The Keota news., 1920-12-31
COLoRAD0'S CROP
REPORT FOR 1920

8tAto Crop Oofveeo O0UOo0 O"OSSv
Greatest Production In HIs-
tory o. otats.
Wsss. Msssos UsAo Nm osviet.
COlOradO's agricultural output In
1920 Was the largest In the history Of
the state. The total area under cul.
uvation. according to compilations
made BY the State Cooperative Crop
Reporting Service from the reports Of
county assessors. was A.685,8So acres.
compared with 6l65O,96l acres In 1919
The total farm output for the season
Just ended far exceeds that for the Pre-.
cedlng season. One example will IL
lustrste this. The AREA devoted to
wheat In the state In 1870 was LAT. ~
acres. compared with l.524.noA acres
the preceding year. The 1910 output.
however, was 27.ll7.0O bushels. CON-
pared with only 1S.485yO00 acres In
1919.
But the value Of the 1870 crop was
more than $S0.000.O00 les than that
Of the 1919 crop. the result Of very
sharp falling off in the prices Of al
farm crops since harvest time. The
value Of all Colorado crops. including
fruits, for 1900. based upon prices pre-
vaillng on or about Dec. I. Was $751;.
55S,384. compared with $l00. 0s7 600 for
the 1919 crop at prices prevailing on or
about Dec. that year. While the
1090 wheat crop WAS more than 0.00O.-
QUO bushels greater than that Of 1913.
it, value was only &Sa0Oe, 900. com
pared with . value Of 81. 10000 for
the 1910 crop. The 1920 potato crop
WAS only about $4,000 bushels leo
than the 1919 crop. but the value Of
the former at prices prevailing on Dec.
I Was only &a0o6. 900. compared with
q value Of $lS.s7Q000 for the crop OF
the preceding year.
Yet the value Of the 1870 farm out
put was greater than that for any pre-
vious year except 1919. The 1913 crop
was sold at war prices. but ity total
value WAS only about &l5l. 900. 00Q
while the 1913 crop. which Was mar
keted before the World war began,
was worth considerably les than half
A. much % that Of 1870!
Wheat was Colorado's leading crop
In 1890. both In acreage and value.
Most Of this crop 10 winter wheat. the
AREA devoted to the winter grain show.
Ing rather substantial increases each
year: while the acreage Of spring
wheat remains about stationary. Win
ter wheat 10 grown chiefly without ir-
rigation, while the reports Of county
assessors to the State Immigration De-
partment show that about 10 per cent
Of the spring wheat irrigated.
Corn II the second crop In the state
In acreage and fourth In value. Re-
ports Of assessors show 1,208, 702 acres
devoted to corn In 1920, Of which ~
per cent WAS harvested for grain and
the remainder cut for silage or fodder
or fed In the field. The total value Of
the crop was little In excess Of 80.
100000. Of which 81, 10000 was the
value Of the grain harvested. This crop
ID growing rapidly In popularity In the
state. the corn area ~ reported BY the
census bureau In 1900 going only about
$4,000 acres. It II grown chiefly In
the eastern part IL the state. Yuma
county being the leader, with about
$4,000 acres.
Alfalfa II the third crop In the state
In both acreage and value. Reports Of
assessors showed about 724.000 acres
devoted to alfalfa In Colorado In 1920,
and the production was 2,178 900 tons.
This WAS worth at prices prevailing ON