The Ordway new era., 1921-11-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

State immigration Department snow
NOT more farmers in Colorado are
growing corn than any other Siop'
though the acreage Of wheat hhuer
cultivation is much greater than th"'
Of corn. These reports Tor lo-i s""
52.245 farms being operated III ,"e
state. of which 2S.09l are PRODUCING
corn. The number of farms reporllhS
winter wheat is 1857, ana i''oo'
farms report spring wheat. \ CONSUL
,rahle number of farmers however
grow both winter and spring Wheh'' 50
that the total number of farms report
ing wheat this year is not In excess ol
y. 900. The census bureau touhu lh"'
p. S73 farms in the state were pr"uu'
ing corn in 1919. while the hummer
producing wheat was 23.9bi. NlI''ei
wheat then was reported from ll'tuu
farms and spring wheat froh l-''o"
farms. Since that time there mas oeeh
an increase of more than a,ooo III lhe
number of farms reporting corn anu
an increase of only Il little more thah
l 900 in the number Of farms reporting
wheat. But for 1919 the census bu-
reau reported only 22lt acres oI
wheat for each farm reported, WINE
this year county assessors report St'lo
acres of wheat for each farm reported
The census bureau reported la'92 acres
of corn harvested. exclusive of that
cut for silage, for each farm reporter
for 1919, while county assessors re-
port 2O.09 acres of rorn planted In the
state for all purposes in 1921, From
these figures it will he seen that corn
is now being introduced into new ter
ritory in Colorado more rapidly lhnn
any other crop, but the acreage such
new territory is giving over TO the
crop is comparatively small.
The state potato crop on Oct was
estimated at 11,3G0,OOO bushels, com
pared with n final estimate of 1920
900 for last year The condition of the
crop on Oct. L was 81 per cent com
pared with 81 per cent on oct.
l, last year was - per cent,
the ten-year average. The de-
cline of 100000 bushels the state
crop during September was due large
ly to the effect of the hot weather dur
ing the latter part of August and the
injury to the vines by frost early in
September. In contrast with the de-
cline in the state crop, the national
crop improved during September about
%, $4,000 bushels, making a total es-
timated production for the United
States of 345,S44,0OO bushels Even
with the improvement during Septem-
ber, the crop is still S2,524,OOO bushels
short of the 42S00OO0O bushel crop of
1920 and over 25,OOO,OOO bushels below
the 1853, five-year average, of 3T1,-
100000 bushels.
The open shop movement in Colo
RADIO Springs, backed by local business
men with a total wealth of $4,000, 600,
was launched when the Master Build
ers' Association posted notices that
the american plan of employment
would be effective. Action taken by
the contractors came after the business
men had agreed at meeting to sup
port the builders in their fight against
the Carpenters union. Practically ev-
cry business house in the city has
signed the agreement to support any
association which announces its inten-
ton to work under the American
plan"
The effect of the drouth on corn
since about June l in the northeast
ern part of the state continued to be
apparent in the condition figures for
corn, which was 40 per cent on Oct
1, or % points below the figure for
the some time last year, and points
below the ten-year average for this
date The indicated production is 49,
775,000 bushels, compared with a ten
tative estimate of 1S94O,O0O bushels
last year. These production figures
are based on the assumption that ap-
proximately so per cent of the acreage
planted to corn will be harvested for
grain.
A state average of nineteen bushels
per acre is the preliminary estimated
yield of spring wheat in Colorado this
year, which indicates a crop of 5,776,-
600 bushels. This, added to the esti-
mated winter wheat crop, makes to-
tai wheat crop for the state of 30.
276000 bushels, compared with a ten.
tative estimate of 25,467,0O0 bushels
for last year. The Census Bureau re-
ported 1S,261,0O bushels for 1919.
Present estimates indicate this to be
the record crop Of the state.
The second regular labor pay day
for the Great Western Sugar Com
pany was 5000, paid the 32O labor.
ers at the Loveland factory. 1t is re-
ported that practically all the beets
will be out of the ground by the last
of this month, and the regular month
ly pay day to farmers, Nov. Is, will
distribute nearly 100000 among the
growers around Loveland.
Mrs. J. L. Leroy, 81 years old, was
killed instantly at Florence when run