The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-12
COLORADO CROP REPORT
ERTS PLACE VALUE OF
YEARS CROPS AT $50, 1876, $40.
Reports Show Steady Increase in Acre
age-Beets Worth $16,6o5 900;
Apples, $2,4so, 900, and Reans
$1,746, 500.
Western Newspaper Union New, Service.

eIuLHeul experts put tue estimated
production of Colorado crops for 1916
at total value of $S0,195,910. This
is an increase of s12 ,113, $40 over 1915.
and $15,069,4S6 over 1914. The report
is published by the Denver Civic AS
sociation to demonstrate the expand
ing prosperity of the agricultural Sec
tions of the state and to show that
any falling off in production has been
more than balanced by the increased
prices being realized for the products
of the soil.
1t is shown that for three years
there has been steady increase in
acreage devoted TO crops. The acre
age in 1914 was 2,605. 400: in 1915,
2.754.SOO, and this year, 2.9G1 900, an
increase in 1916 over 1915 of 2o6,2oo
acres.
Notes of the big increases are made
showing that the acreage OF sugar
beets has increased GA 200. the produc-
ton $4,000 tons, and the value So
267,400 in 1916 over 1915. Beans
Sdiucu Ill dCled6e ',VVV, PiouuS'ioA
$4,000, and value 1864, 500. The po-
tato crop this year will be worth 3d.
792,1OO more than last year The
acreage of wheat increased 10000
and the value $2,4sO,0O0.
Other crops increasing in value in
ciude rye, barley, oats. pears, truck
garden products, kaffir corn and can
taloupes. Hay, corn and peaches
showed a decrease III value.
The total value of the sugar beet
crop is s1G,605.000. as compared with
s1O.337 600 in 1915 and S9.691,0O0 in
1914. The acreage, production and
price increased for each year.
Beans went from $1,000 acres in
1914 and 1915 to $4,000 acres in 1916,
the production increasing from 300.-
900 bushels in 1914 to 100000 bushels
in 1915, and 100000 bushels in 1916,
and the price advanced from $3.50 to
$3.50. The total value of the bean
crop in 1916 was $1,746,50O. or consid-
erably more than twice the value in
1915.
Apples decreased from 693.0OO bar
rels in 1915 to 6S9,000 in 1916. The
total value of this years crop is ST.
1000.
The rye crop of 10000 acres was
1872 900 bushels, at a price of sc cents,
total value of s337.120.
The total acreage of potatoes is
given as $4,000, a decrease of 5000
over the two preceding years. The
production dropped from 7,150,00O
bushels in 1914 to 5,s72.00O in 1916,
and the value was 1854 900, as COM
pared with $4.722,300 in 1915.
The acreage in hay was 100000 in
1914 and 1915 and 900 In 1916. The
price increased from $40 last year
to 80 this year, and the total value OF
the crop in 1916 is SIS. .423,000.
The state produced 100000 acres OF
barley in 1915 and 1916 and the pro-
duction this year was 4,10S,000 bush
els. The price advanced 20 cents per
bushel during the year. the total val
ue of the crop being s3,2SG,4O0. as
compared with $2,sOs,O0O in 1915.
Corn decreased approximately S,60O,-
900 bushels, the total production this
year being 7,62s.OOO bushels, and the
total value s5,s73.O0O. as compared
with $7,67O,40O in 1915.
The acreage in wheat in 1916 was
$4,000, as compared with 100000 In
1915. The production was 10,S30,0OO
bushels, as compared with 13,31O,0OO
in 1915 The price was $1.27 this
year, as against 80 cents last year.
the total value of the crop is s13,754,-
100, an increase of ALMOST $3,OOO,OOO.
The pear crop is valued at $43O,OOO,
three times that of 1915. The produc-
ton was $4,000 bushels and the price
was $3.50, as compared with $3.50 last
year.
The acreage in peaches was 100000.
The price was 1 cent less than last
year and the total value Of the crop
this year is s571,050.
Other fruits and vegetables were
valued at s1,6S4, 900, truck garden
products at s75O.O0O, and kaffir corn
at $764,4OO.
The cantaloupe crop was 1000 cars,
against 800 last year. The price per
car went from 5000 in 1914 to 1920
this year, and the total value of the
1916 crop was $4,000.
Other crops this year were: Cher
ries, $75,0OO; strawberries. $105,OOO;
tomatoes, 100000; cabbage, 100000;
onions, $4,000: celery, $S7,500: field
peas, 100000; canning peas, $50, 900;
cucumbers for seed and pickles, $175.-
900.
State Assumes Care of Insane.
Wednesday the state began to take
ohorpa of tho indipent insane ma