Eastern Colorado times., 1912-12-20
FARM DEVELOPMENT
GREAT INCREASE SHOWN IN
COLORADO FARM PRODUCTS.
Figures In Bulletin On Live Stock
And Crops Raised in Centennial
State Show Advancement.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Statistics for farm pro-
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 1t necessary in
some instances to count by-products
in with the actual products, thus
doubling up the figures in some in.
stances.
The report says in part -.
"The number of farms in Colorado
reporting dairy cows on April Is, 1910,
was 1850, but only 23,235 reported
dairy products in 1909. The number
Of dairy cows on such farms on April
Is, 1910, was 94,132. The amount of
milk reported was 33.632,000 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
prising the reported value of milk,
cream and butter fat sold and the re-
ported value of butter and cheese
or for sale. The total thus obtained
for 1909 is $4,174,00O, 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 de-
crease Of 3.5 per cent, as compared
with the number on June I, 1900 e.
353,0O0). The approximate production
of wool during 1909 was 1,254,o00
fleeces, weighing 7,563,000 pounds
and valued at $r,45s.0OO.
"The total number of fowls on Col.
orado farms on April 15, 1910, was
1,721,OOO. OF the 34,491 farms report.
ing fowls, 9.40S did not report any
eggs produced in 1909, and 10,537 did
not report any poultry raised in 1909.
The production of eggs actually re-
ported for the year 1909 was 5,5S0.000
dozen, valued at $1,96S,000.
1.-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
2,707.O 900 fowls, valued at $1,393,O00.
"The total value of domestic ami
mails sold during 1909 was $22,4541
900, and that of animals slaughtered
on farms $1.754,O00, making an aggre
gate of $24,20S,000.
"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,00o
and $1.O9S.oOO.
"The total value of crops in Colo
RADIO in 1909 was $5O,975,000. The
COIuDlQeu dCTedSe u CIOpS 1OI "AASh
acreage was reported was 2,614.312.
representing 6o.s per cent of the total
improved land in farms (4,3O2,1O1
acres).
"The general character of Colorado
agriculture is indicated by the fact
that less than one-third (29 per cent?
of the total value of crops in 1909
was contributed by the cereals, about
one-third (33.9 per cent? by hay and
forage, about one-eighth az per cent?
by sugar crops, and about one-eighth
(11.s per cent? by potatoes and 9TH
or vegetables. The remainder, repre-
senting 1872 per cent. of the total,
consisted mostly of fruits and nuts.
'Tn 1909 the total acreage of pota-
toes and other vegetables was 11S.2S2,
and their value $6,O59,0o0. -...
"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 2O.5 per cent. The production in
1909 was 4,295,0O0 quarts, as COM
pared with 3,649,O0O quarts in 1899,