Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . pectations of the advocates of thisactivity and argue strongly for its extension. CROPS. All agricultural statistics are now dominated by the effects of theWorld War, and this is strikingly shown by a comparison of thetable of irrigation and crop results presented herewith for 1919 withthat for 1914 published in the Smithsonian Report for 1915 (p. 473). For all projects the crop report for 1919 shows a gross value of$89,000,000, or an average of $80 for each of the 1,113,000 acrescropped. Alfalfa continues as the great basi
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . pectations of the advocates of thisactivity and argue strongly for its extension. CROPS. All agricultural statistics are now dominated by the effects of theWorld War, and this is strikingly shown by a comparison of thetable of irrigation and crop results presented herewith for 1919 withthat for 1914 published in the Smithsonian Report for 1915 (p. 473). For all projects the crop report for 1919 shows a gross value of$89,000,000, or an average of $80 for each of the 1,113,000 acrescropped. Alfalfa continues as the great basic crop, occupying 38per cent of the crop area and furnishing nearly one-third of the totalcrop value. Cotton, while grown on only the four southernmostprojects, brought in returns of over $20,000,000 in 1919. The follow-ing table presents statistics relating to crop production as collectedby Government employees on the Reclamation Service projects. Fig-ures for crops from over 1,000,000 acres of lands on private projects Smithsonian Report, 1919.—Bissell. Plate CONCONULLY RESERVOIR, OKANOGAN PROJECT. Smithsonian Report, 1919.—Bissell. Plate 8.
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