The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-14
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS,

yation IN Colorado this year, though
earlier reports from other sources IN
licnted that the cultivated acreage
would he materially decreased on ne
count of inability on the pnrt of farm
ers to obtain needed financial support.
Reports have been received from some
thing more than $500 farmers nnd the
total OF thes reports show larger
amount of land under cultivation than
the total shown by the first 2,3oO re-
ports received last year. Increases In
cultivated acreage are Indicated Tor
Kiowa, Bace and Las Animas counties,
while most of the other counties from
which partial reports have been re-
ceived show little Indications of
changes from last year Contrary to
the expectation Of many persons well
Informed on agricultural subjects
there apparently will be an increase
In the acreage OF spring wheat as com
pared with last year. A few of the less
developed counties in eastern Colorado
show Increases in acreage of winter
wheat as compared with last year. A
few of the less developed counties In
eastern Colorado show increases in
acreage of winter wheat, but apparent
" there is decrease in the principal
winter wheat districts, though most of
these same districts are showing In
creases in acreage of spring wheat.
Preliminary reports from the census
for 1920 show that the average size of
farms in Colorado is 40S.l acres, com
pared with 293.1 acres in 1910. This
increase has been going on steadily for
several years and is due to several
causes, chiefly which are as follows: ::
Most of the homesteads that have been
filed on in the state in the past four
years have been from 32O to-6lO acres.
During the past five or six years many
farmers in the non-irTigated districts
have been increasing the size of their
farms by purchasing adjoining land. In
the leading fruit growing districts
there has been tendency for at least
eight wears to consolidate small fruit
farms into. larger farming units.
Many small farm units in GER
| tain sections of the San Luis val
| ley also have been consolidated into
| larger farms within the past three
years. A number of large tracts re-
ported as single farms in 1910 have
been broken up into smaller farms
since that time, but the effect of this
| has not been nearly sufficient to coun-
| teract the tendencies toward larger
| farms as outlined above.
"Over 100000 head of stock will
| he permitted to Craze on the national
| forests of the United States during
| 1921" according to District Forester
| Allen S. Peck, who quotes the grazing
| allowance schedule recently received
| from the secretary of agriculture. This
| Includes cattle, horses, sheep, goats
| and swine on 143 national forests in
| twenty-seven states. Colorado, with
her fifteen national forests, including
over 100000 acres of land provides
range for over 20 per cent of these
meat animals. In exact figures 511,-
6O5 cattle and horses, 3,10O swine and
| 1.625, $50 sheep and goats will be per-
mitted TO Craze on the forests of Colo
| RADIO this year. Homesteaders, ranch
| erS, prospectors, campers, etc, are al
lowed to Craze few head of milk
| cows and work horses free. These are
| in addition to the foregoing figures
and amount to about $500 head. Near
ly 2,2O0 people are benefited by this
| free use of the range in Colorado.
Harry f. Mcintyre, the 19-months'
| old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry f. Nc
Intyre, and West Wilsey Smith, the 6
months'-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
b. Smith, whose average of 99.5 tied in
the better baby contest held at Colo
RADIO Springs during child welfare
week, will each receive Il gold medal
| for the highest score. Since the con-
| test each one has been measured over
again, with the result that neither lost
a point upon closer examination.
]. w. Rainey of Greeley has taken
up his duties at Fort Collins as the
new secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce. AT a special meeting of the
board of directors of the chamber
Thursday noon Mr. Raney was Sc
lected from large number of candi-
dates, for the position to succeed o. j.
Watrous, who has resigned. Mr.. Raj
ney, who is a civil engineer, was as
sistant city engineer at Greeley for two
years, associated with City Engineer
II. w. Gelder.
For the protection of property own
ers in East Pueblo, whose land has
been encroached upon by the Fountain
river, the channel of the stream is be-
ing changed. Beginning near Fifteenth
feet in street, channel fifteen to
twenty feet in width and several feet
deep is being dug, which will extend
1000 feet In length, and will so change
the course of the river as to save fur
ther damage.
Two hundred and ninety young peo-