The Dolores star., 1921-03-18
SURPLUS GRAIN
NOW ON FARMS
AMOUNT OF GRAIN ON FARMS is
GREATER THAN ANY YEAR
SINCE 1912.
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Denver, COlo.-The amount of corn
ANA of all small grains remaining on
| tlie 1;irms on March !, 1921, both in
Colorado and in the United States, is
| considerably greater than the amount
remaining on the farms a year ago.
according to the report just issued by
W. w. Putnam, agricultural statisti-
clan of the U. $. Bureau of Crop Es-
Inmates, in cooperation with the Colo
RADIO State Board of immigration. The
| report also shows that the amount of
corn and small grains remaining on the
farms this year is generally greater
| than the average for all years since
1912.
| The amount of corn and small grains
from the 1920 crop intended to be
shipped out OF the counties in which
it was raised is also above the aver.
age. In a general way it may be said
that the report indicates considerably
greater supplies of corn and small
grains now on the farms and intended
for market than for any recent year
The amount of corn remaining Oh
farms in Colorado on March /, accord
ing to the report, is about 94233,OOU
bushels, or "a per cent of the 1920
crop, compared with 4,115,OOO bushels
on March l, 1920, or 80 per cent of
the 1919 crop. Reports show that an
average of about 81 per cent of the
corn crop grown in the state in the
ten years preceding 1920 remained on
the farms on March l of the year
| .,ft
cent of the 1920 crop, or 5,5S4,. !
600 bushels, is intended to be shipped
out of the counties in which it was
grown, compared with Is pee centgof
the 1919 crop, or 2,116,0OO bushels.
| The aterage shipped out for the ten
| years previous to the marketing of
the 1920 crop was about 16 per cent
of the state production. About 81 per
cent of the 1920 crop is considered of
merchantable quality. compared with
S5 per cent of the 1919 crop and an
average merchantabiity of 20 per
cent for the past ten years.
s1n the United States the amount of
corn remaining on the farms March
1, 1921 is estimated at 1,572,397 600
|
crop, compared with 1O7O,677 900
bushels remaining on farms year
ago, which was 37.5 per cent of the
1919 crop. 1t is estimated that about
21.4 per cent of the 1920 crop, or 691,-
$4,000 bushels, has been or will be
shipped out of the counties in which
1t was grown, compared with 1853 per
cent, or 465,933,0OO bushels for the
1919 crop. The proportion of the 1920
corn crop which is considered mer-
chantable is about 81 per cent, equiv
alent to 2,S11 ,266,OOO bushels, compared
with 81 per cent, or 2,4S6, 296. 600 bush
els, of the 1919 crop.
The amount of wheat remaining on
the farms of Colorado on March /,
| 1921, according to the report, is about
$500, 600 bushels, or 2S per cent of the
1920 crop, compared with 2,492 900
bushels on March /, 1920, or Is per
cent of the 1919 crop. Reports show
| that an average of about % per cent
| OF the wheat grown in the state in the
ten years preceding 1920 remained on
the farms on March ! of the year after
it was grown About 81 per cent of
the 1920 crop. or 14,605,000 bushels, is
intended to be shipped out of the
counties where grown, compared with
63 per cent of the 1919 crop, or TO-
467, 600 bushels. The average shipped
out for the ten years preceding the
marketing of the 1920 crop was 81 per
cent of the state production. In the
United States the amount of wheat re-
manning on the farms March /, 1921,
is estimated to be 2O7, ,591 900 bushels,
or 264 per cent of the 1920 crop, COM
pared with 164.624,OOO bushels, re.
naming on the farms Il year ago,
which was 17.6 per cent of the 1918
crop. An average of about 1913 per
cent of the entire wheat production
remained on the farms on March /,
the year after it was grown, during
the ten years preceding the 1920 crop.
The amount of oats remaining on
the farms of Colorado March l, 1921,
according to the report, was about Al
per cent of the 1920 crop, compared
the farms March 1, 1920, and pre-
ceding ten-year average of 80 per
cent. Reports show that about IS per
cent of the oats will be shipped out of
the counties where grown, compared
with 16 per cent of the 1919 crop and
the preceding ten-year average of "a
per cent. In the United States the |
amount of oats on the farms March 1,
1921 is estimated at $50 500, 600 bush |
els, or 45.2 per cent of the 1920 crop, |
compared with 41S,9S3,0O0 bushels re-
naming on the farms n year ago, |
which was "a per cent Of the 1919
crop.
The amount of barley on the farms
of Colorado March 1, 1921, according |
to the report, is Al per cent of the
1920 crop, compared with 80 per cent
of the 1919 crop on the farms March