Cheyenne record., 1921-04-21
COLORADO CROP REPORT
WHEAT CROP SECOND LARGEST
IN HISTORY OF sTATE-RYE
ABOVE AvERAGE-LA6oR
PLENTIFUL.
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Western Newspaper l nlOo Ness ee'''S'
forecust of the second largest
winter wheat crop In the history VI
Colorado was released Saturday by ".
W. Putnam, agricultural statistician OIL
the United States Bureau of crop Es-
Inmates, in cooperation with the Colo
RADIO State Board of Immigration. Inc
forecast of production is l6,42.ooV
bushels, compared with l1,l95ooo bush'
els for 1920. Weather and moisture
conditions have been so favorable that
the crop declined only two points from
last December l, the April condition
being 50 per cent of normal compared
with 75 per cent on April last year
and 90 per cent the ten year average.
The present crop was sown on 9-o,oVo
acres, compared with 1,OOO,OOO acres
for the 1920 crop, or I'M acreage which
was only 81 per cent Of that Of last
year.
The winter wheat crop of the Unit
ed States had a condition of 81 per
cent of normal compared with d5.6 per
cent last year at this time and S3.6 per
cent the ten-year average. The crop
improved 81 per cent from the last
December figure. The estimate indi-
Gates Il production of Cpl 100000 bush
els, compared with 5777,1G3,0OO bushels
last year and 729, 9,5O3,0OO bushels in
1919. The area sown last fall was 49,
GO5,OOO acres. Indications are that the
abandonment is small. The 1920 crop
was sown on 41,757, 600 acres but only
37,773,OOO acres were harvested. The
record crop of 1919 was harvested
from 49.1O5,OOO acres.
The production Of winter rye in Colo
RADIO was fOrecasted at ]. .44S,OOO bush
els, compared with production Of l.
357 600 bushels for grain last year. The
condition of rye on April l was 80 per
cent of normal, compared with T5 per
cent last year and 80 per cent the ten
year average.
The production of rye In the United
States for this year is forecast mt &C.,
$500 bushels from a condition Of
90.3 per cent of normal, compared with
Il condition of S8S per cent, 63,3lS,0OO
bushels last year, compared with Il
condition of 9O.6 per cent and $780,
600 bushels in the record rye crop of
1919 and the ten year average cOndi-
tion Of SS.4 per cent with an average
production of 59,933,OOO bushels for
the pre-war five.year average.
The number of brood sows In the
state on April l is estimated to be
uho,It tho aavpa uQ a yoor auo 10 mn
head. This figure is subject to revi-
sion to compare with the preliminary
census figures of January /, 1920,
which showed the number of brood
sOws as 1868 and all swine us about
100000. The estimates of January l.,
1921. indicated that the number of all
swine had decreased about 10 per cent
during the year. While there seems to
be some scarcity of market hogs in
the state, indications are that the
farmers are again stocking up and in
creasing their holdings in their effort
to find means Of marketing their
large supplies of cheap feed.
The number of brood sows in the
United States on April l was S.7S8OOO
head or 97.S per cent of the number
on hand April l, 1920. which was s.
9S5.OOO head or SOL per cent of the
number on hand April /, 1919, which
was 9,97O,OO0 head.
In Colorado the farm labor supply
April is indicated as 1872 per cent Of
last year on the same date, and 1O5
per cent of normal on April l, COM
pared with SO per cent Of normal n
year ago: at the same time the farm
labor requirements appear to be only
81 per cent of normal. compared with
% per cent year ago, making the
supply 121 per cent of the demand,
compared with 81 per cent year ago
and 81 per cent April J., 1919.
Replies to preliminary inquiries on
the intentions of farmers to plant to
potatoes indicate that the acreage to
be devoted to this crop in Colorado
this year will he about JOB per cent
OF last years acreage, which would
mean a planting of about $1,000 acres
iNtIIoTtS lnulcalc InHt seed potatoes
are ample and reasonable in price. Re-
ports from all parts of the state also
show that there are ample supplies of
all kinds of grains and other seeds
available and usually at reasonable
figures.
Reports concerning wages of male
farm labor in Colorado showed the ay-
ernse for the state to be, by the month
with board, $780, compared with
S663O last December and S32. 80 in De-
cember, 1916. Corresponding figures
for the month, without board, were
S62.3I ON April I, compared with s95
last December and $47.5O December.
1916. The complete figures Indicate
that the wages for farm labor bove
materially decreased during the past
few months and are closely approach
ing the figures of the pre-war period,