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488,000 bu. (25,000 A.); potatoes, 8,075,000 bu. (85,000 A.); hay, 1,905,000 tons, (870,000 

 A.); flaxseed, 96,000 bu. (12,000 A.); and sugar beets, 957,142 tons (86,437 A.). In 1909 the 

 value of vegetables other than potatoes was $2,349,634; of flowers and plants, $468,685; of 

 nursery products, 872,090; of small fruits, $398,836 (strawberries, $156,059; raspberries, 

 $156, 668); of orchard fruits, 84,651,792 (apples, $3,405,442; peaches and nectarines, $764,561). 

 On January i, 1912 there were on farms: 321,000 horses, 167,000 milch cows, 921,000 

 other neat cattle, 17,000 mules; 1,579,000 sheep and 211,000 swine. Carriage horses were 

 successfully bred in 1911-12 at the Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The legislature of 1911 amended previous irrigation laws; created the office of state 

 dairy commissioner, and passed an elaborate act for dairy sanitation and for the brand- 

 ing of dairy products; it gave to the state board of agriculture authority over forestry and 

 provided for the appointment of a state forester; passed a law requiring a health certificate 

 for cattle over six months old brought into the state, and a law requiring railways to build 

 fences to protect herds. A school of horticulture and forestry was established in 191 1 at the 

 Grand Junction Indian School, and a School of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts at the Fort 

 Lewis School, which was thereby put on a par wuth the Fort Collins School. 



Mineral Products. Total value, 191 1, $51,958,239. In gold the state ranked second with 

 $19,138,800, less than that of California in 1911 and less than Colorado's output in 1910, 

 when the state ranked first. There was a similar decrease in the value of silver, in which the 

 state ranked fifth in 1911 with $3,958,800; in 1910 it ranked fourth, a position held by Idaho 

 in 1911. Teller county, with the Cripple Creek district, was the principal gold producer 

 and Lake county (Leadville) the principal producer of silver. Other metals were: copper, 

 9,791,861 Ibs.; zinc, 42,233 tons; and lead, 30,621 tons. Second in value to gold was coal, 

 10,157,383 tons ($14,747,764; less than in 1910). The value of petroleum was $228,104 

 (226,926 bbls.). A little natural gas was used commercially in Boulder and Fremont counties. 

 Clay products w-ere valued at $1,606,709; stone at $1,514,827 (mostly marble and including 

 small output of marble from several other states); and sand and gravel at $65,366. Portland 

 cement was manufactured at two plants. From the Boulder field 730 tons of tungsten were 

 taken in 1911. Vanadium was found in San Miguel and Montrose counties. Sulphur 

 deposits in Mineral county have not yet been worked commercially. Mineral waters, 

 bottled at 14 springs, including 5 resorts, were valued at $104,763. Mica, fluorspar, graphite 

 and grindstones were minor mineral products. 



Manufactures. From 1904 to 1909 the number of establishments increased from 1, 606 to 

 2,034; the number of persons engaged in manufacturing from 25,888 (21,813 wage-earners) 

 to 34.115 (28,067 wage-earners); the invested capital from $107,664,000 to $162,668,000 

 (5i.io increase); and the value of products from $100,144,000 to $130,044,000. The 

 principal manufactures in 1909 were: smelting products (value not shown separately): 

 slaughtering and meat-packing products, $9,657,000 (190.5% more than in 1904); flour and 

 grist mill products, $7,868,000; printing and publishing, $6,962,000; steam-railway cars, 

 construction and repairs, $6,559,000; foundry and machine-shop products, $5,907,000. The 

 principal manufacturing cities, with the value of their products, were: Denver, $51,538,000*; 

 Pueblo, $3,345,000; and Colorado Springs, $1,733,060. 



Communications. Railway mileage, January I, 1912, 5,728.30 m. Beginning with, 1911 

 the second Friday in May became a state holiday under the name of "Good Roads Day." 

 An act of 1911 provided for a tunnel through James Peak to be used, but not exclusively, 

 for fifty years by the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad, with the option to purchase, 

 but under the necessity of completing a through line to Salt Lake City; this was referred to 

 the people in November 1912 and was defeated. 



Legislation. The legislature met from January 4 to May 6, 1911. On February 

 20 it ratified the proposed Federal income tax amendment. Amendments to the 

 state constitution were proposed, making smelters public utility works; and providing 

 for a state tax commission. An initiated amendment for prohibition was defeated in 

 November 1912; this was the first measure of great importance brought before the peo- 

 ple under the constitutional amendment (like that of Oregon) for initiative and refer- 

 endum, passed in special session September 10, IQTO, adopted at the November 1910 

 election by 80,141 votes to 28,698, declared invalid by the district court, August 23, 

 1912, but held constitutional by the state supreme court on September 23. Other im- 

 portant amendments and measures voted on in 1912 were: for recall of officials, adopted 

 by 53- 2 o to 39,564; for popular recall of decisions of the state supreme court that laws 

 are unconstitutional, adopted by 55,416 to 40,891; a new ballot law, adopted by 

 43,390 to 39,504; and a measure for state compensation to deserted or widowed mothers 

 of dependent children, adopted 82,337 to 37,870. 



Two new counties were created in ion: Crowley from Otero (temporary county- 

 seat, Ordway), and Moffat from Routt (temporary county-seat, Craig). 



