The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-11

erty Loans totaled 34I.Ol7S5O.
A year ago the value OF all live.
stock In Colorado was $l22.7Sl 900.
while today the figure is $l7l.425. 900.
a most emphatic showing that the
stockmen nobly responded to Uncle
Sans appeal for greater food produc-
ton. The Denver stockyards had
many large structures erected during
1917. This city 10 virtually the larg.
est sheep market in America and the
local packing plants handled $6.oO0.'
900 more cattle. sheep and hogs In
1917 than they did in 1916.
The gain in land under cultivation
in this state In 1917 over the 1916
area amounted to 100000 acres add
tional, which acreage formerly was
used mostly for pasture land. The
value Of the crops to growers in 1917
was more than 50 per cent greater
than during the preceding year. Four
hundred families moved into tho state
within the last eighteen months and
settled on agricultural territory.
The total amount OF sugar produced
in Colorado in 1917 was 499. 100000
pounds and for the best crop the
farmers OF the state received $780,.
900. Fifteen factories in Colorado
were operated in crushing the beets
and making the white grains. The
value of the states sugar crop In the
markets will be @36.1S4.750.
All former total values Of wheat
crops in the state were made to look
small by the immense worth Of the
wheat yields Of Colorado In 1917. the
growers receiving the highest prices
ever known. The wheat crop Of the
last twelve months was greater by
100000 bushels than in any preceding
year. the 1917 yield being 100000
bushels. worth about $31.000.000.
There are 22.92O more motor cars In
Colorado today than . year ago. the
total number of autos In the state be-
ing 6s.5O0. and for these additional
cars the buyers in 1917 paid moro
than $16.0OO.0OO.
The hay crop of Colorado Of 1917
had q value Of $47.4s2.ooo. against =
state hay yield in 1916 that was worth
SIG. 100000. Hay Is the states most
valuable agricultural product. High
prices were paid throughout the ma
ton in 1917 for the hay crops and
the growers In every way Jared more
prosperously than ever before.
One Of the most encouraging indices
to the new growth Of Colorado 10 the
fact that in Weld county several new
towns have been established during
the last three years. these communi.
ties including Raymer. Keota. Buck
inGham. Stoneham and Grover. towns
that were instituted a. q result Of the
recent new industry Of growing pinto
beans and other crops. More than
10000 acres In Weld county were
used In 1917 for the growing Of pinto
beans. the total production in this dis.
trict being 2s.o00.000 pounds. A large
part Of this yield has been bought by
the Federal Government as Army and
Navy supplies. The entire agricul.
tural yield in Weld county during 1917
aggregates in value $20.000.00o.
The growing demands Of the world
for more crude oil and gasoline has
turned the limelight Of petroleum
trade towards the mountains Of shale
in northwestern Colorado. and al.
ready tracts Of this area are being
taken up. refining plants built and
new companies formed to develop the
deposits. Biologists estimate that in
this state there is enough shale to
produce 10000. 0oO. 900 barrels of Pc
tro1ourn which co,,1d ho rofinod inf0