Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-08-19
AUGUST FIRST CROP REPORT.

AUGUST FIRST CROP REPORT.
corn and wheat from the July l fig
ures. condition of all crops of the
state equaling 1910 percent of the
ten-year average, a decline of is
points during July, and the second
largest production of potatoes in the
history of the state. are the salient
features of the regular Stakeholder
al August 1 crop report released to-
day through the Colorado Coopera-
tive Crop Reporting Service.
Though all the principal crops
suffered some declines in condition
during July, the percentages of de-
crease were generally small com
pared with the declines registered
for the same crops nationally.
The potato crop is of great inter
est to the farmers and Others at this
time due to the facts that Colorado
poatoes continue to show propect3
for excellent production while ma
tionally the crop deteriorated 17.6
points since the first of July and on
August / had declined to a figure OF
65.S percent of normal with a fcrc-
cast of only 316,0O0,000 bushels
compared with 431,000,00O bushels
last year This is the smallest
prospect since 1908, except in 1911
and 1916 when the United States
potato production went below 3OG,
100000 bushels. The Colorado
crop declined only one point during
July and on August 1 had a condi
tion of SO percent of normal, or 2
points higher than last year on
August 1, points above the ten
year average for this date. Good
growing conditions until harvest
may raise this estimate another p,
100000 bushels. with more complete
returns from assessors, it now ap-
pears that the area growers esti-
mated would be planted is in exeess
of 100000 acres. The final esti.
mate for the crop last year was H.
100000 bushels. In 1918 the
Census Bureau showed S,S75, ,0Q1
bushels harvested from about 77.-
900 acres. The largest crop in the
history of the state was in 1918
amounting to about 15,S40,1UJ
bushels. Usually about 70 to rs
percent. of the total production in
Colorado is considered commercial
Winter wheat declined points
during July and had a harvest time
figure Of 81 percent. of normel,
based on this condition The pFeduc-
tion is estimated at 2A,5Gb, 900
bushels, compared with about 10 '
$4,000 bushels, tentatively revised
estimate for last year, and 1856
900 bushels last year.
The spring wheat crop declined
z points during July and reached
August 1 with a condition of So
percent, points lower than last
year on August l and two points
above the ten-year average. This
condition promises a production of
s.SS1.0oo bushels. compared with
5.626,000 bushels last year.
The total production of both win
ter and spring wheat in the state,
as now estimated, will amount to
30,S31, 900 bushels, compared with
III, $4,000 bushels last year and
is, 2Si,9g9 bushels the Census
Bureau figure for 1919.
Colorado corn declined IL points
during July and on August l was
B4 percent. of normal, 6 points be-
lew August l last year and 4 points
higher than tbs ten-year average
with this condition ngure, this year 5
crop of corn still promises to be the
record crop for the state and
amounts TO approximately 1926
900 bushels as eempesred with re=
vised estimate of 1S,946,o06 bush-
els for last year These produe-
tion figures are based on the esti-
mate that approximately so percent.
of the acreage planted to corn last
year was harvested for grain and
1hat the percentage for grain will
be about lhe same this year. In
1919 the corn srpp vi the state
amounted to 1o,108,oo6 bushels IS