The Colorado statesman., 1920-06-19
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.

acreage and condition reports received
on June l by the Colorado Co-opera'
tive Crop Reporting Service. The to-
tai production of wheat in the state
last year was estimated AT l76i5,oO
| bushels, which WAS the largest In the
| history of the state up 10 that time.
Complete reports of county assessors
ON acreage of winter wheat may show
that the acreage devoted Ia this crop
Is greater than at present estimated,
which would Increase the total produc'
tion over the figure given above. ire
| liminary estimates Indicate that the
| area of winter wheat left for harvest
this wear is S6l 900 acres, and the con-
ditlon of the crop on June ] was ~
per cent of normal. The estimated
production. based upon this acreage
and condition. is 14,232,OO bushels'
compared with final estimate OF H.
91T 900 bushels last year. Partial re
ports of county assessors Indicate thht
| the area devoted TO spring wheat is
about $4,000 acres. The condition Of
this crop on June was % per cent Of
normal, and the estimated production
based upon this condition and acreage
is SAB, 900 bushels, compared with D.
| T27. 800 bushels last year.
Weld county's manufacturing plants
| will have Increased Approximately So
| 100000 i'm value during two-year pc
| riod ending in September, 1921. The
| Industrial Sugar Company is building
/ ii factory at Fort Lupton which viii
cost 81. 100000 and which will he ready
/ g. fn1 Tho f,Tpuf
| Western Sugar Company will build
| 100000 factory at Johnstown and is
now making plans for the mill. The
| site has already been purchased and is
| being improved The Great Valley SUI
| gar Company, a Denver corporation,
| has purchased sites for two factories
one at Ault and one at Pleasant Val
| ley, and is raising approximately s.
| 100000 for construction cost. Ihe
| Empson Packing Company is building
| Il 100000 plant at Plattevillc. Al
| Greeley Il cab and truck factory and a
patent medicine factory. representing
an investment of S150,0OO, have just
been completed.
| Prof Frank T. Thompson uf the Unl-
verSity of Colorado is the new presl-
| dent of the Colorado Mountain club.
Other Officers are DIR. Robert G. Lewis,
vice president: Miss Gladys Curtis,
ecretary-treasurer, and Prof. ltorac"
Van Nalkenburgh, DR.. Hugh NJ. King
cry, Warren Howe and Alma Gabriel
directors. A camp is to he established
| near Arapahoe glacier as base FOR
| weekend trips. which include hikes 10
Silver Goose, Long, Isabel and other
lakes Audubon peaks: Devils Thumb
pass and james peak; Arapahoe peaks
and the St Nrain glaciers. Many short
trips into the foothills near Bouider are
also planned.
idad.
Preliminary reports Of county asses
Sors indicate that there Will he de
rreaseS in the acreages devoted to
oats, barley and rye in Colorado TN"
wear as compared with last year, but
if weather conditions remain favorable
until harvest the production for EACH
of these crops viii be somewhat great
er than it was last year The ind!-
Gated production of oats is S.62S,OO0
bushels, compared with final csti-
mate of 6.524,0OO bushels last year;
that of barley is 6.O19,U0 bushels,
compared with 3,900,O00 bushels last
year; and that of rye is 1,443,O0o bush
els, compared with 1,25S,0O0 bushels
last year.
Preliminary reports indicate that the
total production of hay of all kinds
this wear will be 2,S62,0OO tons, com
pared with final estimate of ISL
600 tons last year. Partial reports of
county assessors indicate that there
will be "A very substantial increase in
the acreage devoted to alfalfa this year
over last year, so that the production
of hay this year may be considerably
greater than the estimate given above.
Reports of county assessors now be
ing made to the State Immigration De
nnrtment show Il very substantial in
crease in the number of farm tractors
in operation in the state this year as
compared with last year, and also Il
substantial increase in the number of
silos in the state. The reports last
wear showed 2,247 farm tractors owned
by farmers, in forty-four counties. Re
ports this year show that there will he
about fifty counties reporting farm
tractors and that the total number VIII
be in excess of 5000. Assessors re-
ported 2,73S silos last year in thirty-siN
counties More than forty counties
will report silos this year, and appar-
emily the total number will be i'll eX-
cess of $500.
Farm forestry properly practiced
provides fuel posts, poles and repair
material, says w. j. Morrill, of the
Colorado Agricultural College. The
work in thinning and harvesting is
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