The Keota news., 1921-12-02
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


In the number OF farms being Opernt'
ed In Colorado from year to year. but
evidently there Is also an increase
each year In the average number OF
acres under cultivation for each farm.
Reports of county assessors tn the
State Immigration Department show
that the average number Of acres un'
der cultivation per farm In the state
this year was lO2.55. compared with
lOl 80 last year and lOO67 acres In
1919. County assessors reported d.
245 farms being operated In the state
In 1921. compared with 49.ll1 last year
and 7.Ss7 In 1919. The actual number
Of farms In the state IL considerably
above the numbers here given. the CEN
sls having reported 59.9:ii farms on
January l. 1920. The number. how
ever, Includes great many farms ON
which no land Ii being cultivated. but
which are being used only for pasture
purposes. II Is estimated that there
are not fewer than 5000 farms In
the state ON which land is actually he.
Ing cultivated each year. The In
crease in cultivated acreage per farm.
az shown by assessors reports. IL due
chiefly la 4 gradual Increase IN the
acreage of winter wheat being grown
on eastern Colorado farms. In 1921
there was m average Of 1886 acres
of winter wheat reported for each farm
In the state. compared with H.D
ncrcs pcr fnrm reported for 1919.
Nearly nii other crops show slight de-
la. m
In 1921 nx compared with 1919.
A largcr percentage Of the acreage
In cultivation In 1921 was devoted to
wheat tl,nn tn any other crop. approx.
iuintciy onc-ihird the cultivated area
being devoted to winter and spring
wheat combined. Corn rahks second
In this respect. with 1850 per cent.
and alfalfa third. with 1892 per cent.
The following percentages Of the cult.
vntcsl area nrc devoted To other lead.
ing crops: Oats. 5.i3: barley. AS
rye, 2.:s7 sorghu,,,s. U.Oi: sugar becta.
$40. In many eastern Colorado coun.
ties more il,nn ~ pcr cent of the cul.
tivutcti acreage II devoted 10 wheat.
the inrscst proportion i'cin. reported
for Phillips. which shows ssl.25 Of its
cultivated AREA devoted la wheat. Nine
counties In this section Of the state
have morc than 10 per cent each Of
their cultivated areas assigned to
wheat.
Harry II. French. forest supervisor
Of the Holy Cross Forest with head.
quarters ut Glcnwood Springs. has
1,os,, trn fcrre,l In the t'ncoinnnhprV
National Forest with headquarters at
Dcltn, Colo. lie goes To the Uncom.
pahgrc Forest with sixteen years ex.
pcricncc MS a forest officer. having
been appointed forest guard on the
Holy Cross National Forest In Novem.
bcr 1905. and supervisor Of the same
forest year later. which position he
has held up to this present time. The
Uncompnhgrc IL indeed fortunate to
secure a man Of such training and
ability to fill the place left vacant by
Supervisor Jcffers, who resigned to
become head of the forestry school at
Amcs, Iowa.
Federal Judge Lewis ordered the
sale of the airplane seized last June
when Eddie Brooks. its driver. was ar.
rested on the charge of transporting
liquor in It from Canada TO Colorado.
The court denied the petition OF the
Nebraska Airplanc Corporation, which
claimed to be the innocent owner Of
the plane. for nm order restoring It to
the concerns possession. Counsel for
the Nebraska company gave notice
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