Agricultural Statistics
CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
OFTHE
STATE OF COLORADO
1934
With Revisions for 1933
BULLETIN No. 92
December, 1934,
and
February, 1935
THE COLORADO CO-OPERATIVE CROP
REPORTING SERVICE
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics (Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates) A. G. BLACK, ChiefH. L. COLLINS,Agricultural Statistician
H. A. SWEDLUND, Assistant Agricultural Statistician
In Co-operation with
Washington Denver - Denver
The Colorado State Planning Commission
Division of AgricUltural Statistics EDWARD D. FOSTER,DirectorTOLBERTR. INGRAM,Deputy and Statistician
THI eItADJPOItD·ItOIIlN,ON "G.co.,DENVE" ~lBRARY
T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
General review of 1934 crop season. production, etc
.
Federal crops and livestock control programs.
3-8
8-9
United States crops; acreage. production and value. with Colorado's
per cent of national totals
-
.10·13
Farm value of
crops, by counties....
Acreage. production and value of all crops, 1934 and 193:l
Per cent of harvested area devoted to principal ('rops.
Harvested acreage of all crop8, 1934
.
Per cent of crops grown with and without. irrtKation
Average yields of principal crops for ftve·year period ...
Acreage. yield and production of individual crops.
19:14.
Rank
of counttes in production of principal ('rops
Number and size of farms. and farm tenures
.
Number of farms reporting principal crops ...
Carlot shipments of farm crops ...
Average annual prices received for farm crops..
14-15
16-17
18
18A
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22-34
36-37 3839
40-41
Estimated price received for farm anrl livestoc.k products,
by
months ..
42-fi1
Historical record of crop acreage. produ('tion and vahlP,
by
Yf'ars
02~6General review of livestock situation January
1,
1930 ....
Cattle and sheep feeding and wool production ..
Creamery butter production and
corn
and hog ratIos
Colorado livestock 88sessment totals, 1910-1934 _
.
Numbers and value of
all
Colorado livestock
.
Market receipt8 of Colorado livestock.
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68-fl9
70
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COLORADO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR 1934
VALU E-Colorado farm crops produced in
1934
are valued at
$50,801,400
compared with
$63,959,160
in
1933
and
$41,566,000
in
1932.
This valuation is
placed on the total production of all crops and based upon annual prices
secured by weighting monthly prices to growers by estimates of monthly
marketings.
PRODUCTION-Production of Colorado crops in
1934
was the lowest in
over
25
years.
The continued drouth and shortage of irrigation water caused
59
percent abandonment of the total planted crop acreage and reduced the
combined yield per acre for all crops to only
61.3
percent of the ten-year
average.
The total crop acreage harvested in
1934
was
3,947,390
acres,
com-pared with
6,231,410
acres in
1933,
and
5,898,840
acres in
1932.
Winter wheat
and rye are the only crops that show an acreage harvested in 1'934 greater
than that harvested in
1933.
Fruit crops, rye and fall wheat s'how greater
pro-duction than in
1933.
rrruck crop yields were substantially lower in
1934
than
a year earlier.
A comparison of production for some of the principal Colorado
crops indicates the severity of the
1934
drouth.
The total corn crop was only
3,368,000
bushels in
1934,
compared with
22,044,000
bushels in
1933
and
37,238,000
bushels in
1930.
The oats estimate of
2,280,000
bushels compares with
4,131,000
bushels in
1933.
The hay crop of
1,402,000
tons is the smallest since
1893.
In contrast with the greatly reduced production of other crops, the Colorado
peach production of
1,260,000
bushels ,vas the largest on record and compares
with a production of
fl78,000
in
1933
and
1,201,000
bushels in
1932.
REVIEW OF THE
1934
CROP SEASON-In the fall of
1933, 1,205,000
acres of winter wheat were sown in Colorado, or an increase of
30
percent over
the previous fall.
A part of the early seeded winter wheat and rye was
com-pleted under favorable seed bed conditions, but later due to dry weather, soil
moisture, was unsatisfactory both for seed germination and for early growth.
Snowfall was general over the great plains area early in December, but the
moisture came too late to materially benefit late sown wheat.
The winter
months were mild and dry, with no general precipitation until the last week of
February.
During the early spring months wheat made good growth, but hot,
drying winds during April and May practically depleted all surface moisture
and all dry land wheat deteriorated rapidly.
There had been a deficiency of
subsoil moisture since
1931.
Final
1934
abandonment of winter wheat was
60
percent of the seeded acreage, compared with
71
percent in
1933
and
35.7
per-cent, the ten-year average.
From May until fall hot, dry weather prevailed and the condition of
pas-tures and ·all crops declined to a very low point. Abandonment of crop acreage
was extremely heavy and very low yields were realized on the small acreage
actually harvested. In
1934
abandonment of the planted corn acreage was
47
per cent; barley
61
per cent; oats
45
per cent; dry beans
67
per cent; spring
wheat
52
per cent, and potatoes
26
per cent.
The Colorado fruit production was
32
per cent greater than the previous
year. Production of all fruits was favorable, with a peach crop the largest in
the history of the state.
Livestock sutTered from lack of feed during the early summer and fall
months. Pastures and ranges burned badly from lack of moisture and the
Fed-eral government found it necessary to make emergency purchases of cattle
and sheep throughout the enUre state. The movement of livestock was
par-ticularly heavy from southeastern Colorado counties. The government buying
program started the last of .July and when completed In December,
289.58~cattle and
207,196
sheep had been purchased to save stockmen from heavy
losses and make possible movement of livestock to other states where feed was
more plentiful. During the fall months all available feed and roughage wert
conserved. Thistles, weeds and grain crops were cut for hay. In spite of this,
stockmen entered the winter with
a
very low reserve 8upply of hay, grain
and other feeds.
It was only because of an extremely mild open fall and
winter that heavy losses of livestock from starvation were prevented.
Hay-Hay ranks first amGng Colorado crops in value.
The
1934
total value
was
$16,379,600,
ccmpared with
$13,393,300
In
1933.
The total
1934
hay crop,
consisting principally of alfalfa, timothy, clover and millet, was the smallest
produced since
1902
because of the extreme drouth and shortage of irrigation
water. Yields were not only reduced to a very low level, but a considerable
acreage was completely abandoned without producing any crop.
Sugar Beets-Colorado for many years has ranked flrst in sugar beet
pro-duction but In
1934
dropped to second place with about
21
per cent of the
total United States crop because
of
unfavorable growing conditions. The
1934
crop of
1,572,000
tons was produced on
169,000
acres. In
1933, 2,628,000
tons
were produced on
209,000
acres. The five-year
(1927-1931)
average production
has been
2,725,000
tons. The value of the
1934
sugar beet crop was
$7,326,000.
compared with
$12,141,000
in
1933.
Corn-The
1934
corn crop wae the lowest in
30
years. There
was 80me
reduction In planted acreage because of the crop control program and because
of shortage of
80Umoisture at planting time. Abandonment was
47
per cent of
the planted acreage, leaving only
842.000
acres for harvest, compared with the
1933
acreage harvested of
2,004,000
acres.
Production In
1934
was
3,368,000
bushels with an average yield of four bushels per acre on the harvested acres.
In
1933
corn production amounted to
22,044,000
bushels and the yield was
11
bushels per acre. The
1934
value was
$3,435,000,
compared with
$8,818,000
for
1933.
Of the total acres harveeted in
1934
it is estimated that
337,000
acres
were harvested for grain,
415,000
acres grazed or hogged oft and
90,000
acres
cut for silage. The yield of silage was
2.5
tons per acre.
A
bout
12
per cent
of the Colorado corn acreage
was
under irrigation In
1934.
Wheat-The
1934
wheat crop was valued at
$4,967,000
compared with
'3,843,
000
in
1933.
Winter Wheat-Winter wheat suffered from unfavorable growing
condl-lioDS in
1934
and for the third year in succession a short wheat crop was
pro-duced. Sixty per cent of the planted acreage was abandoned, compared with
71
per cent In
1933
and
60
per cent two years ago. In
1934, 482,000
acres of
wheat were harvested, compared with
268,000
acres in
1933.
The
1934
prodUC-tion was
3,760,000
bushels or an average of
7.8
bushels per acre.
In
1933, 2.412,000
bushels were produced with an average
yield
of 9
bushels per acre. The tlve-year
(1927-1931)
average production haa been
16,·
491,000
bushels. About
19
per cent of the winter wheat harvested for
1934
was
grown without irrigation.
Tbe
1934
fall-sown wheat acreage was estimated at
964,000
acrea or
80
per
cent of
1,206,000
acres (revised estimate) sown In the fall of
1933. RaiDS
early
STATE OF COLORADO
Iin September supplied some surface moisture and made conditions favorable
for early seeding. There was, however, very little subsoil moisture and as late
fall weather was very dry, winter wheat condition declined rapidly during the
fall and winter months. Late seeded wheat failed to germinate.
Winter months were practically without moisture, and not until the latter
part of April did conditions improve. By that time almost the entire dryland
acreage of Eastern Colorado had been abandoned.
Rains the latter part of
April prevented complete loss of acreage and caused some improvement in
con-dition of wheat remaining for harvest. May 1 abandonment of wheat acreage
was estimated at 86 per cent, the heaviest abandonment on record. Winter
wheat condition on May 1, 1935, was 25 per cent of normal, compared with 73
per cent on May 1, 1934, and the ten-year average (1925-1934) condition of 74
per cent.
Spring Wheat-In 1934, 168,000 acres of spring wheat were harvested with
an average yield of 12 bushels per acre and a total production of 2,016,000
bushels. This compares with 280,000 acres harvested in 1933, with an average
Yield of 12.5 bushels per acre and a total production of 3,600,000 bushels. The
five-year average production has been 4,653,000 bushels.
Of the total 1934
acreage, 48 per cent was grown on dryland.
Oats-The 1934 production of oats was 2,280,000 bushels or an average of
23.5 bushels per acre on 97,000 acres.
This compares with a
produ~tlonof
4,131,000 bushels in 1933 with an average yield of 25.5 bushels on 162,000
acres. The 1934 value was $1,186,000 compared with $1,198,000 in 1933. The
five-year (1927-1931) average production has been 6,262,000 bushels..
About
36 per cent of the Colorado oats acreage was non-irrigated in 1934.
Barley-Barley production in 1934 was 3,024,000 bushels on 189,000 acres
or an average yield of 16 bushels per acre.
Tn 1933, 6,880,000 bushels were
produced on 430,000 acres, again showing a yield of 16 bushels per acre.
The five-year (1927-1931) average production has been 9,966,000 bushels.
The 1934 crop was valued at $2,117,000, compared with $2,133,000 the
p~evious year.
About 52 per cent of the barley acreage was grown under
irriga-tion in 1934.
Rye-Rye harvested for grain In 1934 totaled 32,000 acres with a yield of
5.5 bushels per acre and a production of 176,000 bushels. In 1933, 18,000 acres
produced 6.5 bushels per acre and a total production of 117,000 bushels. The
five-year (1927-1931) average production has been 546,000 bushels. The 1934
rye crop had a value of $141,000, compared with $57,000 in 1933. A considerable
acreage of rye is also used for hay and pasture.
Dry Beans-Colorado produced only 279,000 100-pound bags of dry beans
in 1934, of which 272,000 bags were pintos, 3,000 bags Great Northerns and
4,000 bags other varieties. This compares with 1933 production of 1,204,000 bags
of dry beans, of which 1,178,000 bags were Pintos, 12,000 bags Great Northerns
and 14,000 bags other varietie§.
The 1934 average yield was 150 pounds per acre on 186,000 acres,
com-pared with 330 pounds per acre on 365,000 acres in 1933. The 1934 value was
$1,607,000, compared with $3,492,000 in 1933. In 1934 there were 2,350 acres of
beans grown under contract for seed, compared with 2,200 acres in 1933 and
1,400 acres in 1932.
The seed beans are grown under irrigation largely in
Weld and Mesa counties and in the Arkansas Valle)· from Pueblo to Rocky Ford.
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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Potatoe.-In
1934. 76,000
acreB of potatoes with an average yield of
75
buabels per acre produced
6.700.COO
bushels. This compares with
87,000
acres,
150
bushels per acre and
13,050,000
bushels produced In
1933.
The ftve..year
(1927-1931)
average production has been
15,150,000
busbels. Lack of irrigation
water, drouth. extreme heat and insect injury all contributed toward the very
low
1934
production.
The
1934
crop is valued at
83.306,000,
compared with
$7,960,000
In
1933.
Carlot shipments from the
1933
crop were
12.3-95
cars; shipments from the
1934
crop were
3,241
cars up to May
2, 1936.
About
88
per cent of the Colorado
potato acreage was grown under Irrigation In
1934.
Sorghuma--About
102,000
acres of grain sorghums were harvested tn
1934,
with an average yield of
3
bushels and
a
production
ot
306,000
busbels. This
compared with
28.,000
acres in
1933, 7.5
bushels per acre and a production of
2,130,000
bushels. The ftve-year
(1927-1931)
average bas been
2.301,000
bus-bels.
The
1934
value of grain sorghums was
$318.000.
compared with
$724,000
In
1933.
It Is estimated that
21,000
a('res
ot
the
1934
grain sorghum crop were
har-vested for grain and
81,000
acres for forage.
There were also
113,000
acres
of sweet sorghums harvested in
1934.
comvared with
210,000
acres In
1933.
Sweet sorghums are produced mostly for forage.
Broomcorn-In
1934, 52,000
acres produced
2,900
tons, compared with
65,000
acres and
4,400
tons produced in
1933.
The ftve-year
(1927-1931)
average
pro-duction has been
8,100
tons.
The
1934
value was
$513,000,
compared wltb
$-409,000
In
1933,
so that a much smaller production in
1934
bTought farmers an
Income exceeding
1933
Income by more than
$100,000.
The Colorado broomcorn acreage is concentrated In the southeastern part
of the state, with Baca and Prower8 counties producing nearly the entire crop.
Millet-About
47,000
acres of millet were harvested in
1934,
of whicb
12,000
acres were cut for seed, and the remainder cut for hay and pasture. In
1933, 183,000
acres were produced, of which about
38,000
acres were cut for
leed.
Field Peae-In
1934, 37.000
acres of field
peas
produced
278,000
bu.bell,
whUe in
1933
the
55,000
acres produced
605.000
bushels. Nearly the entire
acre-ace Is grown tn the San Luis Valley.
A
large part of the crop 18 graled or
bORed off but some acreage Is cut for bay and 8eed.
Seed
Cropa-Seed crops make up an important part
of
the agricultural
production In certain sections of Colorado.
This is
true becatUle Colorado loti
aDd cltmate conditions are very favorable for tbe development of high quality
teed
crops.
In
1934, 2.350
acres of seed beans were barvested, compared with
2,200
aore8 In
1933, 1,400
acres In
1932, 2,880
acres in
1931
and
11.000
acres In
1930.
Seed beans are produced largely In the Greeley and Pueblo, Rocky Ford districts
In Colorado.
In
1934
about
2,620
acres of cucumbers were grown for 8eed,
larl'ely In Otero and Pueblo counties. compared with
2,130
acre8 In
1933,
1,600
acree In
1932
and
2.200
acre. In
1931.
About
1,100
acres of CAntaloupes
were barTe8ted for seed in
1934,
compared with
1,850
acre. In
1933, 2,000
aCTes
In
1932, 1,800
acres In
1'931
and
2.400
acre. In
1930.
These acreagee were
pro-dUced moetly tn Otero county, with 80me acreages In F'remont, Meaa., Delta,
lIontro.e and Pueblo countie8. About
6,000
acres of alfalfa were barve.ted for
1ee4
lD 193t,
produclnc
12,000
bUtbell. This comparet with
10,000
acret
and
STATE OF COLORADO
25,000
bushels produced in 1933. In 1934, 2,000 acres Of sweet clover produced
7,000
bushels, compared with 1933 acres of 3,500 and production of 12,200
bushels. About 500 acres of red clover were harvested for seed in 1934 with a
production of 1,200 bushels, against 1,400 acres harvested in 1933 with a
pro-duction of 4,900 bushels.
1\10st of the red clover and alfalfa seed is produced in the Arkansas Valley,
\vith some alfalfa seed produced on the Western Slope, in Northern Colorado
and in a few eastern counties.
Truck Crops-Truck crops are produced in Colorado in sufficient volume
to be of ccnsiderable importance in this state. In 1934 it is estimated that 50,795
acres of commercial truck crops were ha.rvested, with a value of $4,142,240.
This compares with 54,465 acres harvested in 1933, \vith a value of $4,809,590.
The Arkansas Valley leads in cantaloupe and onion production, with
cauli-flower, celery, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots and other vegetables of importance
in this section. The San Luis Valley produces large quantities of pod peas,
lettuce, cauliflo\ver and cabbage.
The Western Slope area produces onions,
cantaloupes, tomatoes and other vegetables. Routt and Grand counties are
im-portant in lettuce production, with a considerable acreage of spinach. Northern
Colorado and the Denver district produce a large acreage of onions, cantaloupes,
pod peas, snap beans, celery and other veg-etables for market and canning.
Information concerning acreage, production and farm value of each crop will
be found on pages 16 and 17.
FRUITS
Apples-Eighty-five per cent of the Colorado commercial apples are
pro-duced in four counties-Delta, MeEa, Fremont and Larimer. The other :flfteen
Per cent are produced mainly in five additional counties-Montrose, Boulder,
Garfield, Jefferson and La Plata. Delta county leads in apple production, with
more than 50 per cent of the state·s total. Production for the state in 1934
was 1,354,000 bushels, compared with 1,454,000 bushels produced in 1933.
Four hundred eighty-one cars of apples were shipped from the 1934 crop,
com-pared with 683 cars shipped from the 1933 crop.
Peaches-The 1934 peach crop was the largest in the history of the state,
totaling 1,260,000 bushels, which was more than double the 1'933 crop of 578,000
bushels and slightly above the previous record crop of 1932, when 1,201,000
bushels were prOduced. Peaches are produced alnl0st entirely on the Western
Slope, with 78 per cent of the crop grown in Mesa county and 21 per cent
produced in the North Fork district of Delta county. Total shipments of peaches
in 1934 were 1,924 cars, compared with 842 cars shipped in 1933. Express
and mixed cars, as well as trucks, also moved a good proportion of the crop.
Pears-Pear production in 1934 showed a slight increase over 1933, totaling
307,000
bushels, compared \\?ith 271,000 bushels produced the year before.
Ship-ments from the 1934 crop ,vere 154 cars, compared with only 79 cars in 1933
and the record total of 1,082 cars in 1929. The Mesa county area, with Clifton
as its center, produces 96 per cent of the Colorado pears, while the remaining
4
per cent of the crop is grown in Delta county. The 1934 pear crop was very
poor in quallty. Pear prOduction, as a whole, has proven unprofitable to the
growers in this state over the past few years and many producing orchards are
being pUlled out.
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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICSlour
varietle8, which are produced for the most part In three Ea8tern Slope
counties-Larimer, Fremont and Jefferson. Delta and Mesa countle8 on the
Western Slope produce almost all the sweet cherries and 8 per cent of the
lour cherries.
The 1934 production was
5,920
tons, compared with the short
1933
crop
of
1,976
tona. A large portion of the cherry production in Colorado
18
canned
by
the several factories located In the 8tate. Almost
all
of the remainder are
lold locally and practically no cherries are shipped.
Grapes, Plums and Sma"
Fruita-Grape production in
1934
totalled 459
tODs,compared with
400
produced in
1933.
The 1930 federal census reportl
168,000
vines
of
bearing age and
37,000
vines of non-bearing age. These are
located mostly in Boulder, Delta, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, Crowley,
Fre-mont, Garfield, Jefferson and Otero counties. Plums and prunes are produced
mainly in Delta, Garfield, Jefferson, Larimer, l\lesa, Montezuma and Montro8e.
The 1930
federal census reports a total of
60,000
plum and prune trees of
bear-Ing age. Other small fruits produced in the state as reported to the census are:
658acres of strawberries,
973acres of raspberries and
296
acres of additional
kinds.
United State. Cropa-On pages
10
to 13 will be found tables showing the
acreage, production and value of the principal crops produced in the United
States.
Llveatock-Informatton and tables concerning ltve8tock will be found In
another section of this bulletin.
FEDERAL CROPS AND LIVESTOCK CONTROL PROGRAMS IN COLORADO
In May,
1933,
the Agricultural Adjustment Act was passed by congress
and approved by the president. The pnrpose of the act is to establish such a
balance between production and consumption of agricultural products
8Swill
restore the purchasing power of farm products to the level that existed in the
base period of
1909
to 1914. Basic commodities specifted in the Act, which were
to be included in crop and livestock control progra.ms of production
adjust-ment were wheat, cotton, corn, hogs, tobacco, rice and milk and its products.
Under this act, farmers have organized into co-operative associations for the
purpose of adjusting prod uctlon of crops and livestock to eliminate
burden-lome surpluses and meet consumer demand.
This act has had a very significant influence on Colorado agriculture
dur-Ing the past two years.
Farmers in this state have participated In control
programs of wheat, sugar beets, corn, and hogs, as well as in the emergency
cattle and sheep buying programs.
In the wheat program
11,840
farmers have participated.
They received
'2,142,000 In 1933,
$2,242,000
in 1934 and will receive approximately
$2,242,000
In 1935.
In the corn-hog program, 13,396 farmers signed up in
1934
and recetved
benefit payments of
$2,713,000.
Approximately
14,780
corn-hog contracts win
be signed in 1935 with total payments estimated at
$2,100,000.
In the sugar beet program, 11,625 farmers signed contract8 to control Sugar
beet production. Benefit payment. to these sugar beet growers are estimated
at '3,107,000 for the 1934 crop.
Colorado farmers had received a total of
'8,106,392
In benefit payments
up to May 1, 1935, for their participation In wheat, corn-hog and sugar beet
programs.
The government cattle and sheep buying program8 were
ltarted
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in the summer and fall of
1934,
after the severe drouth made necessary heavy
sales of livestock.
In the cattle program, 16,255 farmers sold 289,588 cattle
and calves and received a total payment of
$4,147,941.
In the sheep buying
program
1,205
farmers sold
207,196
head of sheep and received a total payment
of
$414,392.
Two referendums have been held whereby farmers have been asked if they
wished to continue the government crop control programs.
The referendum
on the corn-hog program was held in October,
1934.
Three thousand four
hun-dred and three contract signers in Colorado voted for an extension of the
pro-gram in 1935 and 1,001 signers voted against the propro-gram.
On the wheat
referendum, which was held in May,
1935, 6,446
contract signers voted for
con-tinuance of the program, whereas
569
contract signers voted against continuing.
Farmers who had not participated in the past wheat program were also asked
whether they favored the program.
One thousand seventy-three non-signers
voted in favor of continuance and
148
non-signers voted against continuance of
the wheat program. The votes on these referendums indicate that farmers in
Colorado are at present strongly in favor of the federal crop control programs.
SUIOIART
or
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age ,duction Value Price Per Unit (Dec. 1) Unit Produetion Crop and
Yar
N~Fla'urea
l'eTtHd byUnit~
Stat. Department of Alfri(!ultu"". -II
ICon:
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.798I
S2.023.238.oo0 1.67 .88I
.78 1910____________ 100.793.000 2.069.641.000 Bu. ! .594 1.223.427.000 1.82 1.92 1.60 1931 ____________ 106,948.000 2.588,609.000 Bu.I
.36i
929.147.000 1.73 .67 .75 1.12____________ 108,668.000 2.906.873.000 Bu. .192I
658.902.000 1.76 .49i
.66 1111 ___________ 103.260,000 2.361,668.000 Bu.I
.393 924.930.000 1.94 .94 .81 1934____________ 87.486.000 1.380,718.000 Bu. .786 1.085.665.000 .96 .24i
.29I
I
Oat. (Grai.) :I
I
I 1929____________ 38.148,000 1.118 414.000 Bu. .419 468.615.000 .53 .63 .69 1930____________ 31,597.000 1,276.035.000 Bu. .322 \ 410.883.000 .49 1.47I
61 1.31 ____________ 40.084.000 1.126.913.000 Bu. .23 I 259.553.000 .36 .30 .3~ 1 1932 ____________ 41.420,000 1,246.648,000 Bu. .134 167.299.000 .34 .30 .47 1'13___________ . 16,701,000 731.600.000 Bu. .303 I 221.691,000 .44 .56!
.62 1934 ___________ . 30,395,000 628.815.000 Bu.I
.516 \ 272.754.000 .32 .43 j .47I
I
i
! 8aJ"Ie7:I
iI
1929 ____________ 13,523.000 280.242.000 Bu. .539 I 151.050.000 4.60 3.91 3.98 1930____________ 12.666,000 303,762.000 Bu. .404I
122.716.000 4.66 3.98I
3.94 1931 ____________ 11.424.000I
198.543.000 Bu. .35 70.034.000 4.13 3.68 i 3.24 1.32 ____________ 13,346.000 302.042.000 Ru.I
.201 60.689.000 3.29 2.40 i 2.39 1'33___________ . 10,009,000 155.825.000 Bu. .407 I 63.497.000 4.30 4.42 3.03 1••4 ____________ 7.144.000 118.929.000 Bu.I
.772I
91.836.000 2.fHi 2.54 i 2.·U ! AU Wheat:I
1921 ____________ 62.271,000 812.573.000 Bu.I
2.46 2.21I
2.05I
1.035 8"1.013.000 i 1110____________ 61,140,000 857.427.000 Bu. .671;
575.334.000 2.54 2.52:
2.32 1931 ____________ 67,103.000 932.221.000 Bu. I .443I
413.075.000 2.43 1.78 1.75 1932 ____________ 67,114.000 746.788.'>00 Bu. I .320 238.828.000 1.19 .96!
.92 1.33 ____________ 47.910.000 628.975.000 Bu.I
.679 369.048.000 1.14 1.12 .96 1934____________ 42.235.000 496.469.000 Bu. .871I
432.441.000 1.54 1.16I
1.18lbe:
I
I 112.____________ 1,064,000 34.950.000 Bu. .858 29.987.000 2.10 1.46,
i 1.25 1911____________ 3.643,000 45.481,000 Bu. .442 20.103.000 2.09 1.3R!
1.25 1.31 ____________ 3,104,000 32.290.000 Bu. .39 12.524.000 1.71 1.15 i .92 1932____________ 3,144.000 40.639.000 Bu. I .223I
9.073.000 .76 .37I
.35 1.31____________ 2.349.000 21.150.000 Bu. .554 11.718.000 .77 .65 .47 1.14____________ 1.937.000 16.040.000 Bu. .759I
12.182.000 1.66 1.10 1.21I
DnIhaD.:
I
I
1.2.____________ 1,836,000 12.240.000 I nO-lb.bapi 6.77 82.865.000 20.26 10.94 I 7.92 1930____________ 2.110.000 13,900.000 IO().lb. bagsI
4.21 ! 58.519.000 21.33 19.42 12.92 1.31 ___________ 1.913.000 12.843,000 tOO-lb.bags 2.45 31.489.000 18.36 7.05 I 6.18 1111____________ 1,408.000 10.440.000 loo-lb.hap 1.63 17.039.000 15.70 4.20 I 3.86 1.11____________ 1,692.000 12.338.000 100-lb. bags 2.71i
33.383.000 21.67 9.76I
9.66 1.34____________ 1.378,000 10.169.000 IO().Jb. bagsI
3.46 35.159,000 13.50 2.76 I 4.29I
Potato. (White):!
112.____________ 2,978,000 329.134.000 Bu. 1.32I
434.467.000 3.02 4.46 1.85 1.1o____________ 3.038,000 333.936.000 Bu. .91 303.882.000 1.03 6.23 3.97 1"1____________ 3.366,000 172,194,000 Bu_ .43I
160.492.000 3.00 2.67 1.79 1111____________ ••179,000 167,871.000 Bu. .353 126,182.000 2.96 1.07 2.G9 1111___________ . 1,194.000 320.203,000 Bll. .699 223.880.000 2.72 4.08 2.~0 11"'____________ 1.103.000 386.287.000 Bu. .416 160.099.000 2.30 1.48 1.96 SqarBftt8:I
1121____________ 687,000 7.315.000 Ton 7.082I
51.805.000 30.67 16.71 34.94 1.10____________ 775.000 9.199,000 Ton 7.14 66,681.000 31.23 36.00 14.84 1911 ____________ 713.000 7.903.000 TonI
5.94 46.948.000 11.42 32.04 29.36 1. .2 ____________ 764.000 9,070.000 Ton 5.26I
47.705.000 20.42 19.69 17.21 110___________ 983,800 11.030.000 Ton 5.13 66.599.000 21.26 23.83 21.45 1914___________ 789,000 7.627.000 Ton 5.04 38.463.000 22.31 20.67 18.76 :-STATE OF COLORADO 11
SUMMARY OF THE ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930 AND 1929, AND COLORADO'S PROPORTION OF
TOTA LS-Continued
Note-Figures revised by United States Department of Agriculture. ·Seuonal prieee.
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I
Colorado'. Per CentPrice
I
of U. S. Totals Crop and
Acreage Production Unit Per Value I
Year Unit
(Dee. 1)
IAcre-I
Pro-
I
Valueage duetion
I
Grain Sorghums: 1929____________ 6,131,000 81,041,000 Bu_•
.668 $ 54,135,000 2.85 2.27 1.97 1930____________ 6,586,000 64,416,1)00 Bu. .662 36,202,000 2.73 3.68 2.69 1931 ____________ 7,166,000 106,369,000 Bu. .30 31,601,000 2.67 1.99 1.63 1932____________ 7,864,000 106,30~,OOO Bu. .193 20,473,000 2.62 1.16 .97 1933________ - ___ 8,149,000 88,082,000 Bu. .408 36,903,000 3.49 2.42 2.08 1934____________ 7,669,000 34,642,000 Bu. .823 28,416,000 1.86 .89 1.12 SweetSorghums (forage and hay): 1929____________ 1,860,000 8,253,000 Ton 8.92 29,010,000 6.68 6.81 6.21 1930____________ 1,818,000 2,698,000 Ton 9.01 24,309,000 6.67 6.79 4.~8 1931 ____________ 2,.333,000 3,663,000 Ton 6.71 20,283,000 6.06 3.49 .2.98 1932____________ 2,633,000 3,846,000 Ton 4.06 16,674,000 6.39 2.96 8.48 1933________ -- __ 3,354,000 4,795,000 Ton 6.16 24,728,000 6.26 6.18 4.87 1934____________ 3,557,000 8,263,000 Ton 10.46 34,008,000 3.18 2.09 2.08 AllHay: 1929____________ 68,606,000 87,308,000 Ton.
11.46 948,860,000 2.36 2.98 2.88 1980____________ 66,416,000 74,810,000 Ton 11.47 819,488,000 2.60 3.13 2.S0 1931 ____________ 66,389,000 73,708,000 Ton 8.71 641,892,000 2.44 2.63 2.29 1932 ____________ 67,727,000 82,488,000 Ton 6.26 616,399,000 2.39 2.60 2.61 1933________ --_. 66,241,000 74,607,000 Ton 7.78 680,649,000 2.46 3.06 2.81 1934____________ 60,394,000 66,690,000 Ton. 13.76 779,630,000 2.08 2.47 2.10 Broomcorn: 1929____________ 310,000 47,300 Ton 114.52 6,417,000 20.66 19.46 18.00 1980____________ 391,000 49.800 Ton 66.60 3,267,000 19.69 20.88 16.92 1931 ____________ 298,000 46,200 Ton 50.82 2,297,000 16.10 12.89 10.23 1932____________ 804,000 86,900 Ton 43.41 1,602,000 16.78 16.18 11.86 1933 ____________ 280,000 80,100 Ton 109.47 3,296,000 19.64 14.62 12.69 1934____________ 300,000 29,800 Ton 183.29 6,462,000 17.33 7.38 9.66 AlfalfaS~: 1929 ____________ 401,400 982.400 Bu. 12.01 11,799,000 3.24 6.29 4.82 1930____________ 441,000 1,16fl,<J00 Bu. 10.76 12,536,000 4.88 6.63 6.04 1981 ____________ 861,100 838,900 Bu. 6.92 6,806LooO 2.69 3.47 8.26 1932____________ 301,400 696,300 Bu. 6.07 8,017,000 8.32 4.20 4..14 1983________ - __ . 461,800 1,026,700 Bu. 6.37 6,611,000 2.22 2.44 2.67 1934____________ 892,000 820,700 Bu. 10.17 8,348,000 1.68 1.46 1.24CloverSeed(Red and Alsike) : 1929____________ 1,789,000 2,627,800 Bu. 10.46 27,466,000 .14 .67 .51 1930____________ 1,066,000 1,491,000 Bu. 11.66 17,221,000 .19 .67 .66 1931 ____________ 826,100 1,118,000 Bu. 7.12 7,960,000 .24 .81 .67 1932____________ 1,101,600 1,690,400 Bu. 4.68 7,823,000 .18 .86 .41 1938________ -- __ 1,096,000 1,489,200 Bu. 6.84. 8,703,000 .13 .88 .32 084____________ 968,900 1,099,100 Bu. 11.20 12,811,000 .06 .11 .07
PRUITS
Apples : 1929____________---
185,622,000 Bu. 1.886 187,972,000---
1.70 1.86 19aO___________ • 163,824,000 Bu. 1.022 166,697,000---
.64 .54 1981 ____________---
202,416,000 Bu. .68 116,949,000---
.99 1.03 1982____________--_
..
_---
140,776,000 Bu. .624 73,646,000---
1.52 1.02 1988____________-_
..._----
142,981,000 Bu. .682 97,640,000---
1.02 .82 1984____________---
119,866,000 Bu. .868 102,178,000---
1.13 .99 ---Peaches : 1929____________ 46,026,000 Bu. 1.826· 69,704,000---
2.12 2.81 1930____________---
64,199,000 Bu. .887· 48,076,000---
1.41 2.30 1931 ____________---
76,686,000 Bu. .66· 40,726,000---
1.48 1.89 1932____________---
42,443,000 Bu. .627· 18,838,000---
2.83 2.68 1938____________---
44,692,000 Bu. .760· 32,840,000---
1.29 2.82 1984____________---
46,"'04,000 Bu. .806· 84,770,000---
2.78 8.62-AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
8U1U1AaT OP THB ACREAG& PRODUCTION ANDVALUE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS IN TII'E UNITBD 8TATB8, 1.14. I'S3, 1'32, 1.S1. I.S. AND 1.2•• AND COLORADO'S PROPORTION OF
TOTAl..8--Ceatl••" .06 .04 .04 .08 .07 .06 .02 .01 .02 .02 .02 .O~ 2.83 2.98 .78 1.3& 2.26, 2.80 1.71 I 1.98 1.28 1.63 1.31 1.14 5.48 4.09 3.06 2.14 2.23 2.20 3.01 3.86 1.68 1.63 1).25 3.~2 c.leI'Me'. Pel' Ceftt
ttlU. S. T.tala _ Value \ 30.191.000
I
19,250,000I
13,667,000 7,627,000I
10,78().oool'. 16,193,000I
1.,'78.000!
14.688,0001i 7,964.000 1.157,000 6.671,000 6.7'1.000 56,6S',OOO 47,062,000 16,100,000 26,982.000 33,841,000 35,119.000 27.23- 19.28- 22.26- 11.16- 17.71- 20.01- 160.81- 128.39- 7'.7'- .3.72- 66.22- 60.20-• 1.426- • .751- .60- .193- .&52- .701-Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Unit 93.1~0 11.,400 112,100 127,118 117,45. 112,806 2,080.0.0 Ton 2,441,000 • Ton 1,622,000 Ton 2,203,752 Ton 1,909,581 Ton 1,776,168 Ton 11,172,000 25,633,000 21.3.6.000 22,060.000 21,192,000 23,474,000 Produetion I--- I
Cropand Tar CherrIe. : 112' . 1910 _ 1131 _ 1932 . 1.31 . 1.,4 _ GJ'aP8: 192. _ 1930 _ UJ31 _ 1.32 _ 1.11 . 1914 _Priee
Per Unit(Dee.1) Aen- Pro- Value
- - - : - - - _ : - - --:- ac__e_d_u_c_ti_o_n_ _.
-Pan:
1121 _ 1910 _ 1911 _ 1932 . 1.31 _ 1.14 _ 20,324,000 2.18 14,280.000 2.03 16,01',000 1.79 12,121,000 1.69 11,964,000 1.29 13.171.000 1..2 ",794,000 1..82 11,182,000 4.11 2',944,000 ••11 21,72',000 1.08 21,'89,000 I." 21.111,000 1.11 1.65 3.20 2.15 2.06 2.26 1.76a.'.
2.16 2••1 1.16 1.11 1.1'•.It
12.4' 1.14 •.14I."
1.21 1.18 4.78 3.10 1.20 1.11 2.1. 4.41 I." 1.•21"'0
1.06 1.'9 2.48 1.02 1..24 1.1' 1.51 I." 14.61 12.15 '.12 '.10 11.71 2.84 16.15 11.'4 11.12 14.'7 14.10I
12.78 11.61 7.11 11 .•'I
7.117.81
I."
1.11 1.17I.U
1.21 2.7. 2.11 10.11 7.71 1.'1 1.41I.ot
1.11 12.7. 10.1. 13.28 14..09 10.41 1.11 1,117,000 4,781,000 1,114,GOO 4,714,000 4,171,000 .,944,000 1',1.1,000 19,530,000 '.827,000 11,18',000 12,16.,000 ',"4.000 1.30- 1.21- 1.00- .83- .80- LIS- 1.82- 1.71- 1.48- 1.2'- 1.27- 1.al-18.17 19.18 10.18 11.10 17.42 8.&.6 Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Ton Crate CrateCrate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
Crate
CrateCrate
-," ••000 1,.41.000 '7.114.000 '7,710,000 7,000,000 1.121,000 1,035,'00 1,018,000 1,017,200 987,100 727,700 1.213.300 17,373.000 11.939,000 17,817,000 17,021,000 12,759.000 11,815,tOO 20,220,000 11,111,000 11,609.000 17,820.000 17,'74,000 11,011,000 25,070 27,810 21,310 11,800 10,150 28,550 108,870 129,010 118,310 111,780 1",050 ",160 1.2,820 " 151,'40 110,360 1.0,110 125,170 175,110 t19,110 172,820 171,.'0 16',850 141,110 114,'20 119,.20 189,270 167,140 113,710 163.770 191,960 ~: 112. _ 1110 _ 1.11 _ IN2 _ IHI _ 11'4 _Letttaee:
1121 _ 1 " ' _ 1111 _ 111I _ 1.11 _ 1.14 . CaDt.a1ouPle : 1121 _ 1910 _ 1911 _ 1.12 _ 1.11 _1.'"'-
_
Ca1I1tftower: 1121 _ 1910 _ 1.11 _ 1.11 _ 1111 _ 11. . _ TRUCK CROPS Beau,Snap:1129 _ 1••8 _ 1911 _ 1112 _ 1.11 _ 11.4 .-=
STATE OF COLORADO
13
SUMMARY OF THE ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS IN TirE UNITED STATES, 1934, 1933. 1932, 1931, 1930 AND 1929, AND COLORADO'S PROPORTION OF
TOTALS-Continuecl
Crop and
Year Acreage Production Unit
Price Per Unit (Dec. 1)
Value
I
Colorado's Per CentI of U. S. Totals
!
:
I
iAcre-I Pr?- j'Value I age Iductlon Onions: 1929 _ 1930 _ 1931 _ 1932 _ 1983 . 1934 . 87,340 83,060 77,630 91,760 , 79,370 I 82,690 26,113,000 26,002,000 10,639,GOO 16,530,000 12,067,000 18,089,000 Bu. Bu. Cwt.ewt.
Cwt. ewt. $ .74 .61 1.42 .70 1.09 1.14 $ 18.502,000 13,186,000 14,690,000 10,444,000 13,094,000 14,666,000 8.01 10.13 6.74 6.63 6.22 3.61 6.18 5.39 6.23 5.40 6.37 4.07 6.28 4.19 4.69 8.21 3.99 3.20 Totals: 1929______ ____ __ 367,827,000 1930 . 867,530,000 1931____________ 364,851,000 1932____________ 369,527,880 1933___________ 829,127,890 1934____________ 288,607,610 Peas, Green: 1929 _ 1930 _ 1931 . _ 1932 _ 1933 , 1934 . Tomatoes: 1929 _ 1930 _ 1931 _ 1932 _ 1933 _ 1934 .Crops not listed :
1929 . _ 1930 _ 1931 _ 1932 _ 1933 . 1934 . 298,470 346,900 306,670 299,240 327,490 860,790 466,810 664,300 454,760 438,120 434,680 614,040 67,009,840 66,496,290 62,324,140 48,373,030 42,047,700 39,171,080 20,952,000 3.49 3.67 23,622,000 2.74 3.04 16,602,000 3.26 4.98 14,039,000 4.62 2.66 l:i,602,000 3.64 4.46 17,862,000 3.66 4.86 54,181,000 ..67 .69 53,955,000 .61 .68 29,852,000 .83 1.86 30,572,000 .96 .69 30,532,000 .63 .86 39,051,000 .76 .78 3,189,775,000 2,270,612,000
---1,116,174,000 843,017,000 1,262,316,000 1,453,680,000
. _
-$8,897,094,000 1.90 1.61 6,432,161,000 2.08 1.91 4,102,354,000 1.89 1.52 2,882,196,000 1.64 1.44 4,114,266,000 1.88 1.46 4,782,423,000 1.36 1.06 Note-Figures revised by United States Department of Agriculture..,A...
VALUU 0,. C80PI BY COUNTlu, 1114....
..
COUNTY Corn Oata
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RyeWhe.t tor All
PUJ"POlI.
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Dry . Potato.
I
Beet. 8oJ1fhumaBeaoa ' IneJudina Tapa All Bay Fruita Commer-cial Truek Crope lIh1ee).. laneoua 1 Totala Cropa
I
I 47.630 • 310.830! , 37,8401 31,680 1 25.9101 161,220! 3,280 17,860'I
I 7.340" 371.900 142,080 17.920 1.060, 36.260 11,760 00 67.780 ~ 359.460 ~....
692.150a..
399.020 ,; 426.540 ()r.o
118.110 232,360 514.080 6~9,270 1.762.970 :.,o
;0....
:"')c:
~
d
::t'
>
cot
174,100 73,f;OO 12.4.0 1,012.560 786.660 90.670 364.500 1.740,270 590.330 1.134.900 14.020 422.130 631, 130 38.030 227,900 696.850 1,020.190 8.480 4.340 56.020 99.710 4.950 4.300' 12.450( 750 2,450 2,710 6.180: 12,160 9,020 12.580' 420' 2.200 1,88019.13~
, 1,68••540 40,300 727.960 6.860 556.860 1.2~0 228.640 383.860 18,740 9.1~0 2,540 500 13.2501 It,l&O 3,370 I 2.620 108,6801 133,900 33,440 283.260 390,730 16,980 161.660 12,1.0' 280 23.430 5.900 178,230 6,010 46.140 288.560:hoI
1201 4001 30 5.600) , 169,9401 , 70 27.1401 3.600: 32,620 50 2801 SOl 3001 .8.560 1.670 50 100 1.3801 201 I 748.3601 ~50 970 6501 2601 4201 217,230' 4••560, 134.9501 I-1001
221,570) • 399,010 148.900 164.180 4.080 275.430 503.180 79.360 8.070 11.640 386,010 141.750 19,960 169.620 496.470 10.940 162,930 366.160 78.460 100,100 144.670 664,260, 10.950 364.940, 612.990' 37,750 186.34() 694,730 274. 9301 1,7901 1 16.840 28.400 51.~70 18.010 310 2•• 570 13,840 1.490 1.510 240 670 5,190 1.,320 28.2801 13.120' 650 4101 980, 18.040\' 59,530 2,660 460 11.020 4.79() 25.080 76,530 40M,680 36.260! 290 129,170 1,900 8,460 30 620 169,180 19.790 ' 30.170 75.9201 127.140 9,0901 2.080 220 I, 124.060 700 1.360 2.~10 249,140: 1...·40; 3.0401 lJ.540, 280 1,280: MOl 1,280' 2,6301 2.5501 1.400i 601 3101 I I 69.380 S 29,3909°1
I 4501 4,370' 1,100' 300 240 7.410, 7.530 13.640 2.860' 18.670! 21.770 136.920, 123.660 1.060 40 690 120' I 2.470S
3.6601 290 160, 840, 100 150 80, 130 60 90 100to
1,0901 60! 1,110\ I 200 11.320 100, 9.550 6.500 140 .1 13.120) 60.440, 42.9601 45,660i 12.060~ 3.560i 76,3001 100' 9701 2.3101 2,460i 69.520 55,410 258.4201 12.9201 11,910! 5~8301 53.3801 1,460: 8.360: 63.180! 801 11••6001 i 7,28°1
10,680 I 7,760 4.390 1.540 1.730 10.88°1 6.400 1.930' 6,850 1.980: 34.300i 152.6101 16.240 1.9101-- ----I
38.0401 46.210, 2,5201 3.220 18.060 340 5.490 S6,600! I 1.020\ 12.080\ I i2,180
1 30\ ~50\I
20,.7°1 • 31.100! 14,6401 17.770 501 5.000' 96.060' 13.040 20 SO' 23.020 26.290' 660 3.330 31,780! 1.0201 13.9901 l:i.610 660 7.4001 3,350! 26.220 2.9401 6.660 7,~70 490 42.680 91,130 8.210 63.4:!O Z:J.070 26.150 200, 1501 18.5UO: 2001 1,0701 6101 16.450: 2.990 113.81° 1 / • 210 80.23°1 12.10C1 2.6901 32.4:!l} 149.010 15.220, 16.8401 75.150\ 53.120, 220 ~5.680 117.090 Adama / , Alamoaa _ -Arapahoe_--I
ArebuJeta -Baea - -J
Bent ----I BouldeJ'- -- --I'
Chalf. .-- ----Cheyenne -_ --; Clear Creek __1 COnejoa---i
CoetUla_- ---I Crowl.,. 1 Cuter- - ----.( I Delta-- ! n.nveJ' ... _.. - : Dolo... Douaw Eaale_- - ----: Elbert- : EJPuoI
I Fremont .. _- : Ga:rfteld - - -- -i
GilplD_ - . _- __ I GraD.d_~ ~ ~-_]
GUIllliaon~ ~ ~ BJnadale- __ Huerfano _ I JacklOft __ .-_I
Jeff.noD - _-_Itio·~.
- _-- _.\ KitCanoll __
Lake________
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84,780 120 84,900 LaPlata____ 11,320 2'1,120 3,770 80,630 60 2,680 27,550 1,570 340,360 12,500 1,650 7,360 516,460 Larimer_____ 113,630 82,880 263,420 326,850 620 16,300 18,430 766,370 19,850 660,330 221,540 61,520 11,230 2,562,970 Las Animas_. 14,490 3,950 3,810 10,640 160 17,280 160 71,910 12,590 110,490 220 34,380 10,040 290,120 Lincoln _____ 46,740 60 2,990 11,570 1,290 19,870 290 34,450 23,340 1,060 141,660 Logan _______ 288,860 37,840 142,670 260,050 12,470 15,570 19,470 891,920 79,820 435,400 250 7,190 18,140 2,209,650 Mesa________ 87,680 33,320 7,950 67,110 630 156,960 67,640 68,250 5,080 648,240 1,330,230 81,470 23,100 2,577,660 Mint:raL____ 190---
50,420 50,610 Moffat ______. 13,040 14,450 5,250 31,650 7,950 360 16,860---
2,660 237,600 250 280 9,070 339,420 Montezuma__ 32,700 45,120 11,190 80,460 390 72,570 38,290 2,960 211,850 44,340 4,120 2,520 546,510 Montrose____ 94,720 78,360 25,290 189,380 320 11,750 386,420 70,510 450 802,390 34,950 100,040 10,410 1,804,990 Morgan _____ 265,240 28,590 141,640 72,570 6,720 80,030 56,400 1,067,010 64,930 429,170 640 13,680 17,880 2,239,300 Otero_______ 33,570 16,900 31,120 10,980 550 82,520 140 332,330 12,000 367,530 7,960 419,090 45,250 1,359,940 Ouray _______ 2,610 10,440 3,990 13,670---
9,400---
---
175,840 270---
250 216,470 Park ________ 670 80 180 60 13,650 246,410---
380 261,430 Phillips _____ 189,300 2,420 13,060 297,900 8,100 700 520---
55,640 36,670 150---
24,400 628,860 Pitkin ______ . 15,620 1,390 8,800 300 39,020 126,890 180 250 192,450 Prowers _____ 37,790 16,920 49,880 76,880 210 1,100 120 111,360 50,980 360,710 100 5,240 94,500 805,790 Pueblo ______ 48,860 2,740 8,290 28,240 210 67,820 200 288,400 5,260 229,300 5,470 466,540 17,440 1,163,770 Rio Blanco__ 34,800 6,290 18,930 1,180---
4,320---
449,770 100 3,960 518,800 Rio Grande__ 470 41,840 65,040 73,560---
582,810 4,240---
594,540 550 163,890 130,940 1,657,880 Routt_______---
69,780 26,960 87,840 1,040---
81,680---
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588,840 1,250 139,240 2,860 949,490 Saguache____ 410 25,170 14,040 31,240---
190 172,840 1,150---
683,760 240 2,260 53,760 985,060 San Juan ____---
---San MigueL_ 2,750 3,550 4,560 14,220 170 340 8,850 290 67,820 160 380 102,590 Sed~wick____ 159,720 20,870 25,610 232,750 2,330 670 48,490 193,520 2,870 151,990 290 2,510 8,820 844,940 Summit_____
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1,570 690 280 290---
1.390---
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77,810---
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82,030 Teller_______ 140 2,250 840 280 60---
20,710---
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50,600---
8,630 450 88,960 Washington_ 155,210 1,270 13,660 54,400 7,760 5,210 280 27,020 49,690 130,320 90 230 22,160 467,300 Weld ________ 512.280 161,310 718,500 1,047,810 46,580 505,970 874,160 3,197,370 130,200 1,239,080 3,280 458,600 38,340 8,928,480 yuma_______ 817,150 1,020 8,140 264,020 45,760 2,95Cl 770---
153,310 129,850---
590 18,650 941,710- - -
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-State_____. $8,485,31
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$1,185,58o
$2,116,78o
$4,967,38o •
186,80o
$1,506,58o
$8,805,980 $8,339,510 $1,025,430 $16,379,600 $2,874,390 $4,142,240 $1,336,420 $50,801,400 Note-Fruits include apples, peaches, pears, cherries, grapes, plums, apricots, strawberries, etc. Commercial Truck Crops include garden peas, snap beans, canta-loupes for market and seed, cucumbers for pickles and seed, cabbage and kraut, celery, lettuce, cauliftower, tomatoes, watermelons, onions, spinach, carrots, asparagus, lrU'den beets, pumpkins and squash, sweet corn and other miscellaneous truck ct"ops not listed separately. Miscellaneous Crops include alfalfa seed, clover seed, millet seed, field peas, broomeorn, farm carden and other mixed crops.00 8
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~ C71COLORADO CROP ACREAGE. PRODUCTION AND VALUE. lIS" .90 .17 .64 .46 1.40 .48 .16 .80 .88 .0187 1.10 .49 9.18 8.49 .12 140.00 1.05 20.80 17.53 1.02 .52 .70 .86 .~6 .80 5.40 .58 4.66 1.04 10.40 11.70 11.60 177.00 1.35 8.60 7.20 3.90 1.50 .75 1.00 .60 45.00 44.00 Ton8 Bu. Tone Tons
em.
LbB. Bu.em.
%
em.
Bu. LM. CrtA. 100-lb. Sacks Lb8. Bu. Bu. Ton8 Bu. NO@. 1.000 181.000 13.800 17,000 371.800 235.400 82.000 520.000 206.000 132,250 209.600 493.000 533.000 6.860.000 673.000 73.000 11.000 23~.000 270.000 PRODUCTIONI
Unit i--Per Total II Acre I 4.0 3,368,000 Bu. 23.5 2.280.000 Bu. 16.0 3.024.000 Bu. 7.8 3,760,000 Bu. 12.0 2.01fl.000 Ru. 5.5 176.000 Bu. 150.0 279,000 IOO-lh.BAtr8 76.0 5,700,000 Bu. 9.3 1,572,000 Ton. 3.0 306.000 Bu. .60 68.000 Ton8 1.21 1,164,000 TonIt .80 238.000 Ton8 112.0t 2.900 TOM 7.5 278.000 Ru. 2.0 12,000 Bu. 2.5 1.250 Bu. 3.5 7.000 Bu. 4.0 48.000 Bu. 1,354,000 Bu. 1.260.000 Bu. 307,000 Bu. 5,920 Ton8 460 Tons 34.440 12.655 3.896.595 800 1.2 1.930 94.0 1.700 8.1 2,000 8.5 3.380 110.0 1.100 214.0 510 160.0 2,600 200.0 1.030 200.0 1.150 115.0 2.620 80.0 5.480 90.0 4.440 120.0 3.480 1970.0 8.970 75.0 730 100.0 2.500 4.4 1,400 170.0 1.350 200.0 3,625 842,000 97,000 189.000 482,000 168.000 32,000 26,000 186.000 76.000 169.000 102.000 113.000 960.000 298.000 52.000 37.000 6.000 500 2,000 12,000 Acreaee KIND OF CROPTotal Truck Crope .
tFarm ftlu. baaed upon an annual average ofprieee reeeived by growers. monthly farm pricea b,. estimates of monthly mark.tinst8.
*Pounda.
lThIa acnatre of millet Baved forIft!d 18in addition to the area harvt!llted for hay. tbe
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aenaae
incll1d. the total acreage of tfte, bush and miacellaneoua fruita for the state, but ..Iue aboWD III the lut column inelud. onl,. fTuita not separatel,. listed above.• 40. 000 190,000 287,000 298.000 15.,620 .0.020 63,000 234.000 288,OO() 63,480 13.540 394
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101.= 202'000 12. 178.580--60~795
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TotalAll Cropa . 3.947,390 \ 150.801. 400
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Obtained by ,.,..«btill.the
Commercial Tl'uek Crops: Bans. Snap, for Manufacture__ Beans, Snap, for Market . Cabbace, Early (Domeetic ) _ -CabbQe,Late (Danish) . CantaloupeB and Honeydew
Kelone, for llIarket _ Cantaloupe and Honeydew
Melons, for Seed _
Carrota _
Caullft~r _
Celery _
Cucumben, for Plcklell _ Cucumbers, for Seed _
~tuee _
Oniona _
P_, G~, for Manufacture_ Peu, Grem, for Karket _
Spinach - _
Tomatoea, for lIanuf&eture _ Tomatoft, for lIarket _
Watermelons _
IIlacellaneoua _
COI"D -
---Oata tor Grain
---BarIe7
forGrain-Winter Wh_t
--Spriq Wheat - - -
--Ry.for Grain
----R,..
forPutUrL. -----Dry B-.raa - - - -
--Potatoea
---Suaar Beeta _
Sugar Beet TGPI- --Grain SOrahulM - - -
--Sweet Sorahuma _
TameHa,.,AllVarieti~ _
Wild Ha,. _
BrcJOIDeorn
---neld P. . _
Alfalfa Seecl .
Red Clover Seed I
S~Clover
Seed-
---Millet Seedt _ Appl. - - -- ---Peac:bea _ Para -- _ Cb..-rt. - - - --G r a ~ - - - --IIiaeellaneoGa Fruitat-lIi.eellaneoua Cro~(excluding Commercial Truck Crope) - --.
CroPl---STATE OF COLORADO
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COLORADO CROP ACREAGE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE, 1933
FARM VALUEt
KIND OF CROP
I
AcreageI
PRODUCTION Per " Total
Acre
I
Unit Per
Unit Total
Total All Crops___________ 6,231,410
$ 116,000 155,000 312,000 340,000 824,450 69,930 47,000 826,000 300,000 30,000 77,210 663,000 622,000 66,000 641,000 36,000 83,000 178,000 42,000 183,000 $ 4,809,690 $63,969,160 487,720 $59,149,670 $ 8,818,000 1,198,000 2,133,000 1,644,000 2,170,000 67.000 34,500 3,492,000 7,961,000 12,141,000 633,000 724,000 1,206,000 11,016,300 2,378,000 409,000 363,000 147,600 27,440 31,110 171,000 843,000 761,000 176,000 107,000 22,000 110,000 $39.60 .60 18.90 16.00 .65 .18 .60 .40 1.40 .375 .146 1.00 .80 .0166 .65 .40 8.70 .45 .10 $ .40 .29 .31 .64 .62 .49 2.90 .61 4.62 .34 4.10 5.90 6.80 93.00 .60 5.90 5.60 2.55 .50 .58 1.30 .65 54.00 65.00 Crts. Lbs. Bu. Crts. %Crts. Bu.
I
Crts.Lbs.I
100-lb. SacksI
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Jibs. Bu.I
Bu.I
Tons I Bu.I
N~.
I
Tons Bu. Tons TonsI
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Bu. Bu. Bu. I Bu.I
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I100-lb. Bags Bu. Tons B~~ Tons Tons Tons Tons Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Tons Tons 2,900 258,000 16,500 22,700 1,499,000 388,500 94,000 816,000 214,000 80,000 632,500 663,000 652,000 3,920,000 832,000 89,000 9,500 896,000 418,000 22,044,000 4,131,000 6,880,000 2,412,000 3,500,000 117,000 i:20-4~OOO 13,050,000 2,628,000 2,130,000 294,000 1,867,000 410,000 4,400 605,000 26,000 4,900 12,200 342,000 1,454,000 578,000 271,000 1,976 400 3.5 160.0 11.0 11.6 170.0 210.0 225.0 260.0 225.0 174.0 250.0 100.0 157.0 1680.0 90.0 115.0 6.8 300.0 340.0 11.0 25.5 16.0 9.0 12.5 6.5 330.0 150.0 12.6 7.5 1.40 1.49 1.10 160.0t 11.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 9.0 8,820 830 1,610 1,500 1,960 34,440 17,605 2,004,000 162,000 430,000 268,000 280,000 18,000 23,000 365,000 87,000 209,000 284,000 210,000 1,249,000 373,000 55,000 65,000 10,000 1,400 3,500 38,000 1,850 420 3,140 950 460 2,130 6,630 4,160 2,330 9,250 770 1,400 1,320 1,230 4,715-54,465 Total Truck Crops .
Total Above Crops . 6,176,945 Commercial Truck Crops:
Beans, Snap, for Manufacture_ Beans, Snap, for Market _ Cabbage, Early (Domestic) _ Cabbage, Late (Danish) _ Cantaloupes and Honeydew
Melons, for Market . Cantaloupes and Honeydew
Melons, for Seed--- _
Carrots _
Cauliflower .
Celery _
Cucumbers, for Pickles _ Cucumbers, for Seed _
Lettuce _
Onions _
Peas, Green, for Manufacture_ Peas,Green, for Market _
Spinach ---- .
Tomatoes, for Manufacture _ Tomatoes, for Market _
Watermelons _ Miscellaneous . Corn .
g:;S
for Grain:- _Wi~::r fWh~:t~l~_-_-_- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_~
Spring Wheat .Rye for Grain .
Rye for Pasture .
Dry Beans _
Potatoes _
Sugar Beets .
Sugar Beet Tops _
Grain Sorghums _
Sweet SorghumB _
Tame Hay, All Varieties _
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Field Peas _
Alfalfa Seed--- _
RedClover Seed _ Sweet Clover Seed _
Millet Seed1 _
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Cherries .Grapes _
Miscellaneous Fruits2 _ Miscellaneous Crops (exclud-ing Commercial Truck
Crops) _
tFarm value based upon an annual average of prices received by growers. Obtained bywe~lltiq the monthly farm prices by estimates of monthly marketings.
*Pounds.
IThis acreage of millet saved for seed is in addition to the area harvested for hay.
2This acreage includes the total acreage of tree, bush andmisce~laneousfruits for the state, butthe value shown in the last column includes only fruits not separately hsted above.
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01' HARVESTED AREA DEVOTED TO PRINCIPAL CJtOPS IN ttl4Winter Spring Dry
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AI- SUjlarCOUNTY Com Oat8 Barley Wheat Wheat Bean8 1 tc>el8 Sor- falfa B~t~ ghum8 A. . . ._____________ 20.04 1.34 6.38 28.65 6.71 11.42 0.11 4.12 8.19 5.77 A. . . .___________ 0.02 4.43 4.53 0.17 6.57 9.48 25.98 1.58 Arapaboe__________. 25.68 2.09 5.82 33.41 3.64 8.30 0.04 a.65 9.84 0.94 Arcb~
__________
5.02 7.61 1.17 0.89 6.67 0.04 1.68 26.55Baea--_____ - _______
1.75 0.02 0.91 34.32 0.11 0.24 18.03 0.58 6~86 8eDt______________ 11.85 0.91 6.62 6.91 1.80 1.60 12.44 43.93 Bou~_______ - ____
9.70 7.11 9.62 7.43 12.27 0.18 0.06 0.0:\ 34.06 9.82 Chatr________ - ____ . 0.09 6.89 10.62 0.18 5.53 0.18 2.40 23.40 CheJ'ane__________ . 42.50 0.03 2.55 7.22 1.06 0.28 0.01 39.23 0.64 Clear Creek _________ 1.06 1.06 3.19 1.06 -0~2i COlleioe____________ 0.08 2.74 4.12 0.10 7.06 0.•7 8.33 22.87 CoetWa____________ 0.09 4.62 8.72 0.36 9.39 1.03 1.60 16.62 0.09 Crowley ______ - _____ 33.98 0.61 2.85 0.57 1.71 9.40 12.91 20.31 2.47 Cuter_____________ 2.16 2.a6 1.69 151 1.69 6.84 0.24 10.40Delta______________
7.93 3.44 1.73 0.58 1.01 0.20 2.39 0.10 45.28 6.97 Denver______ 00101'8 _______~-_~~~- 18.41 1.60 0.80 28.70 6.17 20.81 6.60 4.67 2.86 Doualu- ______ - ____ 30.82 7.21 2.40 1:1.04 2.92 5.40 0.24 2.86 15.4~EaarJ.-- ____________
0.04 4.&8 1.37 1.33 6.51 4.97 36.01 EIbert______________ 34.68 0.83 1.66 7.07 5.01 28.33 0.08 8.40 3.18 E1 Puo____________- 41.64 1.70 0.16 7.67 5.43 30.37 0.24 4.3fl 2.i)fl 0.72 J'Nm01lt ___________ 9.78 5.37 0.66 0.43 0.96 0.52 0.~4 0.fl6 24.89 0.05 Garfleld____________ 2.40 1.64 1.24 1.56 8.94 0.21 5.74 0.11 66.40 4.23 GUpiD _____________ . 5.96 0.85 8.51 GraDd _____________ . 0.03 2.18 1.39 0.17 0.07 0.33 2.64 GUDDiIIcm __________. 0.66 0.S4 0.04 0.36 0.48 6.62m....
1e___________ 0.15 1.46 Huerfano__________ . 19.75 1.83 1.42 0.87 0.53 2.84 0.58 1.93 37.00 0.63 laeboft ____________ 0.0' 0.01 0.04 0.011.-.oft_____.______
9.21 9.08 6.00 15.69 6.44 0.26 0.14 0.28 30.24 1.44 )[lowa_____________ 19.76 0.06 2.01 6.60 O.<HJ 0.06 61.49 1.32 1tltCanon _________ 47.70 0.36 8.22 19.12 1.01 0.20 0.03 16.40 0.23 t.ItL______________ LaPlata___________ 3.42 5.83 0.81 4.00 10.45 0.58 2.30 0.42 61.25 Larlmer____________ 7.44 4.66 11.34 13.58 5.19 1.13 0.29 1.99 28.41 \2.28 LuAllima~________ 16.19 2.40 2.69 6.16 1.81 7.60 0.06 12.47 25.53 ~.53Lmeoln ____________
48.00 O.ot 2.33 5.19 3.27 10.83 0.05 22.11 0.13 ~ n____ . ________ .
34.62 1.88 9.54 14.88 4.36 1.25 0.42 ft22 9.21 8.63...
.iDeral _____________---
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6.86 3.01 0.63 3.66 2.65 5.86 1.76 0.48 48.98 2.15 0.12 0.99 .oft'aL____________ 5.66 6.05 1.49 6.29 5.91 0.16 1.57 0.89 ~4.00 .ODtetUDlA ____ .. ____ ~0.93 8.58 1.97 5.94 8.81 13.76 3.76 1.04 37.37 .ODtI'aH___________ 5.83 8.08 1.72 0.92 11.47 0.44 7.•0 0.06 56.61 2.13 . . . .8 _______ .. ____ ::0.36 1.06 8.14 5.41 2.76 ~.19 0.61 6.12 13.43 13.79 0-0______________ 7.31 2.44 1.14 0.66 0.90 5.04 0.01 4.20 33.41 17.02 ~---_. 1.08 4.24 1.09 3.16 3.36 1.~8 27 .•5 Park_________ .____ . 0.29 0.04 0.11 3.86 0.04 Pllnltpa____________ 45.67 0.60 a.14 35.05 2.83 0.13 0.04 5.15 0.11 Pltklll___________ 7.53 0.75 0.26 3.31 4.~4 21.03 -4~4i Prowen___________ iO.58 1.77 1.66 18.66 0.51 0.11 0.006 15.11 al.18 PtaebIo____________ 10.04 0.79 0.54 8.94 0.29 10.58 0.03 2.60 27.29 14.19 Rio Blaneo_________RIoGrande_________ 5.72 1.15 1.98 2J~6 0.24 47.980.03 3.81 1.1' 0.03 8.31 18.35 11.16 0.18 RoaU______________ 10.86 1.44 4.26 5.33 1.28 14.34 ~'4L_________ 0.02 2.58 1.38 0.02 3.00 0.01 6.99 11.%6 0.07 SailJ1Ia8 ___________ San IIlpeL ________ 3.24 2.85 5.60 3.16 8.86 0.69 2.61 0.29 31.17
