The Ordway new era., 1921-01-07
CROP VALUES
$1G7,595,613
,...r WAS LEADING CROP IN
N COLORADO FOR
1920.
SEASON FAVORABLE
Total AREA UNDER cuLTlVA
TloN WAS 5,e35,3se
ACRES.
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Deuyer.-Colorado's 1920 agrlcultur
al output was the largest in the state
history. The total area under cuiilNa-
tiop. according to compilations made
tv the State Immigration Department
from reports of county assessors was
: j.:}3g acres. or about la,JoO acres
less than the acreage under CULTIVATION
in 1919. The 1870 season was much
more favorable for crop production,
however. than the previous season, and
The total crop output, including fruits,
was many thousand tons in excess ot
that for 1919. \ single example VIII
suffice to illustrate this increase. The
area devoted 10 wheat in 1920 was l.
4T1.2i2 acres, compared with l,324'f'a
acres in 1920. The production in 1920
was 2T.117,043 bushels, compared with
Is. 49, $50 the previous year
But the value Of the crop was more
than S30.OOOU0O less than that Of 1919,
due to the very sharp fall in prices OF
all farm products that begun soon
after harvest time ana has continued
tin the present time. The value Of all
crops, including fruits, grown In the
state in 1920 is estimated NJ SlGT,5'li,
900 compare with Slg9g4T, 600 FOR the
1919 crop. one Of the heaviest de-
creases in value was in the potato crop.
The 1919 crop was worth, at prices
prevailing on December LIST last year,
S1S,SIO,0OO. Tie 1920 crop, which was
only about 100000 bushels short OF
that of the preceding year, was worth
at prices prevailing December lst only
SS,G95,000.
Wheat was the states leading crop
in 1920, both in acreage and value Re
ports Of county assessors show that
the area devoted to this crop was l.
4Tl,242 acres. and the total production
was 27,ll7,OO0 bushels. This was
worth at prices prevailing ON Decem.
bcr lst about S36,30S, 900. while at
prices prevailing on September !. 1920,
it would have been worth about So.
100000. About three-fourths of the
/ crop is winter wheat, which is grown
/ chiefly without irrigation. Reports Of
/ county assessors show that about one.
half of the spring wheat is irrigated.
| Corn ranked second among the
states crops in acreage and fourth in
value. The area devoted To the crop
was 1,203,T92 acres, of which 40 per
cent was harvested for grain, IL pei
/ cent cut for fodder without being
/ husked, s. per cent cut for silage and
/ 6.3 per cent fed to livestock in the
/ field. The total value of the crop /.
estimated at IA little more than 500.
! 900. 600.
! Sugar beets ranked second anon.
The states crops in value and eight
in acreage, while potatoes ranked fiftl
| IN value and tenth in acreage. Sor
ghums ranked forth in acreage ant
sixth in value.
Crop Production and Values for 1920
Compiled by the Colorado Cooper
ative Crop Reporting Service.
Wheat, 27,117,043 bu...s 36 6e0s O0
Corn for grain, l7,442, 1853
pushels '............... 12,2i0.0I.
.'a's' S'4~,ol2 bu......... 5,Oi0.30
Barley, G,250,1sl bu. $500 ia
Rye for grain. 1.2Si.4 bu. 1.34s 20
Grain Sorghums for grain.
-'o9o,6le bu' .,......... 1.7o6,2S
Sweet Sorghums for grain.
l--'soo bu. ........,.. 141.2a
Broom Corn. 2,10g TONS. 147 "a
'e"nS' "oo'oi2 bu......... 1,596,0l
Potatoes, 10,S6S, ,OGO bu. s6e4 a.
Tame Hay, 2.S03, 1o1 tons. n 637 o1
wild Hay, 293,971 tons. 4115 10
n us"r hee's' 2'369,9O1 tons 21.135, ,43
a,,,s i'i"se .'.-......-... 9,054 %
,i"se lag ''''.'-.... 4,1O2. So
crops hogged off 11s7 4.
M, r",''i"upes ..'..'....... s02,20
Market Garden and Seed
Diops '.-'............. 100000
i,a au''s '.'..'......-... 6,143,TO
Farm Gardens and AIiscel-
laneous Crops. Goa. n,