The Dolores star., 1919-01-10
stern Newspaper Union News Service.
CoLoRADo's IpIs OUTPUT.

clearinEs . l34IO7S4Gg S7O9os 2O1
Liberty Bonds
Bought in
state ...... I2927.60O 42273OSO
MID. Products 24O 600 600 2OO OO0 O0o
/ otal Live
stock prod. 346,54l.57o 317,52O 900
Denver.-Despite the payment in
1913 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 10 per cent. The average was
close to thirteen tons per acre of
nearly l6 per cent beets, slightly
higher sugar content than preceding
years.
In 1918, the story shows for the year
the total farm crops of Colorado
valued at $147.00O,O00: it would show
i,125,OO0 acres under cultivation and
it would dwell on the future in citing
100000 acres of arabic land un-
broken. 1t would show wheat crop
value of s25 7S7,6S0 for the one year;
1t would show sixty.three counties in
the state with combined revenue of
s24,657, 7,7S7.41 and an assessed valua-
ton of s1,3O7, ,9O4,7O2.
The, dairy industry in Colorado
shows substantial growth each year.
The United States Department Of Ag-
were 254 900 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,
600 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
1G9,79G.900 for railroads, $12,S9O,13
for telephones and s2,050,320 for tele-
graph.
There are forty-four railroad COM
panies represented in Colorado, with
5.5S696 miles of trackage, with val
uation of approximately $17O,OOO,OOO.
There are eighty-nine telephone conf
panies. with a total of 27G,50G miles
of telephone wire.
In 1918 one gets a glimpse of the
mining industry by the assessed val
uation in the fifteen principal coun-
ties of mining property at 141,379,117.
In 1918 the number of horses In
Colorado increased 10000 head, with
an average price from $93 to $97
head. The total value of horses in
Colorado is $3S,703,000. The demand
for heavy draft horses is still large.
Twenty-eight Colorado counties EN-.
plov 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-
mort 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-1.OOO,00O.
Formulation of Denver-26S,439.
Revenue of counties-24,6 ,657, 1874.
Government land in Colorado-10,-
271, 1855 acres.
Seed crop in Colorado-37ooo acres.
Assessed valuation of counties
s1,3O7 904,7O2.
Value of farm crops-$147,7n.63o.
Amount of money spent by tourists
$780, 900.
cultivation in Colorado-4,125,O0O
acres.
Arabic land unbroken in Colorado
-1O,OO0,000 acres.
Value of wheat crop in Colorado
s25 7S7,6S0.
co,orado's subscription to Liberty
Bonds 5.010,9O0
Colorado's subscription to war activ-
ities-s140,0O0,O0o.
Colorado's war business-$7,Ooo,ooo'
Bank deposits in Colorado--$25s'
OO5, 5,257.GG.
value of Colorado manufacturing
output-s21O 100000.
value of Denver packing house prod
ucts-$24,61s.519.
value of livestock in Colorado
s173,2SS,OOO..
value of precious metals produced
in Colorado-346.s15,47o.