. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 917, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table I.âCrop enterprise records obtained in Colorado in 1918. [The data collected pertain to the 1917 crop year.] Number of records District. Alfalfa. Barley. V.'heat. Oats. Beans. Corn. Pota- toes. Canta- loupes. Cucum- bers. Greeler 36 35 25 33 22 9 7 6 15 12 10 58 2 14 5 2 3 46 Fort Morgan Rockv Ford 16 16 Total 96 55 22 â 37 74 10 46 16 16 1 The 46 potato records which have been included in this study were obtained by the Office of Farm Management in a prel
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 917, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table I.âCrop enterprise records obtained in Colorado in 1918. [The data collected pertain to the 1917 crop year.] Number of records District. Alfalfa. Barley. V.'heat. Oats. Beans. Corn. Pota- toes. Canta- loupes. Cucum- bers. Greeler 36 35 25 33 22 9 7 6 15 12 10 58 2 14 5 2 3 46 Fort Morgan Rockv Ford 16 16 Total 96 55 22 â 37 74 10 46 16 16 1 The 46 potato records which have been included in this study were obtained by the Office of Farm Management in a preliminary survey of the cost of producing potatoes during the yeais 1912 and 1913. These potato-enterprise records were taken in Weld County, Colo., by Mr. H. H. Clark. The importance of the various crops is reflected to some extent in the number of records obtained in the three districts. For instance, alfalfa is an important crop in all areas, while potatoes were relatively. LAS ANIMAS BACA Fig. 1.âMap of Colorado, showing the three districts included in this survey (areas with diagonal lines) in Weld, Morgan, and Otero Counties. The location of each sugar factory operating in 1917 is shown by a black dot within a circle. Each factory idle in 191/ 's shown by a circle half black and half white. The factory formerly operated at Holly, Prowers County, hae been removed. unimportant except in the Greeley district. Again, cantaloupes and cucumbers are grown commercially only in the Rocky Ford district, while barley is not grown to any great extent there. Although corn is increasing in importance in all the areas, this crop in 1917 was rela- tively of very little significance. The districts covered in this work are shown on the map (fig. 1).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept.
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