Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-03-18
SURPLUS GRAIN
NOW ON FARMS
AMOUNT OF GRAIN ON FARMS Is
GREATER THAN ANY YEAR
SINCE 1912.
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Denver. Colo-The amount of corn
and OF all. small grains remaining on
the farms on March 1. 1921, both In
Colorado and in the United States, Is
considerably greater than the amount
remaining on the farms year ago,
according to the report just issued by
W. w. Putnam. agricultural statlsti-
clan of the U. s. Bureau of Crop Es-
Inmates, in cooperation with the Colo
RADIO State Board of Immigration. The
report 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
1912.
The amount OF corn and small grains
from the 1920 crop intended to be
shipped out Of the counties in which
1t 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 and intended
for market than for any recent year.
The amount of corn remaining on
farms In Colorado on March l, accord
Ing to the report, is about 9,423.000
bushels, or "a per cent of the 1920
crop, compared with 4,115,000 bushels
on March l, 1920, or 80 per cent OF
the 1919 crop. Reports show that an
average of about 81 per cent of the
corn crop grown In the state In the
ten years preceding 1920 remained on
the farms on March 1 of the year
after It was grown. About 32 per
cent Of the 1920 crop. or 1854
600 bushels, Is intended to be shipped
out of the counties in which 1t was
grown, compared with 1S per cent of
the 1919 crop, or 2,116,0O0 bushels.
The average shipped out for the ten
years previous to the marketing of
the 1920 crop was about 16 per cent
of the state production. About s4 per
cent of the 1920 crop is considered OF
merchantable quality. compared with
So 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
| 1, 1921 Is estimated at 1,5T2, 1897 900
bushels, or 4S.6 per cent OF the 1920
crop, compared with 1,070,877. 900
bushels remaining on farms n year
ago, which was 37.5 per cent OF the
1919 crop. II Is estimated that about
21.4 per cent of the 1920 crop, or 691,-
| $4,000 bushels, has been or will be
| shipped out Of the counties in which
it was grown, compared with 1873 per
cent, or 465 1893 600 bushels for the
1919 crop. The proportion of the 1920
corn crop which is considered mer-
charitable is about 81 per cent, equiv
alent to 2S11 ,266, 600 bushels. compared
with 81 per cent, or 2,4s8, ,29e, 900 bush.
| els. of the 1919 crop.
The amount of wheat remaining on
the farms of Colorado on March 1,
1921, according to the report, is about
6,390, 900 bushels, or % per cent of the
1920 crop, compared with 2,492, 600
bushels on March /, 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 Of the year after
1t was grown. About "a per cent of
the 1920 CROP or 14,605, 900 bushels, is
intended to be shipped out of the
counties whore grown, compared with
SO per cent of the 1919 crop, or iO-
467 600 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-
manning on the farms March /, 1921,
Is estimated to be 207, ,591 900 bushels,
or 264 per cent of the sY2O crop, com
pared with 164,624,0 600 bushels. re-
naming on the farms year ago.
which was 17.6 per cent of the 1919
crop. An average of about 1913 per
cent of the entire wheat production
remained on the farms on March 1,
the year after 1t was grown, during
the ten years preceding the 1920 crop
The amount of oats remaining on
the farms of Colorado March /, 1921,
I according to the report, was about AZ
per cent Of the 1920 crop, compared
the farms March 1, 1920, and pre-
ceding ten-year average of 80 per
cent. Reports show that about IS per
cent of the oats will be shipped out of
the counties where grown. compared
with 16 per cent of the 1919 crop and
the preceding ten-year average Of "a
per cent. In the United States the
amount Of oats on the farms March l,
1921, is estimated at $50. .566,0o0 bush
els, or 452 per cent of the 1920 crop,
compared with 41s,9S3, 900 bushels re-
manning on the farms year ago,
which was "a per cent of the 1910