The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20
COLORADO CROPS
BIGGEST IN HIS
TORY OF STATE

The second war crop in Colorado of
1918 harvested was worth slightly
, more than the crop of 1917, the
largest and most valuable crop ever
produced in the state up to that time.
! The estimates indicate that all
crops grown in the state in 1918, in
cluding war gardens, are worth ap-
proximately $4,000 600. and final es-
Inmates. based upon December prices,
| will perhaps bring the total well above
$150,000, 900 The acreage cultivated
is the largest in the history of the
state, being close to $4,000 in excess
of that cultivated in 1917.
Practically every industry in the
| state has shown an increase in the
total value of its output with the ex-
ception of metal mining. The output
Of the coal mines for the year will be
the largest on record, and the high
prices prevailing for coal will bring
the total value of the output of all
mines, metal and non-metal, up to
about the same figure as that for 1917
$50, 100000. There has been in
creased activity in many branches of
the manufacturing industry, particu-
larly among factories turning out mu-
nitions and steel products. The aver
age price of all manufactured pro-
ducts has been far above the pre-war
average and perhaps slightly above
the average for 1917 The Colorado
Manufacturers association has esti-
mated the value of all manufactured
products turned out in the state in
1918 at $2O0,00O,0OO, or more than
$50 100000 greater than the output
for 1914, when the latest report on
manufacturing was made by the cen
sus bureau
Prices for livestock have remained
high throughout the year and the
value of all livestock marketed has
been perhaps higher than for any pre-
vious year. Actual figures showing
the livestock output can not be OBJ
tained, but the value of livestock mar
keted from the state in 1918 was
worth not less than $S5,00O,O 900. Dairy
products, including whole milk, were
worth in the neighborhood Of $l2,0OO,-
600. Poultry products marketed
brought approximately $7,5O0,0O0,
making grand total of $531 500 900.
Fully s75,OO0,000 should be deducted
form this total because of duplica-
tions, in the way Of feed crops fed to
livestock, raw materials used in man.
ufacturing, ETC., leaving a net total of
$456, 100000 as the new wealth created
in Colorado by its principal industries
in the year just ended. |
The farmer has again taken the lead
in swelling the total of the states !
output. The output of the farms in
in addition to crops, nearly all
the livestock output, dairy products,
poultry and honey, which last is not |
included in the totals given above, but |
which is worth considerably in excess
of 81 100000. When all necessary de-
ductions are made the net wealth pro
duced by the farms and orchards of
the state in 1918 was in excess of
5000 100000.
Of course these immense totals are
partly due to exceptionally high prices
prevailing on account of the war. so |
that the people of the state must be
prepared for considerable decreases in |
the value Of farm output when prices
resume normal level after peace has
been declared, unless, of course, there
is very material increase in acreage
cultivated in the meantime. The gov
price of So bushel for wheat
extends only to the 1919 crop, and it
is reasonable to expect that the price
for that commodity will be somewhat
lower when government price-fiXing is
at an end. Quite naturally it should
be expected that the prices of other
grain crops will drop somewhat in
sympathy with wheat. Some idea of
what effect increased prices have
played in making up the totals for
1917 and 1918 may be gathered from
the fact that the value of farm crops
produced in the state never reached
.otal of S1O0,OO0,000 before 1917.
Hay is the states largest aud most