6 BULLETIN 726, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 
Table I. — Acreage and yield of sugar beets as reported by factories for five Colorado 
districts. 
[Data provided by Colorado beet sugar companies.] 
Rocky Ford. 
Fort Collins. 
Greeley. 
Eaton. 
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 
7,213 
10,925 
13, 8"9 
11,208 
13,560 
10.74 
11.89 
10.63 
12.39 
11.59 
8,087 
12,348 
14, 289 
11,900 
13,529 
10.90 
10.09 
11.07 
13.02 
12.15 
6,340 
10,089 
11,411 
8,892 
15, 232 
13.33 
12.07 
12.05 
12.74 
12.35 
4,501 
10, 451 
16,597 
11,547 
12, 081 
13.76 
15.40 
13.13 
13.22 
12.55 
3,283 
5,155 
6,969 
6,575 
9,450 
12.25 
1912 
12.24 
1913 
10.21 
1914 
1915 
Average 
13.01 
10.68 
11,356 
11.45 
12,031 
11.89 
10,393 
12.42 
11,035 
13.50 
6,286 
11.48 
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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. 
