The Ordway new era., 1921-03-18
SURPLUS GRAIN
NOW ON FARMS
AMOUNT OF GRAIN ON FARMS 10
GREATER THAN ANY YEAH
SINCE 1912.
n,....,,u n,..p.rst raloa N,.. ssrlce.l

md of all small gains remaining on
,h. farms on March |, 1921, both IN
Colorado and in the United States, Is
considerably greater than the amount
remaining on the farms year ago
according 10 the report Just ISSUED py
W w. Putnam. agricultural s'atis,i-
cian of the L. = Bureau OF crop Es-
timatcs, in cooperation with the Ioio-
RADIO State Board of Immigration Inc
renort also shows that the amount OF
corn and small grains remaining on the
farms this year is generally greater
Than the average for all years since
1872.
The amount of corn and small grains
from the 1920 crop intended 10 De
shipped out OF the counties in which
IL was raised is also above the aver
age. In general way it may be SAID
that the report Indicates considerably
greater supplies of corn and small
grains now on the farms ana intended
for market than for any recent year.
The amount of corn remaining on
farms in Colorado ON March /, accord
ing to the report, is about 9,l23,ooo
bushels, or 81 per cent OF the lSzo
crop, compared with 4,115,OOO bushels
ON March /. 1920, or 30 per cent of
the 1919 crop. Reports show ihat an
average of about 81 per cent of the
corn crop grown i'm the state in the
ten year. preceding 1920 remained on
the farms ON March / of the year
cent of the 1920 crop, or 3,oS4,-
600 bushels is intended to be shipped
out of the counties in which 1t was
grown, compared with is per cent of
the 1919 crop. or 2,11G000 bushels.
The average shipped out for the ten
yenrs previous 10 the marketing of
the 1920 crop was about 16 per cent
of the state production. About 81 per
cent of the 1920 crop is considered of
merchantable quality, compared with
50 per cent of the 1919 crop and an
average merchantability of 10 per
cent for the past ten years.
In the United States the amount of
corn remaining on the farms March
/, 1921 is estimated ut 1,5I2, ,39I 900
bushels, or 4S.6 per cent of the 1920
crop, compared with 1,01o,6I1 900
bushels remaining on farms IL year
ago, which was 3I.5 per cent of The
1919 crop. 1t is estimated that about
2l.4 per cent of the 1920 crop, or G91,-
$4,000 bushels, has been or will be
shipped out of the counties in which
it was grown, compared with 1853 per
cent, or 465933,0O0 bushels for the
1919 crep. The proportion of the 1920
corn crop which is considered mer-
chantable is about 81 per cent, equiv
alent to 2,Sl ,266, 900 bushels, compared
with 81 per cent, or 2,4S6, ,296,0 900 BUSH
els, of the 1919 crop.
The amount of wheat remaining on
the farms of Colorado on March l,
1921, according to the report, is about
6,390,0O0 bushels, or % per cent of the
1920 crop, compared with 2,492, 900
bushels on March l, 1920, or 10 per
cent of the 1919 crop. Reports show
that an average of about % per cent
of the wheat grown in the state In the
ten years preceding 1920 remained on
the farms on March l of the year after
|
the 1920 crop, or 14,605,000 bushels, is
Intended TO be shipped out of the
counties where grown, compared with
63 per cent of the 1919 crop, or 1O,-
$4,000 bushels. The average shipped
out for the ten years preceding the
marketing of the 1920 crop was So per
cent of the state production. In the
United States the amount of wheat re.
naming on the farms March /, 1921,
is estimated to be 207, ,591 900 bushels,
or 26.4 per cent of the 1920 crop, com.
pared with 164,624 900 bushels, re
naming on the farms year AGO.
which was 176 per cent of the 1915
crop. An average of about 1913 per
cent of the entire wheat production
remained on the farms on March 1.
the year after it was grown, during
the ten years preceding the 1920 crop
The amount of oats remaining on
the farms of Colorado March /, 1921
according to the report, was about Al
per cent of the 1920 crop, compared
with ~ per cent of the 1919 crop on
the farms March l, 1920, and a pre
ceding ten-year average of 80 ne,
cent. Reports show that about 1s pey
cent OF the oats will be shipped out OF
the counties where grown, compared
with l6 per cent of the 1919 crop an,
the preceding ten-year average OF q
per cent. In the United States thu
amount of oats on the farms March
{ lozl' Is estimated at 6S9, ,588, 900 bush
els or 45.2 per cent Of the 1920 cron
compared with 4ls,9s3, 600 bushels re
naming on the farms year ago