The Raymer enterprise., 1919-01-09
Output Of States Farms In 1918 Totals
t147,s73,s3o Compared with $144-
795,52o in t917-Decrease In Min
Ing, but Gain In Live stock.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
coLoRADo's 1918 OUTPUT.

/ Ten,
Uraniu ium.
Radium -. 100000 5000. 900
Denver Bank
Deposits 4. l25.4os,o5s 10000. 900
Denver bank
,clearings ;. i.a44.o7s.4ss s7o.9ss, ,2o1
Liberty Bonds
| Bought In
State ..... 72,927,eoo I2,273,O30
MID, Products 100000 900 200. 900 900
Total Live
stock prod. 346,54i.570 31T,520.0O0
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 10 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 1878 the story shows for the year
the total farm crops OF Colorado
valued at $147,000,000; it would show
4,126,000 acres under cultivation and
1t would dwell on the future in citing
100000 acres of arabic land un.
broken. II would show q wheat crop
value of $25.7S7 $50 for the one year;
1t would show sixty-three counties in
the state with combined revenue OF
e0A gEr 7Q7 A. apd m a,pa,,ad ,,a1,,o
tion of sl,307,sO4.7O2.
The dairy industry in Colorado
shows substantial growth each year.
The United States Department Of Ag.
riculture estimates that in 1918 there
were 254,000 head Of dairy cattle in
the state, compared with 257,000 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 nonirrigated 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
$169, 10000 for railroads. 1880, 1870
for telephones and $2,050,320 for tele-
graph. ..t
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 eighty-nine telephone com.
panies. with total OF 276,506 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 $141.379,11
In 1918 the number of horses In
Colorado increased $4,000 head, with
an average price from ss3 to s97 a
head. The total value of horses in
Colorado is $3s.7O3,o0O. The demand
for heavy draft horses is still 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
rado. 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
Facts TerseIy Told.
Population of Colorado ,000, 900.
Population of Denver-268,439.
Revenue Of counties-24.65 1874.
Government land In Colorado-10,
271,955 acres.
Seed crop In Colorado-37,0 900 acres.
Assessed valuation OF counties
| $780,. .s04.7O2
Value Of farm crops-$l47,771, $50.
Amount OF money spent by tourists
$4,000, 900.
Cultivation in Colorado-4.125, 900
acres.
Arabic land unbroken in Colorado
-10.000.000 acres.
Value Of wheat crop in Colorado
s25, $1,000.
Colorado's subscription to Liberty
Bonds-$115. .010, 300.
Colorados subscription to war activ-
ities--$140. 100000.
Colorado's war business-$7, ,000. 900.
Bank deposits in CoIorado--s25s..
005,2 ,257.G6.
Value OF Colorado manufacturing
output-s2l0 .oO0.0 900.
Value Of Denver packing house prod
ucts-s24, ,619.519.
Value Of livestock In Colorado
s17s,2s 2sS,ooo.
Value Of precious metals produced
In Colorado-s46.s1sA7"