BARUEY. 

BY M. M. COOKE. 
• 
The barley plant is not properly appreciated in Colo- 
rado. There are but about 15,000 acres grown in the 
State, and they are credited with producing, in 1896, 
450,000 bushels or 21,600,000 pounds of barley, an aver- 
age of 30 bushels or 1,440 pounds per acre. 
This yield compares well in value with the returns^ 
made by wheat the same year. There is quite a general 
belief that barley does not do well in Colorado, and this 
deters many from giving it a fair trial. Barley has been, 
grown on the College Farm for many years, and all of the* 
common varieties have been tested for longer or shorter 
periods. The yields have always been satisfactory, and 
during the later years have been highly successful.. 
When these results are considered in connection with the 
fact that the College farm is by nature, both in the lay of 
the land and the character of the soil, below the average,, 
it is fair to presume that, if properly handled, barley will 
give bounteous yields on other farms of the State. 
