The Keota news., 1921-12-30
STATE SHOWS GAINS
Oio ACREAGE ikcREAsG ALL
OVER CENTENNIAL STATE.
COLORADO HAS SUFFERED LESS
DURING YEAR THAN orhGR
LOCALITIES


country. with restricted operations in
almost every line at productive seiis'
iiy. Colorado has mot escaped thr
general depression. but business ahd
Industrial conditions have been bet
ter here Than III niost states.
Colorado farmers increased thrlr
cultivated acreage at least 3 i'~r cent
over 1851. while th- cultivated acre
ag- f.r the couh.ry at large va. "a,
least 3 p~r .rnt below HAT ot lss.p
aud about : p~r cent below ,h. high
inark of 1919. Mining activity WAS al
rstirr low ~hb ia the staI~ through
"sit thr Year. hut conditions showed si.-
si.I-h Improvement during ,iss- las,
f~~ weeks of iI:i. with indicate
for i~rtt-r production and -sna~~ i.aE
higher price. j. iS:-:. The states man
asa.snfins output fell considerably
short .f the large production Of 1919
I'ut Was h.t far below that of 1851
fris-s fog manufactured ss-sL.. hsw
ever. p-r~ far below the average os
1919 and s.,sss~Whs, b~t.w tia~ asrsaS-
Tor 1881 =. that The value ~ Gsl.
rn.t.'s manufactured sD-s-ts fer tg.t
wa. somewhat below Y.,s,nnOs,
..s,niar-ei with n.s- than s::.sssG"s
f-r 1919. shown hy th~ s-nsG- r-
Port.
Hrl-srts at county a>.~.sSrs so th-
Stats Immigration tA-parsm-nt sh.v,
that the total ar~a under cultivation 10
Colorado in 1891 wa. slightly in ~ss-s.
.t Etssss.J aes~.s being trt~ largest
acreage ~Srr cultivated in th- state
These same srt,-rts sl.o eL.w sila'
approximately Inn iu.r- fsrru. W~s.
i~ins "i-~rss-t than ~-rr fasm~.l is
tss,'. -Isseh aec.un,. foe the insr-a..
in cultivated a.r~ases Sisr- than <is'
s1 sesrs af FAN land wa. hFeAra ia
tls- state fog 1891 es-ssss which j. slss
largest asaaunt .s n-w issssi bsaIrn
any y-ar .incr 1915 eis-n The Wsr sl~
sasni encouraged C.i.s.s,. farmers "a
rs-st special efforts tn "'stsin large
rrs-iuctsons
Thr SEASON just rtsl~ei wa. n@t tss'
oss'.l- fog crop production in ..snr ii
she ns.st isnp-Ttahs farming eutntir.,
pna shr result wa. that shr total cIeI
.tsrrut fell considerably short of that
s.r 1851. which vss an excellent 500
.-.u ia m..t .r-ti.h. ns the .satr. II.
she northeast part II C.l.rasi. ar.ts5ss
prevailed through practically tho on
tire summer. erratly reducing .roG'
yields since thi. section has . larger
i.~rv-ntasr .f its AREA under caltisa.
ss"n than any ether part "f Colorado.
thr ru.uIt wa. y very heavy reduction
in cr.p output. especially for corn an,t
wheat. which arr grown extensively
in the drought stricken district
The large increase ia cultivated
acreage in 1901 was ttur almost entire.
~ to the increase in scrcacc devoted
to- winter wheat. County assessor. rr.
ported i.tHs- -1cS acres devoted to this
crop. compared with i.Ult.tt3 acre. in
iuy' ErI-rts of county assessors ere
n.t quite complete. so that 1t may
safely bs estiststr-, that the total area
devoted to winter wheat iu the state
iu iusi was above t.-sO1O acrr.. A.
considerable amount of this grain was
not cut. Tire total area harvested b.,-
ing estimated at about t.slGsO acres
The average yield I-cr acre. however.
was estimated at only about u bush.
cI.. compared with an estimated aver.
age Of about 1S bushels for 1851.
Averages devoted to spring wheat.
cats. harley and rye were not mater
tally different from those "f ia.s,.
Production of sh-s. crops was not -
.haTpl, and at spring planting time In