The Keota news., 1921-04-22
COLORADO CROP REPORT
WHEAT cRop SECOND LARoGsr
IN HISTORY OF STATg-Nvg
ABOVE AvgRAog-lAOo0
PLENTIFUL.
tw..ssr. x-..s.ss rs,ss xss ssrssa, /,

w. Putnam, agricultural StoustlC1su "
the United States Bureau OF Crop e.
Inmates, In cooperation with the Colo
RADIO State B0ari Of Immigration. The
forecast Of production u l442.OO
bushels. compared with II. 7.l9A.O QUO bush.
els for 1870. Weather aud moisture
conditions have been 70 favorable that
ths crop declined only two points from
last December !. the April condition
being SS per cent Of normal compared
with Is per cent on April last year
and 90 per cent the ten year average.
The present crop WAS s0wn on 100000
acres. compared With l.OOO.OOO acres
for the l92O crop. or an acreage which
was only 81 per cent Of that Of last
year.
The winter wheat crop Of the Unit.
ed States had q condition Of 81 per
cent Of normal compared With $50 per
cent last year At this time aud $50 per
cent the ten-year average. The crop
improved 81 per cent from the last
December figure. The estimate indl.
Gates . production Of 82i 100000 bush.
els, compared with So. .703.O0O bushels
last year and 10. 900 bushels In
1919. The AREA sown last fall Was 10.
o06.O00 acres. Indications are that the
abaudonment b small. The 1870 crop
Was sown on Il, ,757. 900 acres but only
N.77AO00 acres were harvested. The
record crop Of 1919 was harvested
from lo.1O6 1000 acres.
Ths production Of winter rye In Colo.
rado was forecasted at l.43aO00 bush.
eas. compared with . production Of l..
$4,000 bushels for grain last year. The
condition Qf rye on April / was 50 per
cent Of normal. compared with IS per
cent last year and . per cent the ten.
year average.
The production Of rye In the United
States for this year II forecast at CO.
806000 bushels from q condition Of
90S per cent Of normal, compared with
. condition Of 068 per cent, 63,3i6O0O
bushels last year. compared with
condition Of 00.6 per cent and $780,.
600 bushels In the record rye crop OF
1919 and the ten year average condl.
tiou Of e&4 per cent with IN average
production Of G0.908, 900 bushels for
the pre.war flve-year average.
The number Of brood sows In the
state on April 10 estimated to be
about the same % q year ago, 02,O0o
head. This figure 10 subject to revi.
sion to compare with the preliminary
census figures Of January 1. 1870,
which showed the number Of brood
sows ~ 79.65S and all swine a. about
10000. The estimates Of January I.
1871, Indicated that the number Of ali
swine had decreased about IS per cent
during the year.. While there seems to
b some scarcity Of market hogs In
the state. indications are that the
farmers are again stocking up and in.
creasing their holdings In their effort
to find q means Of marketing their
large supplies Of cheap feed.
The number Of brood sows In the
United States on April l was A,70aO00
head or 97.S per cent Of the number
on hand April I, 1870. which was g..
9e6.00o head or 90.1 per cent Of the
number on hand April 1, 1919, which
was 0.070,O0O head.
In Colorado the farm labor supply
April 1 10 indicated 10 1872 per cent Of
last year on the same date, and 1O6
per cent Of normal on Aprif 1, COM
pared with % per cent Of normal
year ago; at the same time the farm
labor requirements appear to be only
d per cent Of normal. compared with
- per cent q year ago, making the