The state herald., 1919-12-19
THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF
STATES RESOURCES SHOW
HEAVY.
HIGH PRICES prevail
WIDE COMPARISON BETWEEN
1893 AND 1919.
FURNISHED by the Cooperative Crop
Reporting Service.)


The value OF all farm and orchard
crops grown In Colorado In 1910, based
upon the prices prevailing on or about
Nov. !. was approximately $181 ,OOO-
600. which liz much the largest In the
history of the state. Revised esti-
mates show that the value of crops
grown In the state In 1918 was approx
imntely S185, 100000, the largest re-
ported to that date.
A fair idca of the rapid development
OF agriculture In the state may be
gathered from comparison of the
value Of the output for 1919 with that
OF previous years as reported by the
federal census bureau. In 1899, the
first year for which the census bureau
complied complete data showing the
value OF all crops. the farm output of
Colorado was worth little short OF
$1t,00O,OOO. Ten years later the same
bureau found the value OF all crops
grown In the state to be somewhat
short of SOL 100000.
The census bureau report shows that
approximately 1,6J0,OO0 acres OF land
was In cultivation In the state in 1899,
while In 1909 the area in cultivation
wns approximately 2,Gi4.OOO acres. Re-
ports OF county assessors, as tabulated
and revised by the State Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service. show 5,533,-
62S acres devoted to crops In the state
In 1919, exclusive OF orchards. In 9TH
er words, the acreage in cultivation in
Colorado has more than doubled in
the past ten years and Is now about
three and onc-third times as grent as
It was in 1899.
The Bureau of Crop Estimates OF the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture found the value Of all livestock on
farms In Colorado on Jan. I, 1919, to
be about Sl72,OO0,OOO Assessors re-
ports show nm increase In practically
nll classes Of livestock in 1910 over
1913. so that apparently the value Of
livestock on farms Jan. I, 1920. should
he considerably greater than It was a
yesr ago. perhaps In the ncighborhood
Of f2O0. 100000.
The value OF dairy products market.
ed from the farms during the year ac-
cording to the best Information avail.
nble is In the nelghborioOd Of <25, ,000..
900. while eggs md poultry marketed
from the farms have brought In ap-
proximateiy Ss,O0O.OOO The value Of
the wool clip for the year was approx.
imately S4.5OO,OO0 and the honey out.
put. most OF which Is produced on
farms. wns worth Mt prevailing prices
In the ncIghborhood OF 81. 10000
IIny has always been Colorados iarg-
est nnd most valuable crop and II re-
talns that position In 1919. The value
Of all hny crops produced was above
s52,0O0.OO0. while dry forage. slIage
aud crops hogged off account for near.
ly xis.OOD.OO0 Adding To these two
items the value Of corn for grain We
find Tat feed crops account for NJ.
proxinately ~ per cent NJ the ynlue Of
nil crops grown In the state. Since
most OF these feed crops are fed to
livestock within the state their ratio to
the entire agricultural output Of the
state affords n good index to the i'm.
portnncc Of the livestock Industry In
Colorado.
Next In hay Coiorado's most import.
ant crop Is wheat. The total value Of
the wheat crop for the year WAS near.
tx x.t, nm nm ,,,i,i.t, H. ,,,,,..t, ,n. 4. r,,
est yniue ever reported for this crop
In the state. The area devoted TO
wheat also WINS much the inrrest on
record. being nearly one.fourth the
area devoted 10 other crops. Winter
wheat IN much more popular In this
state thnn spring wbent, ns IN shown
by the fnci That nearly three times MS
much winter wheat II raised M spring
wheat. The average yield Of spring
whcnt per ncrc II larger. however. not
because spring whcat IN n more suItn.
ble crop for our soil and climate. hut
because n much larger percentage Of
the spring wheat In grown under Irri-
cation thnn winter whent. Reports Of
county nsscsrOrs showed thht nb"uf ].
per cent of The winter wheat planted In
Colorado for the 1910 harvest was ir'
rIrnted. while approximately ~ per
cent OF the spring wheni was Irrigated.
No accurate datn nrc available show.
Ing the value ~ livestock slaughtered
In the state and shipped Ia other
states during the year. In, II II cstl'
mnted nt approximately SiUp.Wp,00O.
The ncrcnr. devoted 10 nearly NIL I'm
porinnt crops In 1919 wn- greater than
ihnt for 1918. the exception being oats.
bnriey. rye for grnIn. potatoes aud dry
benns. The only large decrease In
acreage for nny crops was TINT for
dry beans, tho failing off being due
chiefly TO unsatisfactory prices rc'
eeived by growers for pinto beans In
tOtA The Inrrensp In nsrpnpr rulti