Show water project crops valued at 21 millions million washington acres of land irrigated by bureau of reclamation project produced in the 1954 crop y year car the interior department reported monday the lands were irrigated by eight utah proal projects ctr hyrum moon lake newton ogden river provo river scofield strawberry valley and weber river the reclamation project servicing the greatest number of acres either in whole or in part was the weber river arc project att which served some acres of land with a result smallest was newton which served 1060 1969 acres producing worth of crops the bureau of reclamation broke down the areas it irrigates in utah into four categories full water supply supplemental supply special and warren act lands and leased and water rental renta I 1 lands largest number of acres the one which received only a part of their water supply from reclamation la lar projects numbered and produced crops valued at the other kluve categories mado made up the difference of about 2 worth of crops perhaps the most interesting statement to utahna was that made in conjunction with the 1954 crop report by commissioner of reclamation wllbur wilbur A dexheimer in contra contradiction diction of upper colorado river storage project foes charges Dex dexheimer helmer said many of the he foods used throughout the country and which receive no price support are produced only in the arid west on irrigated farms it has long been southern Cali fornias un unsubstantiated claim that opening of new reclamation la lands in the upper bagin will only add to U S price supported crops already in great surplus dexheimer declared however that of the total reclamation irrigated production about 53 per P cent were forage and feed crops without those crops he said much m uch of the million acres of western range land could not be economically used prejudice has always been the greatest obstacle to progress |