Gunnison news-champion., 1922-03-10
Ranch and Rance
COLORADO LIVESTOCK REPORT
GIVES INTERESTING FIGURES

Heavy decline In valuations Of the
live tOck industry, with minor de-
creA5es m number are the outstand-
ing feature Of the annual livestock
report for Colorado, released from the
Denver oElce q the FeLcEa.StALe Crop
Reporting service. According 10 tie
report the estimated value Of thC
: $50 900 farm animals q the principal
classes DG tae farm and rang of The
state, January /. 1922. was IS, ,ss9Joc
This Ea.Le as 20 pET cent less tnau the
total Of SlfT.lb-pgO far #r14F,UJJ ami
mails January !, 1920 and 20 per cent
less than the ElIO&-l. 900 placed upon
E,-52D 600 animals Of these classes a
year ago.
Had the number Of stock oE the dif-
fyrrUt ClaEssa been the same during
the two year period l= on January 1.
1922, the per cent Of decline IN value
for the period would have been 30 per
cent and for the pas; year but - per
cent
The greatest decline since January
/. 1922, IN numbers of any class Of
stock occurred lu cattle. eXciuEIve OF
milk COWS The number Of cattle on
the farms and ranges Of Colorado.
lHot including milk cuwsj is now estl-
mated At ,35j 600, or lsS,GJO t9.GS
per cent? less than two years ago
when the census reported l.52S 600.
The value OF this class Of cattle Is
now placed - an average uf S26.4c
per head, compared with $500 last
year and SsG.4O two years ago -rspr-
sentinE a decline Of p per cent during
last year and 80 per cent since Jauu-
ary /. 1920 The cetimuted total
value Of this class Of cattle iu the state
on January J.. 1922, vas $50, 800. coo
compared with 50. SCI OOJ a year ago.
and S7O66I, 900 two years ago.
The number o. milk COWS in tins
state January ! was 343 900 compared
with 236,, 900 q year ago tan Increase
Of 2 per cent? and $4,000 reported bg
the census 90 1920. The average
value pyr head Of milk cows b. placcd
At $500 per heai- compared with $40
per head last year and Ss5. two years
ago. These values represent declines
OF 1876 per cent during 1921. and 34-5
per cent since january 1920. The
total yalue at the frst OF the year was
St3. 3.S5l 600, compared with Si6,520,-
900 last year and $50 ,3Gs 600 two years
There has not been much change in
the number Of horses and mules Dut
there has been q decline IN average
values per head during the two years
Of about 81 per cont The i2l 900
horses in the state are estimated AZ
So. .734 600 and the 81 900 mules at
S2 pos 600.
The breeding and range sheep OF
this state are estimated to have de-
clincd in numbers during the two years
about 6.5 per cent, while the total
numbers in the state on January .
1922 R-as only about Is per cent less
than two years ago but about 20 per
cent less than a year ago. These dif- ,
ferences in total numbers are due % Z
the variations in numbers placed in the .
feed lots each year.
Tn number Of swine in the state or !
January /. 1922 is placed al .55 600, .
about 10 per cent more than last year '
and ! per cent more than the $4,000 /
by the federal census for
1920. Swine are valued this year a.
the average price Of $3.50 per head, (
with Sl2.3O last year, and
$500 on January l, 1922. These
represent 4 depreciation
during the past year of % per cent, F.
81 per cent during the year 1920 and
i6.6 per cent during the two year peri X
ID. The total value for swine of the
state, January /, 1922, was 81 ,36s, ,0On /
with 5000 900 a year 40,
and $500. 900 two years ago. 4