Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-01-03
RECLAMATION PROJECTS RE-
PORT ON VALUE OF CROPS.
The Yield in Crops Amounts to Over
Half a Million Dollars.

The Reclamation Service has COM
pleted the work of casting up totals
on the usual annual census of the pro-
ject for 1913 relative to acreage, yield
and prices. The value of crops on the
project for 1912 was $46o,882, while
for 1913 it mounted up to $555,0O7, an
increase of $50, 1850
The reclamation Offices 1913 report,
which has been forwarded to Wash
ington, shows some interesting ap-
proximations, among which are the
following:
Alfalfa hay: acres in crop, 1880,
tons. produced, 45,123, average yield
per acre, 3.23 tons, maximum yield
tons per acre, average value, 81 per
ton, by which figure the total pro-
duction is multiplied, giving a value
to the 1913 alfalfa crop of $315,o24.
The average value per acre of the sea-
sonal production is thus $226l.
Barley: acres in crop, 1880 bushels
raised, 43,288. average yield, % bush
els, value per bushel, 500, total value
of crop, $25,o4160, value per acre,
$3.50.
Sugar beets: acres in crop, 1,O79, to-
tai yield, o,460 tons, average per acre,
$40 tons, maximum yield per acre,
1875 tons on the G. w. Likes and F.
M. Wightman ranches, value per ton,
So, total value of crop, $56,760, aver
age value of yield per acre, $3.50
Garden: total crop 180 acres, total
value, $l9,77o, value per acre, $l0980.
Hay: Except ALFALFA, acres in crop
3,467, tons 4,0O1, average yield per acre
lis, value per ton, 81, total value of
crop, $28,007, average value per acre,
$8O5
Oats: acres in crop, 283, total crop,
1924 bushels, average yield 1868
bushels per acre, value per bushel,
$40, total value of crop, $4,10o60, .av-
erage value per acre, $14.52.
Onions for market: acres in crop 38,
bushels raised, 10,ol5, maximum yield
per acre, 875 bushels by Geo. Burton,
of Northam, value per bushel, $50,
total value of crop, 1892, average
value per acre, $22078.
Pasture: acres, 1882, value $780,
457, average value per acre, $lo8.
Potatoes, common: acres in crop,
416, total yield, 2o,789 bushels, aver
age yield per acre, 7l6l bushels, max
mum yield per acre, 700 bushels on
the t. R. Harper ranch, value, SIS
per bushel, toal crop value, $22, 341 rs,
average value per acre, $3.50.
Wheat: acres in crop, 1880, produc1
ton. 30,27l bushels, average per acre,
1908 bushels, value per acre, $33,
value per bushel, $85, total crop value,
S25,73035, average value per acre,
$16.17
Miscellaneous-new alfalfa: acres in
crop, 1850, value of production, SILL
225, value per acre, $2.31.
The amount of land seeded to alfalfa
within the project during 1913 is A.
523 acres, acres in non-bearing or
chard, 1872.
The total number of rams within
the project is 4e4, comprising a total
irrigable area of 5000, of which 49,
075 acres were actually irrigated
There are 30,S57 acres under contract
for government water rights and un-
settled vested water rights total H.
2l8 acres. The total cropped area of
farms reported amounts to 42,943 and
the grand total irrigated last summer
was 43,075.
Mr.. Marean states that the earnest
cooperation of the farmers of the pro-
ject has been instrumental in reduc-
ing the cost of the census taking ma
terially over the figures of last sea-
son and that an admirable spirit was
everywhere encountered.
1t is noteworthy that the sugar beet
yield per acre value ranks well at the
top or $3.50. Onions are the most
valuable crop here and with so much
land adapted to onion culture the
wonder is that the produce is not gen
orally raised here.
The actual irrigable area of the pro-
ject, as plated irrigable area of farms.
including unsettled vested water
rights, is reported as 56o55 acres.
There are 10 farms on the project with
unsettled vested water rights, with an
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