productivity even of hay crops has declined in recent years . <br /> Other crops make up a small or nonexistent percent of the <br /> state' s output . <br /> 21 <br />