The Dolores star., 1921-01-07
CROP VALUES
S167,595,613
WHEAT WAS LEADING CROP IN
COLORADO FOR
1920.
SEASON FAVORABLE.
TOTAL AREA UNDER cuLTIvA.
TIoN WAS 5,ea5,aas
ACRES.
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Dy the State Immigration Department
from reports of county assessors, was
',o5o,3"9 acres, or about 1880 acres
less than the acreage under cultivation
In 1919. The 1920 season was mich
more favorable for crop production.
however, than the previous season, and
the total crop output, including fruits,
was many thousand tons in excess of
that for 1919. A single example will
SUFFICE to illustrate this increase. The
area devoted to wheat in 1920 was L.
4I,2l2 acres, compared with 1924, ,594
acres In 1920. The production in 1920
was 2I,111,Oi3 bushels, compared with
lS,431,3S6 the previous year.
But the value of the crop was more
than S3O,OOO,00O less than that of 1919.
uue to the very sharp fall in prices of
all farm products that begun soon
after harvest time and has continued
TIL the present time. The value of all
crops, including fruits, grown in the
state in 1920 is estimated at S1G7, Dbl
600, compare with Sl999i7 900 for the
1919 crop. One of the heaviest de-
crcascS in value was in the potato crop.
The 1919 crop was worth, at prices
prevailing on December 1St last year
SlS,ST0,0OO. The 1920 crop, which was
only about 100000 bushels short of
that of the preceding year, was worth
at prices prevailing December 1st only
$S,69J,OOO.
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,2i2 acres, and the total production
was 2T,llI,OO0 bushels. This was
worth mt prices prevailing on Decem-
Der LIST about $36.3OS,OOO, while at
prices prevailing on September /, 1920,
it would have been worth about S55,-
OOO,OOO., 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
NuS I,-pD,tJ- utItS, VI WHICH ~ per
cent was harvested for grain, Is per
cent cut for fodder without being
husked, 81 per cent cut for silage and
6.3 per cent fed to livestock in the
field. The total value of the crop Is
estimated at little more than $780,
100000.
Sugar beets ranked second among
the states crops in value and eighth
in acreage, while potatoes ranked fifth
in value and tenth in acreage. Sor-
ghums ranked forth in acreage and
sixth in value.
Crop Production and Values for 1920.
Compiled by the Colorado Cooper
ative Crop Reporting Service.
Wheat, 21,117,043 bu. IS 36,60S, ,OO5
Corn for grain, 17,442,959
bushels ................ 12,210,OI2
Oats, S,400,512 bu....... 5,O40,3O7
Barley, G,25O,1S1 bu. ..... 1880, 1876
Rye for grain, 1,2S4,477 bu. 1,34S,7O1
Grain Sorghums for grain,
2,O3O61G bu. ...,.. 1,7O6,2s
Sweet Sorghums for grain,
122,S00 bu. ....... 1920
Broom Corn, 2,109 tOns... 147, $50
Beans, 50G.6T2 bu. u....... 1,596,Ol7
Potatoes, 1O,S6S,060 bu.. S.694, ,44S
Tame Hay, 2.SO31 tons. 33,637 ,212
Wild Hay, 293,971 tons. -. 4,115,594
Sugar Beets, 2,369,9O7 tons 27,135, ,435
Dry Forage ............. 9,O54,2 ,276
Silage 4,1O2,S67
Crops hoggcd off. ........ 1,1S7,4 ,44S
Cantaloupes ............. SO2, 200
Market Garden and Seed
Crops .................. 100000
Fruits 6,143, 700
Farm Gardens and Miscel-
laneous Crops. ......... 6,O34,O56