The Greeley tribune., 1910-02-24
CROPS
LEAD OTHER STATES

From figures obtained from the
government crop reports for 1909.
the Colorado State Commercial asso-
citation has Just compiled . table OF
the yields of various staple crops in
fourteen Of the leading agricultural
states Of the union, including Colo
rado. which gives some idea of why
farm land values in Colorado are the
highest in the country and in some
cases the highest in the world. While
the table does not place Colorado in
the lead with all crops. careful
study will show that this state leads
by a good safe margin on the aver
age from the five crops taken for the
comparison.
The yield per acre of the various
farm products in the fourteen states
and Colorado are shown in the fol-
lowing table:
Wheat, 8.2 bu; oats,
$50 bu.; barley, $50 bu.; potatoes,
ITO bu.; hay, 1.43 tons.
Nebraska-Wheat. 1914 bu.; oats
S1.0 bu.; barley. 27.5 bu.; potatoes,
3o.U Du. nay, LID tons.
Kansas-Wheat, 1919 bu.; oats
27.1 bu.; barley, 22.0 bu.; potatoes,
SO bu.; hay, 1.55 tons.
Missouri-Wheat. 1874 bu.; oats,
27.2 bu.; barley, 23.O bu.; potatoes.
$40 bu.; hay. 1.10 tons.
Iowa-Wheat, 14.2 bu.: oats, $50
bu.; barley, $50 bu.; potatoes. 500
bu.; hay, 1.70 tons.
Wheat, 1873 bu.; oats,
37.5 bu.; barley, 27.O bu.; potatoes,
$40 bu.; hay, LIS tons.
Wisconsin-W Wheat, 37.6 bu. oats,
l6.6 bu.; barley, $50 bu.; potatoes,
$50 bu.; hay, l.S0 tons.
Illinois-Wheat, 100 bu.; oats,
S5.5 bu.; barley, 800 bu.; potatoes,
$50 bu.; hay, 1.S5 tons.
Indiana-Wheat, 1873 bu.; oats.
35.S bu. barley, $50 bu.; potatoes
$500 bu. hay. Las tons.
Michigan-Wheat. 1875 bu.; oats,
1876 bu.; barley. 27.O bu.; potatoes,
$40 bu.; hay, 1.46 tons.
Ohio-Wheat, III bu.; oats, 35.S
bu.; barley. 26.2 bu.; potatoes. 7o.0
bu.; hay, 1.49 tons.
Arkansas-Wheat, 10 bu.: oats
20.3 bu.; potatoes, $50 bu.; hay
LIS tons.
Texas-Wheat, SO bu.; oats, 31.4
bu.; barley. $40 bu.; potatoes, $40
bu.: hay, 100 tons.
New York-Wheat, 30 bu.; oats
342 bu; barley 25.7 bu.; potatoes,
700 bu. hay, 1.30 tons.
Colorado-Wheat. $50 bu.; oats,
$50 bu.; barley $50 bu.; potatoes,
1900 bu.; hay. 2.65 tons.
The above includes the yields in
irrigated lands, while all the other
states included in the above have
abundant rainfall and have no dry"
lands, where the yield is considerably
smaller than the average. to reduce
the figures. The association has COM
| piled figures on the same crops from
both irrigated and non-irrigated
lands in Colorado, from which it
will be seen that in some parts of
the state the Yields are very much
greater than those given in the gov
ernment figures. The following are
the figures compiled by the associa-
ton from its records Tor 1909:
Average yield per acre on irrigated
land in Colorado: Wheat, S6.4; oats.
81 6; barley, 42.l; potatoes. 20O.2;
hay. $50: alfalfa, $50.
Average yield per acre on dry
farming land in Colorado: Corn.
I22.O: wheat. 1911; oats, $40; bar
ley, 20.5 potatoes, lo2.S; hay, LAO;
alfalfa. 2.45.
Average for the irrigated and nom
irrigated land area in Colorado:
Corn, 22O: wheat, 27.2: oats. 46.3:
barley. 314: potatoes. l5l.5: hay.
1856 alfalfa. 3.12.
Average, 2.4S tons.
None of these tables include fruit,
and ii is from fruit lands that the
largest incomes are derived in Colo
RADIO. The government reports do
not include fruit yields, and the as
sociation has not yet completed its
figures on fruit yields for the state.
1t is the fruit lands, however, that
have been pronounced by experts the
most valuable crop lands in the
world, the value being based upon
the income derived annually from
them.