The Greeley tribune., 1911-12-07
CRu' REPORT FOR 1911

Crops of the state whose value
last year was officially fixed at s31,-
752,oUO, appear this year to have
an aggregate value of s92,401,99O.
The production of the principal
crops Of the state this year, as given
by the government, has been:
Wfnter wheat, bushels .2,17S,0o0
Rye, bushels ........ 10000
corn UuSneIs ........ ,253,OOO
Potatoes, bushels .......2,275, 900
Oats, Ousnels ..,.......7, 7,2l1,O0O
barie! bushels -. .... 1885, 900
Sprlng wheat, bushels -. 5,694,000
Hay, tons .............1, Ala 900
The goyornment finds the greatest
decreasa in yield per acre in the
state III potatoes. Last year the
average yield in the state was 100
bushes; this year it was, according
to the government experts, only 50
bushels.
The Colorado yield of winter
wheat this year was Is bushels to
the acre, and while this is much be-
low the average for the state, the
government finds it is 25 per cent
aboye the average yield in the en-
tire country this year.
The Colorado hay yield this year
! is fixed at two tons per acre by the
government-the same as last year;
| hay iu the government estimate,
| includiuE alfalfa and all other tame
hay
The yeld OF corn per acre in
COLORADO this year is given by the
government at As bushels, as com
pared with 1919 last year.
The acre yield of spring wheat in
Colombo this year is fixed at 1875
bushels, against 219 last year, the
Colorado yield being more than
double that OF the average for the
whole country.
me average yield per acre of oats
in Colorado this year is given as
I&5.7 bushels. compared with 80. |
last year. and the Colorado average
is SO per cent above that of the ma
lion.
Barley's average yield per acre in
Colorado this year is given as 20
hushels, against 80 last year. and
The Colorado average is 40 per cent
above the nations.
The government figures OF the
value of Colorado crops in 1910
we're based on the value to the
'armers December /. The estimates
of the value to the farmers on the
same date this year, based on cur
rent quotations, averages of prices
on December l in other years for
fecade, average prices in Colorado
on November l as computed by the
government experts, and other data,
Indicate the following average prices
10 Colorado farmers on December |
bI Shp1.
DOtatoes, 81 cents per bushel, or
Sl.45 per cwt.; oats, 40 cents per
bushel; barley, 81 cents per bushel;
wheat. 73 cents per bushel; rye. 70
cents per bushel; hay, $3.50 per
ton, as compared with s10SO on
december ] of last year, according
to the government statsticians.
Besides giving final figures of the
of crops that it Quanti-
tatively estimates, the government
has given figures on the production
of fruits, as compared with a full
crop, that show the Colorado fruit
crop this year is 81 per cent above
nat Of last year. not including ap-
lies, in which there has been
great increase, not yet estimated Of
fcially.
The government has also just
given out figures on the sugar beet
last year, showing that
colorado factories treated S64.474
ons last year. paying the farmers
50 per ton, and the increase In sugar
in the beets this year. with
increased acreage, it is estimated |
vill add 10 per cent this year to the
paid farmers.
In recapitulation, the value OF all
lroducts of the farms OF Colorado
MS year appears as follows
,rops quantitatively es-
timated by the gov
ernment . .$S2,4O1.990
7ruits 6.7S2.32O
ugar beets . 4,97O.726
)airy products .. 6,114,317 l.
i've stock and products 17,222,O6
miner. speltz, buck
wheat. Kafir corn,
milo maize, broom
corn ............ zos,ooo
ouItry and eggs 2,665,545
foney 327.3S1
lax seed. alfalfa seed,
etC. .s. .. - ~
nv beans md meas 55S.952
egetables for table,
canning. pickling,
melons. etc. ....... 12,45O,29o
Total .......sS sS3,95s.932
That sum-SS2, 953. 932- repre- {
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