The Keota news., 1919-10-24
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

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ty assessors this year In collecting ag.
ricultural statistics under the recently
enacted law the State Immigration De-
partment. which prepares the blanks
on which statistics are gathered. has
decided to make number Of changes
In the blanks for next year. II has
been found that most of the mistakes
made this year resulted from making
entries under the wrong heading. as
the blanks are large and the lines that
must he followed are long. A system
OF double line and cOlOred line ruling
will be followed next year which will
make II easy for assessors aud their
deputies to follow the proper lines.
both across the blanks and from top to
bottom. II has also been found this
year that with the blanks now In use
II IL impossible to obtain accurate In.
formation regarding the less import.
ant crops, such as tomatoes. garden
peas. flax. snap beans and others that
ARE grown only In restricted localities
Special blanks will be furnished next
year for gathering information regnrtl.
Ing these crops which are grown only
n restricted areas. Reports from all
parts of the United States indicate that
no state has obtained better result In
the collection Of agricultural statistics
upon the first attempt than Colorado
did this year and an effort will he
made next year TO bring tho report ~
near ns possible to perfection. All M.
SCISSORS did excellent work this year
and few Of them obtained as com.
pictc reports ~ Il will ever he possible
to obtain.
Even though the season Just closing
has been one of the most unfavorable
crop seasons In the history of Colorado
the total value Of crops grown will be
perhaps fully M large AZ that for last
year. bccaux. Of the large increase In
acreage cultivated. The increase In
acreage was largest In the cnse Of
wheat. and the total production Of
wheat for the state In estimated by
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re-
porting Service at l1.69i 900 bushels.
The largest crop on record for the state.
Corn makes 4 much poorer showing.
The acreage planted WAS the largest
ever reported. hut reports received by
tho Crop Reporting Service Indicate
that only u per cent Of the acreage
planted was harvested for grain. which
would indicate u production Of approx
imatciy 100000 bushels. or some.
thing short of last years crop. The
production Of oats II estimated at y.
si:.O0O bushels. compared with a3:AOn
bushels last year. the average yield
pcr ncrc being In the neiEhborhood OF
twcnty.six bushels. compared with th'r-
ty.thrcc bushels the year before. The
average yield Of barley ~ reported to
the Crop Reporting Service II but
twenty-five bushels per acre this year.
compared with twcnty.eight bushels
last year. and the total production g.
;s.. .OOO bushels. compared with i.92S..
600 bushels last year.
The Flower and Vegetable show CIV
Oh under the auspices Of the Denver
Society Of Horticulture. Parcnt.Tench'
crs Association md Denver Garden
club. will he held In Denver. In the
Auditorium, Oct. 2D@.3l. The Audi
torium has been donated by the city ns
the show is a free exhibition. Twenty
five dollars will be given ns n prize Tor
the best Premier Rose. which II one
of the most beautiful grown nnd a
Colorado developed product. Florists
from Colorado Springs. Pueblo. Bou'-