The Elbert County tribune., 1916-10-13
COLORADO CROP REPORT
s X ERTS PLACE VALUE or
YEARS CROPS AT $50, ,ts5,s1o.
Reports Show Steady Increase In Acre
age-Beets Worth t6,6o5 900;
Apples, $2,4eo 900, and Beans
$1,746, 500.

ernment experts put the estimated
production of Colorado crops for 1916
at total value of sS0.195,9l0. This
is an increase OF s12 2.113.91O over 1915.
and s13.06s.is6 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.
II is shown that for three years
there has been steady increase in
acreage devoted to crops. The acre
age in 1914 was 2,6O5.4OO; in 1915.
2.75i,SOO. and this year, 2.96l 900. an
increase in 1916 over 1915 OF 206.2o0
acres.
Notes OF the big increases are made
showing that the acreage OF sugar
beets has increased 64,200. the produc-
tion $4,000 tons. and the value So
267,400 in 1916 over 1915. Beans
gained in acreage 1900. production
$4,000. and value s9G4,500. The po-
tato crop this year will be worth 3d.
1921 more than last year. The
acreage of wheat increased 1000
and the value s2,4S0, 900.
Other crops increasing in value in
clude rye. barley, oats. pears, truck
garden products, kaffir corn and can
taloupes. Hay. corn and peaches
showed a decrease in value. "
The total value of the sugar beet
crop is s16.605.000. as compared with
S10,337 600 in 1915 and $96S1.00O 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 $4,000 bushels in 1916.
and the price advanced from $3.50 to
$3.50. The total value OF the bean
crop in 1916 was S1.74G,500 or consid-
erably more than twice the value in
1918.
Apples decreased from $4,000 bar
rels in 1915 to Gs9.O0O in 1916. The
total value of this years crop is ST.
100000.
The rye crop of 10000 acres was
$4,000 bushels. at a price of SO cents.
total value of s337.1
The total acreage of potatoes is
given as $4,000, a decrease of 1900
over the two preceding years. The
production dropped from 7.15O,00O
bushels in 1914 TO 5.S72,000 in 1916.
and the value was ss.514,000, as com
pared with s4,722. 300 in 1915.
The acreage in hay was 10000 in
1914 and 1915 and 900 In 1916. The
price increased from $40 last year
to so this year, and the total value OF
the crop in 1916 is $1S,423.000.
The state produced 10000 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 1925. 400, as
compared with s2,S0S.0O0 in 1915.
Corn decreased approximately S,600,-
900 bushels. the total production this
year being 7,62S,00 bushels, and the
total value s5,S73. 900. as compared
with s7,670,40O in 1915.
The acreage in wheat in 1916 was
727.000, as compared with 100000 in
1915. The production was 10.83O,000
bushels, as compared with 13,310.000
in 1915. The price was s127 this
year, as against 50 cents last year.
the total value of the crop is s13.754.-
100. an increase of almost $4,000. 900.
The pear crop is valued at $4,000.
three times that of 1915. The produc-
ton was $4,000 bushels and the price
was $3.50, as compared with s1.50 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 $50.
Other fruits and vegetables were
valued at S1,684,000, truck garden
products at s750,00O. and kaffir corn
at S764. 400.
The cantaloupe crop was 1,6OO 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
rles, $4,000; strawberries. sl05,O00:
tomatoes. 100000: cabbage, 100000;
onions, 100000; celery, sS7.5OO; field
peas, 100000; canning peas, $4,000;
cucumbers for seed and pickles. s175.-
900.
State Assumes Care of Insane.