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Show 56 Table 2 2 Acreage, Population, and Value of Manufacturing Date Irrigated Estimated Population Dollar Value of Acreage Acreage Manufacturing 1850 . ( 16,333) [ 7,849] 11,380 291,220 1860 ( 77,219) [ 37,110] 40,273 900,153 1870 ( 118,755) [ 57,071] 86,786 2,343,019 1880 ( 416,105) [ 199,974] 143,963 4,324,992 1890 263,473 207,905 8,911,047 1900 629,293 276,749 21.156,183 1910 999,410* 373,351 61,989,000 1915 87,112,360 1920 1,371,651* 449,396 1930 917,139 507,847 207,641,259 1935+ 583,183 1940 911,135 550,310 167,172,226 1950 1,137,995 689,000 () [ ] These amounts misstate irrigated acreage. The United States Census listed only improved farm lands - figures included in 0 - during these years. Beginning in 1890, irrigated and improved farmlands were counted separately. The percentage of improved farm land irrigated in 1890 was 48.06% ( improved 548,233 acres, and irrigated 263,473). Using that percentage the rough estimates - in brackets [] - were obtained. * The Census Bureau used a different definition for irrigated acreage in 1910 and 1920 than in other years in this table. It included irrigated land from which no crops were harvested during these years. The resulting figures therefore overstate the acreage relative to the other years. + The decrease in acreage associated with the Depression is included to show that agricultural prices were so low that farmers simply took land out of production. The process of getting programs in place at a working level had been the necessary activity of the first years of statehood. After a functional administrative and developmental framework was in place, the emphasis could shift to promoting both public and private construction. Of course, further institutional developments continued. Once the foundation was in place, state officials directed their efforts toward two main arenas of water management. First, All information contained in Table 2 was taken from the United States Bureau of the Census, Census of the United States; the Eighth- 1850, Ninth- 1860, Tenth- 1870, Eleventh- 1880, Twelfth- 1900, Thirteenth- 1910, Fourteenth- 1920, Fifteenth- 1930, Sixteenth- 1940, and Seventeenth- 1950. The volumes relating to agricultural statistics, irrigated crop land, population, and manufactures were utilized. |
