The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon. (Canon City, Colo.) 1911-192?, 1919-08-07
5O7 o W NERS OF
EA R MS In THIS
COUNTY; 60,352.66
TOTAL ACREAGE
Average Size of the Farms Is
eI-so; I7.sI4 Acres Being
Cultivated.

County Assessor Leonard Harvey
and his assistants have rendered
available through their field work
Last spring In making the ANIMAL as
sestmeuts on property a lot of inter-
esklpe agricultural data relating to
fArn and garden crops In this county
net hitherto obtainabie concerning
|the7 1sls harvets The Agricultural
ses|lcfics act passed by the Twenty.
sert6d General Assembly OF Colo
r1io requires that such information
bS gnfhered BY the assessors Of the
stain and tabulated in the office OF
the State Board of immigration In
Denver. and It is by the latter that ths
figures are now made public. Suctl
information has not before been OBJ
tainable except once in 10 ysars-
when collected by the national census
bureau In Washington
An abstract OF Mr.. Harvey's report,
which we have just received from
Howard Sullivan OF Denver. deputy
commissioner of the State Board Of
Emm1gration. shows that there are IN
Fresoont county 5o7 owners and tiIlerz
lof agricultural lands. 133 renters and
NJ oRners and renters who are farm
Ing - q cooperative basis The total
farm acreage OF the county is 60.352.
e6. % which 1854 Is under cultiva-
tion this year The average size Of
the farms for those reporting an acre
age b si-s9 The number OF acres
fit for farming not yet broken is e.
e57 - nd the new land first cropped
this toason is 1880 acres
T6ere is in the county this year
1.S61 acres OF irrigated corn. 9ss acres
of.i5rkeated oats. 358 acres OF h1isax.
ed 6Arley. 3s acres of irrigated rye
3O6 acres OF irrigated winter wheat
527.50 acres of irrigated spring wheat
1913 acres OF irrigated potatoes. 2i
acres Of irrigated beans. ~ acres OF
irrigated grain. sorghum. four acres
OF swete sorghum. 1.ss2-5c acres OF
nonirrigated corn. $3.50 acres OF
non-irrigated oats. 361 acres OF non-
Irrigated barley. 171-50 acres OF non-
irrigated rye. 4.z17.5o acres of non
irrigated winter wheat. 174.75 acres OF
non-irrigated spring wheat. lSs acres
of non-irrigated notatoe1s rs acres OF
uon-irrigated beans. $3.50 acres OF
non-irrigated grain sorghum and five
acres OF pon-irrigated sweet sorghum.
There is In the county 3.sS1-50 acres
of alfalfa. SO acres OF sweet clover,
es.s5 acres OF field beans. 1s acres
of cabbage. II acres OF Soudan grass,
e2.5o acres of sugar beets. 55 acres OF
cantaloupes, Sc acres of millet and
two acres of broomcorn- The report
shows that 1901 acres os wild grass
will be cut for hay and III acres will
be cut for clover and timothy. The
number of acres in orchard Is 1.4I4
and the number Of acres devoted To
the growing of garden truck" is
$3.50. A total Of lis acres is given
over to the cultivation OF tomatoes,
turnips, sweet corn. onions. pumpkins
melons. asparagus. strawberries and
other similar crops.
The total number Of acres Of wheat
in the county is 5.22l75; corn,
s.171.5o. barley. 71s: rye. 2o7.5o: po'
tatoes. s21: beans. AZ sorghum. $3.50
The ttai acreage in hay of all kinds is
5.3sS.5o The total number Of chick
ems in the county is 1i.2ss.