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and belonging to the sorghum-corn family, including Kafir com 

 and milo maize. Beet-sugar factories have been established on a 

 number of the projects, contracting with the farmers for a profitable 

 crop on a large acreage. Cotton has furnished an industry of im- 

 portance on the southern projects, but this has been set back by the 

 adverse market condition following the outbreak of war in Europe. 

 Fruit growing is naturally slow to become general, owing to the 

 capital required and postponement of returns; but the industry is 

 making steady progress and has become of major importance on the 

 projects peculiarly suited to it. The Sunnyside Unit in Washington 

 is the home of the famous Yakima Valley apples, and in 1914 pro- 

 duced over a million dollars worth of fruit (pi. 2, fig. 2). 



Table 2. — Irrigation and crop results on Government reclamation projects, 1914: 



state. 



Arizona 



Arizona-California. . 



California 



Colorado 



Idaho 



Montana 



Montana^N o r t h 



Dakota. 

 Nebraska- Wyoming 



Nevada 



New Mexico 



Do 



New Mexico-Texas 



North Dakota 



Oregon 



Oregon-California . 



South Dakota 



Washington 



Wyoming 



Project. 



Salt River , 



Yuma 



Orland 



Uncompahgre Valley , 



Boise 



Farms reported 



Farms not reported ^ 



Minidoka 



Gravity unit 



South side pumping 

 unit. 



Huntley 



Milk River 



Sun River 



Lower Yellowstone 



Irrigable 



187,112 

 60,000 

 14, 300 

 52,338 



207,000 



117,090 



North Platte 



Truckee-Carson 



Carlsbad 



Hondo 



Rio Grande 



North Dakota Pumping. 



Umatilla 



Klamath 



Belle Fourche 



Okanogan 



Yakima: 



Sunnyside unit 



Tietoh unit 



Shoshone 



Total 51,240,875 



28, 808 

 13,4^0 

 16,3-t6 

 36, 250 



91,504 

 52,039 

 20, 261 

 1,224 

 40,000 

 12, 239 

 17,000 

 38,000 

 68, 852 

 10,099 



81, 807 

 34,000 

 41,166 



Irrigated 

 acreage. 



2 173,030 



25,207 



7,354 



33,873 



64,767 

 18,823 



45, 730 

 35, 788 



17,068 

 2,201 

 6,613 

 5,743 



60,532 

 39, 516 

 12,690 



1,224 

 28,442 



1,056 



5,102 

 24,440 

 37,454 



7,740 



64,052 

 20,600 

 22, 226 



Cropped 



acreage. 



169, 719 



22, .568 



6,540 



33,091 



58,064 

 16, 868 



39, 138 

 33,512 



17,068 

 2,163 

 6,561 

 5,621 



59, 536 

 39, 285 

 10, 731 



1,172 

 27, 302 



1,045 



3,013 

 24,440 

 36, 709 



3,180 



49, 273 

 15,920 

 20,905 



761,271 703,424 



Value of crops. 



Total. 



$4,039,079 

 709,409 

 176,331 

 870, 381 



1,033,447 

 300, 140 



661,796 

 558,059 



454,583 

 34,618 



106,594 

 96, 707 



890, 202 



441,018 



237,663 



21,458 



1, 160, 720 



36, 440 



88, 614 



347, 344 



461, 188 



104, 575 



2,858,845 

 472,480 

 313, 826 



16,475,517 



Per 



acre 



cropped. 



$23.80 

 31.43 

 26.99 

 26.30 



17.80 

 17.80 



16.91 

 16.65 



26.63 

 16.00 

 16.25 

 17.20 



14.95 

 U1.23 

 22.15 

 18.31 

 42.51 

 34.87 

 29.41 

 14.22 

 12.56 

 32.88 



58.02 

 29.60 

 15.01 



23.50 



1 Data are for calendar year (irrigation season) except on Salt River project, Arizona, data are for corres- 

 ponding agricultural year, Octobei' 1913, to September, 1914. Figures are for reclamation projects only, 

 excluding three Indian projects in Montana, partially completed and under construction bj' the Reclama- 

 tion Service for the Indian Service. 



2 Government project only, exclusive of towns and Tempe Canal lands. 

 8 Except irrigated acreage", estimated from figures for reported farms. 



* $18.22, excluding 19,000 acres native pasture land, at $1.21 per acre, and 4,908 acres otherwise not in full 

 production. 

 6 Area Reclamation Service was prepared to supply water during season of 1914. 



