The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-01-09
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT DUR,
ING THE PAST YEAR MAY BE
EXCEEDED IN 1918.
output Of States Farms In 1918 Totals
@147.37s,e3o Compared with $144,-
7s5,52o In 1917-Deerease In Min
ing, but Gain In Live stock.
Newspaper Union New. Service.
coLoRADo's 1918 OUTPUT:

|
| silver ........ 6.S50,569 9S1S,000
copper ...".. i,56s 2SS z.S.e'oSo
Molybdenum.
Van dium.
r Tungs ten,
ur a n u IN,
Radium -. 5,50O.000 100000
Deposits -. 125.4os,o5s 1so.ooO.ooo
Denver bank
Liberty Bond.
state .... 72.921S0o 42,273.oao
MID. Products 240.Oo0,0OO 20o.00O.o00
rota1 Live
stock prod. 346,544,51O 3l7.52O,OOQ
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 $4,000, 900; IT. would show
4.125.OOO acres under cultivation and
1t would dwell on the future in citing
1O,OOO,0O0 acres OF arabic land un-
broken. 1t would show a wheat crop
value OF 5.787 $50 for the one year;
it would show sixty-three counties In
the state with a combined revenue OF
$24.657.7S7.41 and an assessed valua-
ton of $1.3O7, ,9O4. .7O2.
The dairy industry in Colorado
shows substantial growth each year.
The United States Department of Ag-
riculture estimates that in 1918 there
were 254,OOO head Of dairy cattle in
the state. compared with 257.O00 head
in 1917. The value OF products. such
as butter. condensed milk, ice cream
and cheese, amounts to about $780,.
900 year.
There has been rapid development
OF dairying in the nonlrrigated sec
tions, especially in eastern Colorado,
in the last year. Forage crops are be-
ing grown and silos are rapidly ap
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
$16s. .7s6, 800 for railroads. $12.S9O.1 .130
for telephones and $2,O50. 800 for tele
graph.
There are forty-four railroad COM
panies represented In Colorado. with
5.5S6.s6 miles of trackage. with val
uation of approximately 317O,00O.000.
There are eighty-nine telephone COM
panies. with q total OF 276, ,5O6 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 141,379.1l7.
In 1918 the number OF horses In
Colorado increased 10000 head. with
ran average price from $93 to $97
head. The total value OF horses in
Colorado is $3s, 100000. The demand
for heavy draft horses is stiil 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 strikes, of which eleven were
successful. five were compromised,
one was arbitrated and one was lost.
Faets TsrseIy Told.
Population OF Colorado, 600 900
Population of Denver-26s.43
Revenue OF counties-.24, ,657, 1874.
Government land in Colorado-10,-
271.955 acres.
Seed crop in Colorado-37. 900 acres.
Assessed valuation OF counties
81, ,3O7 9O4, 702.
Value of farm crops-$147,771.6 $50.
Amount of money spent by tourists
$40, 900, 900.
Cultivation in Colorado-4.12 900
acres.
Arabic land unbroken in Colorado
-1O,O00.O0O acres.
Value of wheat crop In Colorado
$25, 1877 $50.
Colorado's subscription to Liberty
Bonds-$115,0 ,010,9 900.
Colorado's subscription to war activ
ities-$140,000.0 900.
Colorado's war business-$7. 900 900
Bank deposits in Colorado-$25S,-
COS. .257 .66.
Value of Colorado manufacturing
output-$2100 0O0, 900.
Value of Denver packing house prod
ucts-$24.619,519.