The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-12
COLORADO CROP REPORT
EXPERT PLACE VALUE or
YEARS CROPS AT $50, 1s5,s1o.
Reports Show Steady Increase In Acre
age-Beets Worth $16,6o6, COO;
Apples, $2,4so, 900, and Beans
$1,746.500.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service

Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
Denver.-Figures compiled by gov
ernment experts put the estimated
production of Colorado crops for 1915
at total value Of $8O.195,9l0. This
Is an increase Of $12.113,slO over 1915.
and s13,O69.4S6 over 1914. The report
Is published by the Denver Civic AS
ISOLATION 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 a steady increase in
acreage devoted to crops. The acre
age in 1914 was 2,6O5,4O0; in 1915.
2,7S4,SOO, and this year, 1851 900, an
increase in 1916 over 1915 Of 20G, 200
acres.
Notes of the big increases are made
showing that the acreage of sugar
beets has increased $4,000, the produc-
tion $4,000 tons, and the value &c.
267, 400 in 1916 over 1915. Beans
gained in acreage 1900, production
$4,000, and value $9645O0. The po
tato crop this year will be worth 3d.
792.10O more than last year. The
acreage Of wheat increased 10000
and the value $2,4S0,0O0. 4
Other crops increasing in value in
clude rye, barley. oats. pears, truck
garden products, kaffir corn and can.
taloupes. Hay, corn and peaches
showed decrease in value. h
The total value of the sugar beet
crop is s16,605.000. as compared with
$lo,S37,6O0 in 1915 and s9,6s1 900 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 30o.-
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 $1.746.500, Or consid-
erably more than twice the value in
1915.
Apples decreased from 693, 900 bar.
rels in 1915 to 6S9,OoO in 1916. The
total value of this years crop is $2,.
100000.
The rye crop OF 10000 acres was
$4,000 bushels, at a price of Sc cents,
total value OF s337.1 .12O.
The total acreage OF potatoes il
given as $4,000, decrease OF 1000
over the two preceding years. The
production dropped from 7,150,O00
bushels in 1914 to 5,S72,oOo in 1916,
and the value was sS,514000, as com.
pared with $i.722,300 in 1915.
The acreage in hay was $4,000 in
1914 and 1915 and $1,000 in 1916. The
price increased from $40 last year
to ~ this year. and the total value OF
the crop in 1916 is s1S,423,0O0.
The state produced 10000 acres OF
barley in 1915 and 1916 and the pro
duction this year was 4,1OS,o0o bush.
els The price advanced 20 cents per
bushel during the year, the total val
ue OF the crop being s3,2S6, 400, M
compared with $2,SoS,ooo in 1915.
Corn decreased approximately $500.
OoO bushels. the total production this
year being 7,62s.oO0 bushels, and the
total value $5,S73,ooO. as compared
with $3.50, 400 in 1915.
The acreage in wheat in 1916 was
727,000, as compared with 100000 in
1915. The production was 1O,S30. .00d
bushels, as compared with 1890, 900
In 1915. The price was s1.27 this
year. as against 50 cents last year
the total value of the crop is $l3,754,-
100, an increase OF almost $1,000, 900.
The pear crop is valued at $430 900,
three times that OF 1915. The produc.
tion was $4,000 bushels and the price
was $3.50, as compared with $3.50 last
year.
The acreage in peaches was 405 900.
The price was | cent less than last
year and the total value of the crop
this year is $571.O5O.
Other fruits and vegetables were
valued at $1.6si,0OO. truck garden
products at $750.0OO. and kaffir corn
at $764,400.
The cantaloupe crop was 1900 cars,
against 800 last year. The price per
car went from $500 In 1914 TO s320
this year. and the total value of the
1916 crop was $4,000.
Other crops this year were. Cher
rles, $4,000; strawberries, slO5,000;
tomatoes. 100000; cabbage, s3O0,0oo
onions. 100000; celery. ss7,5O0: field
peas. $200,O00; canning peas. $50 ZOO;
cucumbers for seed and pickles. 3l75,-
900. =