The Holly chieftain., 1919-11-27

almost total failure in some of
the nonirrigated districts.
/ The average yield of potatoes for
the United States is estimated at
! S79 bushels, compared with 95
! bushels last year and an average
annual production for the past ten
years of 96.S bushels per acre The
total production is estimated at
| 352,025,OOO bushels, compared with
400. 10000 bushels last year and an
I average annual production of 1885,
O46,OOO bushels for the past ten
! years.
Sorghums.
Indications are that about SIS per
cent of the grain sOrghulns (milO,
kafir, feterita, etc. grown in Colo
RADIO this year has been harvested
for grain. Reports of the county
assessors show about 256.0OO acres
devoted to the crop, SO that appar-
emily little more than 10000 acres
has been harvested for grain. The
indicated average yield is 10 bush
els per acre, making total prOduc-
tiOn of about 2,670,OOO bushels, com
pared with 1,748,000- bushels last
year The remainder OF the grain
sorghum grown in this state is
used for silage, cut and fed as fod-
der or pastured in the field, with
the exception of small acreage
that did not produce profitable
crop and was abandoned. Asses
sOrs' reports show that about 96,-
600 acres was planted to sweet
sOrghums (canes) in the state this
year, most .of whcih is cut and us
ed for silage or as fodder Com
plete information as to what per,
centage of the sweet sOrghums
grown in the state this year has
been or is to be threshed for grain
is not yet available.
Beans.
Preliminary estimates place the
production of dry beans for market
grown in Colorado at 100000 bush
els, compared with $4,000 bushels
last year and 1,950,OOO bushels in
1917. The estimated production of
dry beans in the six principal bean
growing states this year is $780,
900 bushels, compared with 17,437,-
600 bushels last year and an aver
age annual production of 12, 1000
bushels
Broom Corn.
The production of broom corn in
Colorado this year is estimated at
1000 tons, compared with $500 tons
last year and 1900 tons in 1917.
The estimated production of broom
corn in the five states where the
crop is chiefly grown is $4,000 tons,
compared with $4,000 tons last year.
Apples.
The total production of apples in
Colorado this year is estimated at
3,447,0O0 bushels, compared with L.
$4,000 bushels last year and 2,640.-
600 bushels in 1917. The CONNER
cial crop is estimated at 712,000
barrels, compared with $4,000 bar
rels last year and 701 900 barrels the
preceding year. The entire crop in
the United States is estimated at
144,000,000 bushels, compared with
1891, 900 bushels last year, and
the commercial production is plac
ed at 24,400,OO0 barrels compared
with 24,724,O00 barrels last year.
Pears.
The production OF pears in the
state this year is estimated at 180s
600 bushels, compared with $4,000
bushels last year and 100000 bushels
the preceding year. The estimated
production in the United States is
l3600O00 bushels, compared with
10,342,000 last year and 1921 600 the
preceding year.
Sugar Beets.
Preliminary estimates indicate
that about $4,000 acres of sugar
beets have been harvested or are to
be harvested in the state this year,
compared with 126,000 acres last
year and 161 ,OO00 acres in 1917. The
indicated production is 100000
tons, compared with 1,363,O00 tons
last year and 1,750,0O0 tons the pre.
ceding year The estimated pro
duction of sugar beets in the Unit
ed States in 100000 tons, compar-
ed with 5,523000 tons last year and
5,626,0O0 tons in1917
The December Bulletin.
The December number of the
Crop Bulletin will contain final
estimates of the production of all
crops for the state as whole and
estimates ofthe total value of all
crops and of the entire agricultural
output of the state for 1919. 1t will
also contain the acreage, average
yield per acre and total production
of all the principal crops by coun-
ties, a feature which has never be-
fore been available in any crop re-
port published for Colorado. This
is made possible by the collection