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COLORADO 



Mississippi. Many of the manufactures grow 

 directly out of mining, smelting ore and refin- 

 ing metals being industries of huge proportions. 

 There are also iron and steel works and fac- 

 tories for brick, cement and for the making of 

 machinery and tools. The beet sugar industry, 

 mentioned below ; the slaughtering and packing 

 of meat, and the manufacture of flour and 

 grist are the other industries of considerable 

 importance. All in all, the manufactured prod- 

 ucts are valued at about $140,000,000 annually, 

 and there are over 28,000 wage-earners in the 



the naturally-fertile soil is rendered very pro- 

 ductive. Over 13,000,000 acres are now in 

 farms, though only about one-third of this area 

 is actually cultivated. 



Sugar beets, wheat and alfalfa are the chief 

 crops, but corn, oats and potatoes are raised 

 in large quantities. At the census of 1910 Weld 

 County was the second county in the United 

 States in amount of potatoes produced, its 

 crop of nearly 6,000,000 bushels surpassed only 

 by Aroostook County,. Me. The sugar-beet in- 

 dustry has grown rapidly, and the state has 



THE FARM 



Cattle sold 



Wheat 



Alfalfa 



Com 



Sugar Beets 



Oats 



Sheep sold 



Dairy Products 



Fbtatoes 



Apples 



Wild Hay 



Garden Vegetab 



Barley 



Horses sold 



COLORADO PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures based on U.S. Government Reports 

 Millions of Dollars Annually 

 5 10 15 



Timothy,Clover 

 Swine sold 

 Wool 

 Fbultry raised 





THE FACTORY 



Tobacco 

 Confectionery 

 Leather Goods 

 Canning .Preserving 

 Brick.Tile 

 Milk Products 

 Coke 



Bread, etc. 

 Lumber, Timber 

 FoundTy,Machine-shop 

 Railroad-car Repairs 

 Print ing.Publishing 

 Flout, Grist 

 Meat 



THE MINE 

 Lead 

 Silver 

 Zinc 

 Coal 

 Gold 



various establishments. Denver is the largest 

 manufacturing center, Pueblo, Colorado 

 Springs and Trinidad ranking next, in that 

 order. 



Agriculture. Another industry has had a 

 rapid growth, and that is agriculture. Natur- 

 ally, in a state so mountainous there is much 

 land that is not available for crops, but the 

 lack of rainfall has been an even greater 

 drawback than the mountains. In many places 

 there is a grassy growth sufficient for grazing, 

 but in very few sections would it be possible to 

 practice agriculture without irrigation. This 

 has grown amazingly in recent years, and 

 everywhere throughout the state are to be 

 seen the great fields with their growing crops 

 and the little' irrigation ditches between the 

 rows. The mountain streams are utilized, and 



vast refineries in which hundreds of thousands 

 of tons of beet sugar are made each year 

 more than in any other state. Colorado pota- 

 toes, especially those grown in the region 

 around Greeley, are famous for their large 

 size and excellent quality. The mountain val- 

 leys seem remarkably well adapted to the 

 growing of fruits, and apples, peaches, plums, 

 pears and cherries are produced. Most widely 

 famous of all the products of these regions, 

 however, are the Rocky Ford cantaloupes, of 

 which hundreds of carloads are shipped each 

 year. 



It might be expected that the large increase 

 in mixed farming would lead to a decrease in 

 stock-raising, the oldest agricultural industry 

 in the state, but such has not been the case. 

 The cattle ranges are not to-day so large as 



