The Colorado statesman., 1919-10-25
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


partment, which prepares the blanks
on which statistics are gathered, has
decided to make number of changes
in the blanks for next year 1t 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 be followed are long. system
of double line and !colored line ruling
will be followed next year which Will
make II easy for assessors and their
deputies to follow the proper lines,
both across the blanks and from top to
bottom. 1t has also been found this
year that with the blanks now in use
it is 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 regard
| ing these crops which are grown only
in 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 be
made next year to bring the report as
near as possible to perfection All as
SCISSORS did excellent work this year
and few of them obtained as com
plete reports as it will ever be 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 as large as that for last
year, because of the large increase in
acreage cultivated. The increase in
acreage was largest in the case of
wheat, and the total production of
wheat for the state is estimated by
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service at 1894, 900 bushels,
the largest crop on record for the state.
Corn makes much poorer showing.
The acreage planted was the largest
ever reported, but reports received by
the Crop Reporting Service, indicate
that only 60 per cent of the acreage
planted was harvested for grain. which
would Indicate production of approx
lmately 100000 bushels, or some
| thing short of last years crop. The
| production of oats is estimated at D
642 900 bushels, compared with 6,336,0O0
| bushels last year, the average yield
per acre being in the neighborhood of
twenty-six bushels compared with thir-
| ty-three bushels the year before. The
average yield of barley as reported to
the Crop Reporting Service is but
twenty-five bushels per acre this year,
compared with twenty eight bushels
last year, and the total production j.
100000 bushels, compared with 1925
600 bushels last year
The Flower and Vegetable show Civ
en- under the auspices of the Denver
Society of Horticulture, Parent-Teach-
ers Association and Denver Garden
| Club, will be held in Denver, in the
Auditorium Oct 29-30-31. The Audi
| forum has been donated by the city as
the show is free exhibition. Twenty
| five dollars will be given as prize for
the best Premier Rose, which is one
| of the most beautiful grown and
Colorado developed product. Florists
from Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Boul-
| der and other points will assist in max
| ing the show success. The high
schools of the city will choose a set of
| judges to work in conjunction with the
regular judges
In raid an q farm +xvo and one-bolf
,,iIas north of pr,ohton In Weld conn
-, Shar,ff II Corn,Iov of Rr;gbton
arrastod ,I,ra Kazlowsty and two bro.
tbors Who ,,.a.o taIan to craelev to
he charged with making liquor. Six
| ,.aIon. 90 ,li.,;IIaJ alcohol aud fift,-