The Dolores star., 1921-11-04
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.

COLORADO NEWS NoAGS'
Reports Of county assessors TO lhe
State Immigration Department sho"
TINT more farmers in Colorado are
growing corn than any other crop
though the acreage Of wheat uhuer
cultivation is much greater than that
Of corn. These reports for l9-i sho"
52,245 farms being operated IN the
state, of which 2S,09l are producing
corn. The number OF farms reporting
winter wheat is 1887. and l4'oo"
farms report spring wheat cous'u-
erable number of farmers, however
grow both winter and spring whea'' 50
that the total number Of farms report
ing wheat this year is not In excess OIL
% 600. The census bureau found that
90 ,sT3 farms in the state were produc-
ing corn In 1919, while the huihper
producing wheat was 23,S6l- winter
wheat then was reported from l4,sop
farms and spring wheat from i-''oo
farms. Since that time there has been
an increase of more than 5000 In the
number of farms reporting corn anu
an increase of only little more thah
900 in the number of farms reporting
wheat. But for 1919 the census bu-
reau reported only 22.lI acres OF
wheat for each farm reported, WINE
this year county assessors report 34.lo
acres of wheat for each farm reported.
The census bureau reported loo acres
of corn harvested, exclusive of that
| cut for sllage, for each farm reported
! for 1919, while county assessors re-
port 2O.O3 acres OF corn planted In the
state for all purposes in 1921. From
| these figures it will be seen that corn
/ is now being introduced into new ter
4 ritory in Colorado more rapidly than
any other crop, but the acreage such
new territory is giving over TO the
| crop is comparatively small.
| The state potato crop on Oct ] was
| estimated ut 11.360,000 bushels, com
/ pared with final estimate of lO,92O,-
! 900 for last year. The condition of the
| crop on oct ! was 81 per cent com
| pared with 81 per cent on Oct.
! /, last year was ~ per cent,
| the tcn-year average. The de
| cline of 100000 bushels in the state
crop during September was due large
| ly to the effect of the hot weather dur
| ing the latter part Of August and the
| injury TO the vines by frost early In
/ September. In contrast with the de
| cline in the state crop, the national
crop improved during September about
%, ,S59, 600 bushels, making a total es-
timated production for the United
States of 345,S44, 900 bushels. Even
with the improvement during Septem-
Der, the crop is still 50, ,524 600 bushels
short of the 42S,OOO,0OO bushel crop of
1920 and over 25,OOO,O00 bushels below
the 1853, five-year average. Of 371,-
100000 bushels.
The open shop movement in Colo
RADIO Springs, backed by local business
men with Il total wealth of 0,000, 900,
was launched when the Master Build
ers' Association posted notices that
the american plan" of employm
would be effective. Action taken by
| the contractors came after the business
men had agreed nj meeting to sup
port the builders in their fight against
the Carpenters union. Practically ev-
cry business house in the city has
signed the agreement to support any
association which announces Its inten-
ton to work under the american
plan"
The effect of the drouth on corn
since about June ! in the northeast
ern part of the state continued to be
apparent in the condition figures for
| s.I n
l, or % points below the figure for
the some time last year, and 6 points
below the ten-year average for this
date The indicated production is 1J.-
I15.OOO bushels, compared with Il ten
tative estimate of 1S.94O,O0O bushels
last year. These production figures
are based on the assumption that ap-
proximately SO per cent of the acreage
planted TO corn will be harvested for
| grain.
state average of nineteen bushels
per acre is the preliminary estimated
| yield of spring wheat in Colorado this
year, which indicates a crop of J.77G-
900 bushels. This, added to the esti-
mated winter wheat crop, makes n to-
/ '''' 'AA,h' 'i"p lpi tIlt StnIt OF III
2"6,ooo bushels, compared with Il ten
tative estimate of 25,467 900 bushels
for last year. The Census Bureau re-
ported lS,26l 900 bushels for 1919.
Present estimates indicate this to he
the record crop of the state.
The second regular labor nav dov
for the Great Western Sugar Com
I
ers at the Loveland factory. 1t is re
ported that practically all the beers
VIII be out of the ground by the last
OF this month, and the regular month.
~ pay day to farmers, Nov. IL will
distribute nearly S2,0OO,OOO among tbs
growers around LOveland.
Mrs. j. l.. Leroy, 81 years old. was
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