The Colorado statesman., 1916-11-25
s82,OOO,OOOFORCROPS
INCREASE OF s1s,ooo,ooo IN YEAR
FOR COLORADO PRODUCTS.
Unusual Finishing Weather Makes
First ESTIMATES of Production 10
to IS Per cent Too Low.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Governme and state ex-
perts are adding 10 and 10 per cent
to tue crop production of Colorado
over the estimate previously made by
agricultural experts. Their figures
give the yield of the state a total
value of over $S2,000,000, or an in
crease of approximately s13,00O,000
over the 1915 production and $14,O00.-
600 over the value of the crop pro-
duced in 1914.
The unusually good finishing wealth
er with late frost is the basis for the
increased production and valuation
over the estimate made last month.
From an acreage of 5000 less than
the $4,000 planted last year potato
growers will realize approximately
100000 bushels, this crop being par
ticularly favored by the favorable ma
turing conditions. This is against a
production of 7,155,000 bushels In 1915.
But the farmers will receive for this
years crop over sS,6OO,O0O, against
S4,722,300 realized for the 1915 crop.
The production of wheat this year
will aggregate 100000 bushels less
than in 1915, but its value is approx
mately $14,O0000O, $3,000,0O0 more
than last year. The acreage planted
was $4,000 acres, nearly 100000 more
than planted last year
For three years there has been a
steady increase in acreage devoted to
n 90
400, in 1915, 2,754,S0O, and this year,
2,961 900, an increase In 1916 of 206,-
500 acres over 1915.
The 1916 potato crop will be worth
S3,972, ,11O more than in 1915. The acre
age of wheat increased 10000 and the
value, $2,4SOOOO
Other crops increasing in value in
clude rye, barley, oats. pears, kaffir
corn and cantaloupes. Hay, corn and
peaches showed a decrease in value.
Pears yielded $4,000 bushels, as
against $4,000 in 1915, but the price
of $3.50 bushel was 81 more than in
1915, giving total value of s430,000,
the largest in the history of the state.
Peaches dropped in production from
1913 of 145,00O bushels, which, even
with a lower price, made the total
value nearly s35O,OOO less than in
1915
Other fruits and vegetables brought
total of $1,6S4 900, an advance of
$I.200,OOO over 1915.
Estimates on other crops place the
value of the cantaloupe yield at $512,-
900; cherries, s75,0o0; strawberries,
$105,oG0; tomatoes, 100000; onions,
100000; celery, $S7,500; field peas,
100000; canning peas, $4,000, and
cucumbers, $175,OO0.
The livestock industry has also ex-
panded beyond all estimates. In Au-
gust. ]. A. Shoemaker, manager of the
Denver Union Stockyards Company,
predicted that the total receipts at the
yards for the year 1916 would be 500,-
0Oe cattle, 100000 hogs and 1,O0O, 900
sheep. This record was reached and
passed last month and the total prom
ises to be in excess of 25 per cent
more than Mr.. Shoemaker's estimate.
Denver. Beet sugar growers in
northern Colorado already have re-
"Si'cu Po,'oE,Voo loT lheil Ciop ltoii
the Great Western Sugar Company
alone. The final payment on the 1916
yield was made by the nine factories
operated by the company a few days
ago.
The following is the total paid out
by the nine factories of the company
IN northern Colorado: Longmont, ST.
125,000: Fort Collins 81 900 900: Love-
.and, $1,2O0,00O; Greeley, 100000;
Windsor, s329,OO0; Eaton. s25O,00O;
Fort Morgan. $740,O00; Sterling, $685.
900.