The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-10
output Of States Farms In 1918 Totals
s147,373,e3o Compared with si44,-
7e5,52o in te17-Decrease in Min
ing, but Gain in Live stock.
coLoRApo.s 1918 OUTPUT.

- tens
RadIum s,soo.ooo 100000
Deposits =. i25.4os.o5a isO.oooooo
,siearinEs !; i.si..o7s..es s7o.sss,2oi
| Liberty Bonds
Bought in
state ..... 72.g2T.6OO i227aOan
MID, Products 24O,ooc,ooo 2oo,ooo.ooo
Total Live
stock prod. s4s.54a.57o sl7.52o.oco
Denver.-Despite the payment in
1918 of $40 per ton for sugar beets by
factories of northern Colorado, the
acreage failed by 20 per cent to equal
that planted by the growers in 1917
An increased yield per acre. however
reduced the shrinkage in output OF
sugar to 10 per cent. The average was
close to thirteen tons per acre of
nearly 16 per cent beets. a slightly
higher sugar content than preceding
years.
In 1918, the story shows for the year
the total farm crops of Colorado
valued at $4,000, 900: II would show
4,125,000 acres under cultivation and
| 1t would dwell on the future in citing
| 100000 acres of arabic land un-
broken. 1t would show a wheat crop
value OF s25. 5.7S7. $50 for the one year;
| 1t would show sixty-three counties in
the state with combined revenue of
| s24,657.7S7.41 and an assessed valua-
tion of s1,307, ,904 .702.
The dairy industry in Colorado
shows a substantial growth each year.
| The United States Department of Ag-
riculture estimates that in 1918 there
were 254,O0O head of dairy cattle in
the state, compared with 257. 900 head
in 1917 The value of products, such
as butter condensed milk, ice cream
and cheese, amounts to about s7.500.-
| 600 a year.
There has been a rapid development
of dairying in the nonirrigated sec
| tions. especially in eastern Colorado,
| in the last year. Forage crops are be-
| ing grown and silos are rapidly ap-
| pearing.
The story of the development of
| Colorado will not be complete without
| the story of the construction of the
railroads. the telephone and the tele-
| graph, with an assessed valuation of
| s169,79G,900 for railroads. $12.s90.130
for telephones and $2.050,320 for tele-
i
| graph.
There are forty-four railroad com
panies represented in Colorado, with
5.5S6.96 miles of trackage. with val
uation of approximately $4,000, 900.
| There are eighty-nine telephone com
panies. with total of 27G.506 miles
of telephone wire.
In 1918 one gets a glimpse OF the
mining industry by the assessed val
uation in the fifteen principal coun-
ties Of mining property at $l41,379.117.
In 1918 the number of horses in
| Colorado increased 10000 head, with
| an average price from s93 to $97
head. The total value of horses in
Colorado is $3S, 900. The demand
for heavy draft horses is still large.
| Twenty-eight Colorado counties en-
| ploy agricultural agents who work in
conjunction with the federal govern
ment and the State Agricultural Col
lege at Fort Collins.
Wages for working people have.
generally speaking, advanced mate
rally in the biennial period of 1917
and 1918, according to the official re-
port for the period by William r. Nor
| rissey, commissioner OF labor of Colo
rado. While the report deals with or
ganized labor. yet all classes Of toll
| ers are drawing larger wages today
than ever before. There we're nine
teen strikes, of which eleven were
successful, five were compromised,
one was arbitrated and one was lost.
Facts TerseIy Told.
Population of Colorado, 900 900.
Population of ,439.
Revenue of counties-24. .657. 1874.
Government land in Colorado-1O,-
271,s55 acres.
Seed crop in Colorado-37,0o acres.
| Assessed valuation of counties
s1,3O7 ,9O4.702.
Value of farm crops-s147.771.6 $50.
Amount of money spent by tourists
-s30.O0o.O00.
Cultivation in Colorado-4,125,00 900
acres.
Arabic land unbroken in Colorado
-10,0O0.00O acres.
Value of wheat crop in Colorado
s25 7S7. $50.
Colorados subscription to Liberty
Bonds-$l15,01O,9O 300.
Colorados subscription to war activ-
ities-s140.0 100000.
Colorado's war business-s7, ,000. 900.
Bank deposits in Colorado-s25s,-
005. .257.66.
Value of Colorado manufacturing
output-$21O 100000.
Value of Denver packing house prod
ucts-$24 .619.519.
Value of livestock in Colorado
s173. 3.2ss.0 900.
Value OF precious metals produced