New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-01-10


Denver bank m,
Liberty Bonds
state 72,s27,6O0 42,273.03o
MID. Products. 24O,0OO,OOo 200. 0oo.o 900
stock prod. s46,54457o s17. 81 900
Denver.-Despite the payment IN
1918 of SO per ton for sugar beets BY
factories of northern Colorado, the
acreage failed by 20 per cent to equai
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 1G 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 $147, 000, 900; it would show
4,125,OOO acres under cultivation n
it would dwell on the future in citing
10, OOO, 900 acres of arabic land un'
broken. 1t would show a wheat crop
value of $25, 787, $50 for the one year;
it would show sixty-three counties In
the state with a combined emu OF
$24, 657, 1874 and an assessed valua'
ton of 1907, 904, 702.
The dairy industry in Colorado
shows a substantial growth each year.
The United States Department OF Az
riculture estimates that in 1918 there
were $4,000 head of dairy cattle IN
the state, compared with 257,OOO head
in 1917. The value of products, such
as butter, condensed milk, ice cream
and cheese, amounts to about $780,
600 a year..
There has beer a rapid development
of dairying in the nonirrigated sec
tons, 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 h tele'
graph, with an assessed valuation OF
s169, 796, 900 for railroads, $~12,89O,l3O
for telephones and $2,O50.320 for tele'
graph.
There are forty-four railroad com
panies represented in Colorado. with
5,5S6.96 miles of trackage, with val
uation of approximately $4,000, 900
There are e~ighty-nine telephone com
panies, with a total of 276,506 miles
of telephone wire.
In 1918 n gets a glimpse OF tn
? mining industry by the assessed va
uation in the fifteen principal coun
3 ties Of mining property at $141.379,1l7
: In 1918 the number of horses II
Colorado increased 10000 head, Will
an average price from $93 to $97
: head. The total value of horses II
r Colorado is $3S, 703, 900. The deman'
for heavy draft horses is still large.
Twenty-eight Colorado counties EN-
. ploy agricultural agents who work II
conjunction with the federal govern
ment and the State Agricultural Co
S lege at Fort Collins.
e Wages for working people have
generally speaking, advanced mate
rally in the biennial period of 19l
and 1918, according to the official n
! port for the period by William R. MOI
Il rissey, commissioner of labor OF Coli
RADIO. While the report deals with o.
= ganized labor, yet all classes Of toi
! ers are drawing larger wages toda
. than ever before. There were MINI
B. teen strikes, of which eleven wer
. successful, five were compromised
. one was arbitrated and n was los
Facts TerseIy Told.
# Population of Colorado, 00O, 900.
,s Formulation of Denver-26S,43 9.
n Revenue of counties-24,657 1874
# Government land in Colorado-l(
" 271, 1855 acres.
Seed crop in Colorado-37,O00 acre
Assessed valuation of counties
5 1907, 9O4,7O2.
NJ Value of farm crops-$147, I'll $50
of Amount OF money spent by tours
$50, 900 900.
tn Cultivation in Colorado-4,126.0
ls' acres.
Il. Arabic land unbroken in Colora'
100000 acres.
Value of wheat crop in Colorado
$25.7S7,6SO.
Colorado's subscription to Liber
Bonds-$115 10000.
Colorado's subscription to war act
Ir ities-$14O, O00, 900.
re- Colorado's war business-$,0OO,O'
H. Bank deposits in C~olorado-$25
in OO5,257.G6.
ed Value of Colorado manuIacturi
of output-$210.O 600, 900.
ra. Value of Denver packing house pr
40. ucts-$24, 619,519.
Value of livestock in Colorado
s173.2sS,O0o
MS Value of precious metals produc
cy in Colorado@$4G,915,470
Value of gold production in CO
rado-$12,92S $50.
Coal produced in Colorado-12.T
rn- 237 tons.
!ds Total value of bullion received fr
id. Colorado in Denver mint-$1O,2
an 459.6s: from outside Colorado, ;
Iif. ~451,963.S1.
nv. Coinage in Denver mint, $1,000!
al. pieces-$6,560.0 ZOO.
,se Value of cattle, hogs. sheep, hor
and mules marketed in Denver ste
-. 7,4SS,57o.
Assessed valuation Of town and I
lots in Colorsdo+S2o4.6s3,5 ss.