The Ordway new era., 1919-01-10

MID Products. 24o.O0O,0O0 2oO,00O.000
stock prod. 34e.544.570 sl7.52o. 900
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 Is 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 $147.000O00; 1t would show
4.125,000 acres under cultivation and
It would dwell on the future in citing
100000 acres of arabic land un-
broken. 1t would show wheat crop
value of s25.7S7, $50 for the one year;
it would show sixty-three counties in
the state with combined revenue of
s24, 1857. 1874 and an assessed valua-
tion OF 81 1904 ,702.
The dairy industry in Colorado
shows 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 $4,000 head
in 1917. The value of products, such
as butter. condensed milk. ice cream
and cheese, amounts to about $7,5O0,-
900 a year.
There has been 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 APP
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
1863, ,796, 800 for railroads, $12,890. 100
for telephones and $2.o5O,32O for tele-
graph.
There are forty-four railroad COM
panies represented in Colorado. with
5,5S6.96 miles of trackage. with val
uation OF approximately $170,000.o00.
There are eighty-nine telephone COM
panies, with a total Of 276,506 miles
of telephone wire.
In 1918 one gets glimpse OF the
mining industry by the assessed val
uation in the fifteen principal coun-
ties of mining property. at $141.379.117.
In 1918 the number of horses in
Colorado increased 10000 head. with
an average price from $93 to $97
head. The total value of horses in
Colorado is s3S.703.OoO. 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
RADIO. While the. report deals with or
ganized labor. yet all classes of toll
ers are drawing larger wages today
than ever before. There were nine
Teen slTlheS, Vi WHlCH eieNeH Weto
successful, five were compromised.
one was arbitrated and one was lost
Facts Terseiy Told.
Population of Colorado, ,O00, 900
Population of Denver-26S,439
Revenue of counties--24.6 .657.787.41
Government land in Colorado-10
271,955 acres.
in 0ln
Assessed valuation of counties
$1,307 ,904.702.
Value of farm crops--$147.771.6 $3.50.
Amount of money spent by tourists
$40, 900 900.
Cultivation in Colorado 900
acres.
Arabic land unbroken in Colorado
.--1O.0O0.O0O acres.
Value of wheat crop in Colorado
$25. .7S7.6SO.
Colorado's subscription to Liberty
Bonds 100000.
ities-$140.000.o 1000.
Colorado's war business-$7, 900 900.
Bank deposits in Colorado-s2 $685.
105, 5,257.66.
Value of Colorado manufacturing
output-s2lG, ,000.0 600,
Value of Denver packing house prod
$24,619,519.
Value of livestock in Colorado
s173,2SS,00O.
Value of precious metals produced
in Colorado-$46.9l5.A7"