The Elbert County tribune., 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.

Denver.-Statistics for farm pro
ducts for Colorado during 1909 are
presented in a 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 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 1852 900 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 a
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
made. whether for home consumption
for 1909 is $4.174 900, which may be
defined as the total value of dairy
products exclusive of milk and cream
lsed on the farm producing. The
butter made on farms in 1909 was
valued at sl.565.0
"The total number of sheep of
shearing age in Colorado on April Is.
1910, was 100000, representing de-
crease of 3.5 per cont, as compared
with the number on June !, 1900 d.
353.OOO). The approximate production
of wool during 1909 was 1.254.000
fleeces. weighing 7,563,0OO pounds
and valued at s1.45S,000.
"The total number of fowls on Col
orado farms on April 10. 1910. was
1.721. 900. OF the 34,4s1 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.0oo
dozen. valued at s1.96s,000.
"The total production of eggs in
1909, including estimates, was 10,652.-
900 dozen. valued at $2.444.O0o. The
total production of poultry in 1909, in
II, he
same basis as in the case of eggs. was
2.7o7.o0O fowls. valued at $1.39s.Ooo.
1.-The total value of domestic ami
mails sold during 1909 was $22,454.-
600. and that of animals slaughtered
on farms $1,754.0 900. making an aggre-
gate of s24.2O8.000.
"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.0Oo
and $1.Oss.OOO.
THE total value of crops in Colo
rado in 1909 was $50.975,000. The
combined acreage of crops for which
acreage was reported was 2.614,s12.
representing CO.'S per cent. of the total
improved land in farms (4,302,101
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 1888 per cent? by hay and
forage, about one-eighth (12 per cent?
by sugar crops, and about one-eighth
(11.9 per cent? by potatoes and 9TH
er vegetables. The remainder. repre-
senting 1872 per cent. of the total.
consisted mostly of fruits and nuts.
TN 1909 the total acreage of pota-
tees and other vegetables was 118,2s2,
and their value $6.05s,000.
"Raspberries and loganberries are
the most important of the small fruits
raised in Colorado, judged by value.
with strawberries close second. The
value of the raspberry and loganberry
crop in 1909 was $156.ess; of the
strawberry crop. $156.O59. Tho total
acreage OF small fruits in 1909 was
1929, and in 1899, 2,347, an increase
of POS per cent. The production in
1909 was 4.295.O00 quarts, as com
pared with 3,649,000 quarts in 1899,
and the value $399.00o. as compared
with s294.O0o.
"The total quantity of orchard
fruits produced In 1909 was 4,566.000
bushels, valued at $4.652.000. Apples
contributed nearly four-fifths of this
quantity. peaches and nectarines most
of the remainder. The production of
grapes in 1909 amounted to 1.037.61d
pounds, valued at S2s.026. while the
production of nuts was unimportant.
1.-The production OF all orchard