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Acreage Results. 



"At Vernon, Colorado, altitude 4,000 feet; rainfall, 18 inches; one 

 farmer raised 62 bushels of winter wheat, 18 bushels of spring wheat, 

 18 of durum or macaroni wheat, 20 of oats, 40 of barley. 25 of corn and 

 65 of potatoes per acre. 



Acreage Results. 



"At Limon, Colorado, altitude 5,000 feet; rainfall about 16 inches; 

 winter wheat went 32 bushels, spring wheat 28 bushels, durum wheat 30 

 bushels, winter rye 28 bushels, spring rye 25 bushels, spelts, 48 bushels, 

 oats 60 bushels, barley 45 bushels, corn 45 bushels, alfalfa 41/^ tons, 

 fodder grasses 2i/^, brome grass 2 tons, sugar beets 15 tons, potatoes 

 8 tons per acre. 



Acreage Results. 



"At Wray, Colorado, altitude 3,500 feet; rainfall, 18 inches; winter 

 wheat ran 45 bushels per acre, spring wheat 42, winter rye 50, spelts 50, 

 oats 55, barley 66. 



Estimated Profits. 



"At Sheridan Lake, Colorado, altitude, 4,000 feet; rainfall about 17 

 inches, winter wheat made 35 bushels, durum wheat 35 bushels, barley 

 45 bushels, corn 52 bushels, alfalfa 2 tons, sugar beets 7 tons, turnips, 200 

 bushels and potatoes 140 bushels per acre. The man who sends in these 

 figures estimates that land in his county, properly handled, should bring 

 25 per cent net profit per acre per year.. 



Acreage Results. 



"At Byers and Bennett Colorado, altitude 5,000 feet; rainfall about 

 14 inches; corn made 40 bushels, wheat 40 bushels, beans 20 bushels, 

 oats 30 bushels, alfalfa 3i/^ tons and other crops in proportion. 



Precipation Reports. 



"0|£ course, it must be remembered that these figures are undoubted- 

 ly maximums, for the farmers who have sent in these reports it must al- 

 so be remembered, however, that the rainfall figures which I have given, 

 represent the average through a period of years, and that in 1908 much 

 less than this amount fell in practically all the districts mentioned. In 

 my own district, for instance, no rain whatever, and about three inches 

 of snow, fell between Sept. 10, 1907, and April 20, 1908, a period of more 

 than seven months. The rainfall after that was slightly above normal, 

 but not enough so as to make up the average for the year. 



Crop Failures. 



"As a result of the winter's drouth, winter wheat was largely a 

 failure, the yields throughout the state being cut down not less than one 

 third, and the spring and summer crops also came to maturity un(Jer 

 distinctly unfavorable conditions. 



"Gentlemen, I might continue these figures indefinitely, telling of 

 successes on the plains of Colorado in spite of drouth and hardship. I 



