The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 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.

ducts for Colorado during 1909 are
presented in a bulletin issued by ID.
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 $1,000. but only 1925 reported
dairy products In 1909. The number
Of dairy cows ON such farms on April
IL. 1910. was s4.l32. The amount OF
milk reported was 33.G32.OOO gallons.
by reason Of the incompletncss 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
made. whether for home consumption
Or for sale. The total thus obtained
Tor 1909 Is $4.l74.OOO. which may be
defined US 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 $l.5G5.00O.
"The total number Of sheep OF
shearing age In Colorado on April Is.
1910. was 100000. representing u de-
crease OF 3.5 per cont. as compared
with the number on June l, 1900 d.
353.O0O). The approximate production
Of wool during 1909 was l.25A.oOO
flecces. weighing 7.5G3.0O0 pounds
and valued ut $l.45s.oOO.
"The total number Of fowls OH Col
orado farms on April 15. 1910. was
l,721,O00 or the 3i.49l farms report
ing fowls, 9.4O8 did not report any
eggs produced In 1909. and 1857 did
not report any poultry raised In 1903.
The production OF eggs actually re.
ported for the year 1909 was 5.5S0.00o
dozen. valued ut $1.9Gs.0Oo.
"The total production of eggs in
1909, including estimates. was 1862.
600 dozen. valued at $2.444.000. The
tod Dfoducdun Of poultry In 1909. in,
Guiding estimates made on the
same basis AZ In the case Of eggs. WAS
2.707. 900 fowls. valued at $1.393.000.
"Thc total value Of domestic ami
mails sold during 1909 was $22.454.-
900, and that Of animals slaughtered
ON farms $1.754. 900. making an aggre-
gate Of $24.2Os.000.
1.-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,000
and $1.os3.OOo.
1.-THE total value of crops in Colo
RADIO in 1909 was $50.975.O0O. The
combined acreage OF crops for which
acreage was reported was 2.614.312.
representing COS per cent. of the total
improved land In farms (4.302, 1O1
acrss).
1.-THE general character Of Colorado
agriculture is indicated by tn. Iact
that less than c.c :,iiru (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
OILS per cent? by potatoes and 9th.
er vegetables. The remainder. repre-
senting 1872 per cent. OF the total,
consisted mostly Of fruits and nuts.
I'm 1903 the total acreage of pota-
tess and other vegetables was 1892,
and their value $6.059.000.
"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 s156.66s; OF the
strawberry crop, $156.059. 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 4.295.0OO quarts. as COM
pared with 3,64s,O00 quarts in 1899,
and the value $4,000, as compared
with $294,OOo.
The total quantity of orchard
fruits produced in 1909 was 4.566.OO0
bushels. valued at $4,G52.o00. Apples
contributed nearly four-fifths OF this
quantity, peaches and ncctarincs most
Of the remainder. The production OF
grapes in 1909 amounted to 1.O3761f
pounds, valued at $2S.o26. while the
production of nuts was unimportant.
The production OF all orchard
fruits together In 1909 was 1,1S9.6 per