Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19
FARM development
GREAT INCREASE SHOWN IN
COLORADO FARM PRODUCTS.
Figures In Bulletin On Live stock
And Crops Raised In centsnnlai
state Show Advancement.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

ducts for Colorado during 1909 are
presented in bulletin issued by Di-
rector Durand of the government CEN
sus bureau. showing the remarkable
increase In livestock and crops in the
decade Just prior to the taking Of the
last census.
The comparisons are not exact in
many instances because of the lack
Of detailed information available in
1899. which made it necessary in
some instances to count by-products
in with the actual products, thus
doubling up tho figures in some in.
stances.
The report says in part
"The number Of farms in Colorado
reporting dairy COWS on April Is. 1910.
was s2,660. but only 23,235 reported
dairy products in 1909. The number
Of dairy cows ON such farms ON April
IL, 1910. was s4,132. The amount Of
milk reported was ss.6s2.000 gallons.
by reason Of the incompletness Of
the returns for milk produced the CEN
sus bureau has made no attempt to
determine the total value of dairy pro-
ducts for 1909. For convenience
partial total has been presented COM
prtsing the reported value Of milk,
cream and butter fat sold and the re-
ported value Of butter and cheese
made, whether for home consumption
or for sale. The total thus obtained
for 1909 is $4.174.O00. which may be
defined as the total value of dairy
products exclusive of milk and cream
used on the farm producing. The
butter made on farms in 1909 was
valued At $1,565, 900.
"The total number of sheep of
shearing age in Colorado ON April Is,
1910. was 100000, representing a de-
crease Of 3.5 per cont, as compared
with the number on June /, 1900 H.
853.OO0). The approximate production
Of wool during 1909 was 1,254,000
fleeces. weighing 7,563.00o pounds
and valued at $1.45S.O00.
THE total number of fowls on Col
orado farms on April 15. 1910, was
1,721.000. OF the 34,491 farms report
Ing fowls, 9.40S did not report any
eggs produced in 1909. and 1887 did
not report any poultry raised in 1909.
The production OF eggs actually re-
ported for the year 1909 was 5.5sO.oOo
dozen, valued at S1,96S,000.
THE total production of eggs in
1909, including estimates, was 1852.
900 dozen, valued at $2.444,000. The
total production of poultry in 1909. In
cluding estimates made on the
same basis as in the case of eggs. was
100000 fowls, valued at $1,393,000
"The total value of domestic ami
mails sold during 1909 was $22.454s
900. and that OF animals slaughtered
on farms $1,754.000, making an aggre
gate OF s24.2o8.Oo0.
"The census Of 1900 called for the
receipts from the sale Of all domestic
animals raised on the farms report
ing and the total value Of those
slaughtered during 1899. which
amounted. respectively. to $s,47s.o0t
and s1.0sS.0o0.
The total value of crops In Colo
RADIO in 1909 was s5o,975. 900. The
combined acreage Of crops for which
acreage was reported was 3.614.312
representing sos per cent. Of the tota
improved land in farms (4.302, ,101
aores).
The general character OF Colorado
agriculture II indicated by the fact
that less than one-third (29 per cent?
Of the total value Of crops In 1906
was contributed by the cereals. about
one-third (S3.9 per ccnt) by hay and
forage. about one-eighth (12 per cent?
BY sugar crops. and about one-eighth
(11.s per cent? by potatoes and 9th
Or vegetables. The remainder. repre-
senting 1872 pcr cent. Of the total
consisted mostly Of fruits and nuts.
TN 1908 the total acreage Of pota
toes and other vegetables was 1929
and their value s6.o5s.000.
'Raspberries and loganberries are
the most important OF the small fruits
raised in Colorado, Judged by value.
with strawberries a close second. The
value of the raspberry and loganberry
crop in 1909 was $156.66S; OF the
strawberry crop. $156.o59. The total
acreage Of small fruits in 1909 was
2.s29, and in 1899. 2,347, an increase
Of EOS per cent. The production in
1909 was 4.295.OOO quarts. as com.
pared with 3.649.000 quarts in 1899.
and the value $4,000. as compared
with s294.Ooo.
"The total quantity Of orchard
fruits produced in 1909 was 4.566,ooo
bushels, valued at $4.652,00o. Apples
contributed nearly four-fifths of this
quantity. peaches and nectarines most
Of tho remainder. The production OF
grapes in 1909 amounted to 1,037.614
pounds, valued At 32s.o26. while the
production Of nuts was unimportant.
"The production OF all orchard
fruits together in 1909 was 1.1s9.6 per
per cent. more than that In 1899,
while the production of grapes in.