The Dolores star., 1921-02-18
STOCK VALUATIONS
CoLoRADo'S LIVE STOCK SHOWS
BIG DECREASES IN NUMBERS
AND VALUATIONS FOR 1920.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,

| Denver, Colo.-There was decrease
| during the past year in the numbers
| of all classes of live stock for the
United States and Colorado, except
dairy cows for the state, according to
the live stock report of the United
States Bureau of Crop Estimates and
the Colorado Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service, and all live stock
show marked declines in average price
and total values during the same pc
riod. The declines in numbers were
| especially marked in CATTLE sheep and
hogs, due largely to unsatisfactory
prices and stringent money condi-
tions.
The number of horses on the farms
of Colorado on Jan. !, 1921, totaled
4OS,OOO, being $4,000, or 81 per cent,
less than the number on the same date
last year. The average price of all
horses was So per head, SIT, or PIG
per cent, less than the year before.
The total value of all horses was S2J,-
296,OOO, compared with the value of
the preceding year of S33 900 The
actual depreciation in the valuation of
the IOS,OO0 horses in the state during
the year amounts to S6936 900. The
mules in the state January l, 1921,
numbered 10000. compared with 81
OOO year ago, or a reduction of 3.3
per cent. The total value this year is
$2,67O,O0O, compared with S3,131 900
last year. The actual depreciation for
the number on the farms at the pres
ent time is S12 per head, amounting
to S360,O00.
Milk Cows
. The milk cows in the state barely
held to the same number-2T2, 900
head-but the valuation was reduced
S4,G2l,OOO. the present worth being es-
timated at S19,040,00O. The reports in
. dicatc that the average daily yield per
cow during the period when MIXED
; ; last year was Sc quarts. Good prices
!: were largely responsible for the lack
:; of decrease in the number of dairy
COWS.
{ Other cattle on the farms and ranges
) of the state numbered 100000 head,
! compared with 1,3J5,000 last year-a
reduction of 10 per cent. Their aver
!. age value per head this year is S34SO
: "A reduction of Sl330, or 2I.7 per
/ cent per head. This reduction results
in a total depreciation in the value of
:: 1,2200O0 head amounting to S1G,226,-
I: 600. The total valuation of the cattle
! in the state this year is $40, 100000
compared with 500, 10000 on the total
y number of cattle i'll the state a year
Y ago.
Y Sheep.
: The number of sheep on the Colo
h RADIO farms and ranges Jan. l, 1921,
3 was 1,913,OOO head. compared with p
/. 121,000 head last year This number
=, is reduction of per cent. The aver
K age value is $500 per head-a reduc-
;: ton of S4.20, or 42.S per cent, per
: head This reduction results in de-
t probation in the valuation on the l.
@ $4,000 sheep of Ss,2s6,OOO. The pres
t. ent total value of the sheep in Colo
q RADIO is S11,04S,OO0 compared with
$50, ,7S6,OOO, the value Of the 2,121 ,O0O
head last year. Reports indicate a
heavy reduction in range sheep during
the year, but considerable increase in
n the number of sheep in the feed lots
o the estimated number on feed in trans
n it January /. 1921, being 1,25O,OOO head
Il compared with the estimated number
: of 100000 the same date last year
t, $50, 900 in 1919 and 1,135,000 in 1918.
8 Swine.
$ There were fewer swine of all ages
on Colorado farms on Jan. / by $1,000
: head than year ago, or reduction
n of Il per cent The number on the
farms this year is 325.OO0 compared
n with $4,000 last year at this time
t There was decline of $57O, or 81
t, per cent from the average price of last
d year. This reduction in the average
price on the 80. 900 swine in the state
5 results in depreciation in values to
p the farmer on this class of stock of 81,
t $4,000. The total valuation of the
n swine in the state is S3,99T 900, com
pared with valuation on 3S2, 900 head
last year of $6,S76,OOO. Special reports
n indicate that about 10 per cent of the
number of swine on hand in Colorado
5 on January 1, 1921, were brood sows
J, and So to 40 per cent We're pigs under
six months old The remainder is as
sumed to be hogs on hand for fatten-
. ing. Similar reports for January l.
d 1920, showed Il to 20 per cent of the
!. number of swine on hand We're brood
5 sows and 45 to 60 per cent We're pigs
under six months old.
The total value on January l, 1921
3 of all animals enumerated above was
} S6,235, $4,000 as compared with SS,,
507, $4,000 on January 1, 1920, de.
crease of S2,2T1,576,OOO, or 26.7 per
\ cent. The total aggregate depreciation
) in the valuation of all animals enum,
y Grated above on the farms of the
United States at the present time ac-
count of decrease in average values
during the year is S1,9S4 100000, or a
0 depreciation Of 24.14 per cent.