Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-11-03
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

estimated at l1,SaO,OO0 bushels, con- con
nared with final estimate OF i','-H'
100 for last year. The condition o' t"'
crop on Oct. ] was 81 per cent co'n'
nared with 81 per cent on oe.
Ii. last year was y per ee,.'
lhe ten-year average. Inc
cline of 74O.OOO bushels In the s'".o
IRON during Sep. .inber was due iarke
,v to the effect of the hot weather uur-
ing the latter part Of August ana '.e
injury to the vines by frost earl! J"
September. In contrast Win inc "e
cline in the state crop, the hatio'"i
iron improved during September aho"'
90 $50 600 bushels. making to'al es.
timated production for the 'm'teu
states of 345.S44,OOO bushels. Even
with the improvement during Sep,'"'-
ber the crop is still S2.524OO bushels
abort Of the 42S, 900 bushel crop OF
1920 and over 25,OOO.OOO bushels below
The 19l5-l9, five-yenr average, OF 5l'-
OOO,O 600 bushels.
The effect Of the drouth on corn
since about June / in the h"rth-eas'-
prn pnrt Of the state continued 10 pe
apparent In the condition figures 1or.
corn which was 20 per cent on Oc!.
|. or 90 points below the figure for
the some time last year, and u points
below the ten-year average Tor 'I's
date The indicated production IS lo''
775, 900 bushels. compared with ten
tntive estimate of lS.aO,Op bhsieiS
last yenr. These production figures
are based on the assumption that hp-
proximately so per cent OF the acreage
planted TO corn will be harvested for
grain.
Colorado is the greatest sugar pro-
ducing state in the country. and sugar
forms by far the most valuable manu-
fuctured product in the state. Tine
manufacture of sugar has ramiflra-
lions that takes expert and common III
bor, the farmer The live stock indus
try and the housewife. There IL
scarcely Il corner of II citizens life that
II does not enter. Beet sugar mhnuihr-
ture had its beginning in Colorado
over in Grand Junction in 1900. and III
twenty-one years has reached its pres
ent enormous dimensions.
A state average of nineteen bushels
per acre is the preliminary estimated
yield of spring wheat in Colorado this
year, which indicates Il crop of 5,i16-
900 bushels. This, added to the esti-
mated winter wheat crop, makes to-
tal wheat crop for the state of 30
278OOO bushels, compared with ten
tative estimate OF 25.4G7,OOO bushels
for last year. The Census Bureau re-
ported 1S.2G1 900 bushels for 1919.
Present estimates indicate this TO be
the record crop of the state.
There are 272,OOO dairy cattle in
Colorado and the dairy products ag-
gregate $27.758967 in value annually.
These products are butter. ice cream,
cheese. condensed milk, milk, cream,
matted milk and other manufactured
products. If YOU make it Il point to
buy Colorado dairy products you are
doing your bit In the upbuilding of one
OF the states most promising indus.
tries.
A S25O.OOO bond issue has been All.
thOriZed by the stockholders of the
Beaver Land and Water Company fol
the construction of Il new dam south.
west Of Colorado Springs to replace
the Shaeffer dam washed out by the
flood last June The new dam will
make possible the irrigation of 2,OOC
additional acres in the Beaver Park
country.
Adams county tax collections for the
month of September this year were
more than 50 per cent in excess of the
collections for September 1920, ac.
cording to the county treasurer. The
1921 figure was $4,000. as against
1000 for 1920. This indicates an i'm
provement in general conditions.
There are J9,934 farms with "A ,46a,
Ola acres in Colorado. and the value
of farm property is S1.O7G79l74o, an,
the average size of the farms is IOS
acres. Now the question: Are YOU do
Ing your share in buying the products
of these farms to make them prOsper
Gus? That's real home industry.
Mrs. J. l.. Leroy, I years old, wa.
killed instantly at Florence when rur
over by n freight train. The enginec,
| VI tINll SdS lIlttl lie SlW nnl
standing by the side of the track nea,
some bushes as his engine approached
the place. When it was almost at th,
point she either fell or threw herself
before the engine. There was no indi.
cation of any purpose on her part, he
said, previous to the act. but the truir
was so close to her that no action WIZ,
possible on his part
Sight of mans hand sticking on
of the ground led to frantic. thong,
unsuccessful, attempt to save the life
OF J. e. Grain. GO, a teamster. who wa.
buried beneath sand slide In gray
ei pit near Colorado Springs polio,
Officers and street department EN-
ployes dug Grains body out of the pit
but his pulse, which had been flutter
Ing feebly in his hand when he wa,
discovered. had stopped.
Colorado is one of the leading nro