6 BULLETIN" 726, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table I. — Acreage and yield of sugar beets as reported by factories for Jive Colorado 



districts. 





[Data provided by Colorado beet sugar companies.] 











Rocky Ford. 



Fort Collins. 



Greeley. Eaton. 



1 



Fort Morgan. 



Year. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Tons 

 per 

 acre. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Tons 

 per 

 acre. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Tons 

 per 

 acre. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Tons 

 per 

 acre. 



Acre- 

 age. 



Tons 

 per 

 acre. 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Average 



7,213 

 10,925 

 13, 8 7 9 

 11,208 

 13,560 



10.74 

 11.89 

 10.63 

 12.39 

 11.59 



8,0S7 

 12, 348 

 14,289 

 11,900 

 13,529 



10.90 

 10.09 

 11.07 

 13.02 

 12.15 



6,340 

 10,0S9 

 11,411 



8,S92 

 15,232 



13.33 

 12.07 

 12.05 

 12.74 

 12.35 



4,501 

 10, 451 

 16,507 

 11,547 



12,081 



13.76 

 15.40 

 13.13 

 13.22 

 12.55 



3,283 

 5,155 

 6,9G9 

 6,575 

 9,450 



12.25 

 12.24 

 10.21 

 13.01 

 10.68 



11,356 ; 11.45 12,0.31 11.89 



10,393 



12.42 j 11,035 



13.50 



6,2S6 



11.48 



Fig. 2. — One of the beet-sugar factories in northeastern Colorado. This plant, constructed in 1905, has 

 a rated capacity of practically 1,000 tons daily. 



The lowest average yield for the five-year period was recorded in 

 the Rocky Ford district, although there is little variation in the aver- 

 age yields for the Fort Collins, Fort Morgan, and Rocky Ford areas. 

 The average yield for the Rocky Ford area during the years 1914 

 and 1915, when the enterprise records were obtained, exceeded the 

 normal yield. The maximum average yield was obtained in the 

 Eaton district. A large number of the enterprise records for Weld 

 County came from the Eaton area. Fort Collins and Fort Morgan 

 were considerably above the normal for the year 1914. The latter 

 was slightly below normal in 1915. On the whole, there were no 

 wide differences in yield within the groups. The slight fluctuations 

 that may be observed were undoubtedly due to climatic conditions. 



