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Over 350,000 lambs were fattened on this corn. Most of the hogs 
slaughtered at home and at packing houses in this state were finished on 
this corn. A large quantity was fed to beef cattle, to dairy cows, and 
to horses. We found Kansas corn being fed to fattening hogs in La- 
Plata county, 450 miles southwest of Denver. 
Much of this feeding of imported corn is done from habit, the farm¬ 
ers who feed it having come from corn belt states. Both barley and 
field peas produce better pork than corn. Barley is as good a feed for 
horses and 1 dairy cows, and oats is a better feed. Beef produced at the 
College showed that the choicest flavored beef can be produced without 
feeding any corn, and many lamb feeders have shown that good results 
can be secured in fattening lambs on barley, except just at the finish. 
Breakfast Foods and Cereal Products .—Over 1,700 tons of cooked 
cereals, and over 4,200 tons of uncooked breakfast foods, such as oat¬ 
meal and cracked wheat, were shipped into .Colorado in 1909. These 
breakfast foods took out of the state over $460,000. Hominy and Grits 
to the value of $3,200 were shipped in. 
About 760 tons of peanuts were shipped into Colorado, costing 
$114,000. Peanuts do well on sandy soils on the Plains. 
Over 430 tons of macaroni were shipped into the state at a cost of 
$44,000. 
About 1100 tons of starch were shipped into the state, costing 
about $165,000. We shipped in over 3,000 tons of rice that cost us 
over $300,000. Rice cannot be raised in Colorado, but it is used largely 
as a substitute for flour products and potatoes. 
Less than one pound of cane sugar for each inhabitant was shipped 
into the state, showing that the greater part of the supposed cane-sugar 
used by the Colorado housekeeper must be beet-sugar. 
About 145 tons of popcorn were shipped into Colorado from East 
of the Missouri River- at a cost of $7,000. 
Crackers, wafers and fancy biscuits were shipped into Colorado 
that cost $350,000. As our home cracker factories use Colorado pro¬ 
ducts chiefly in manufacturing their goods this sum could be kept in 
the state by buying Colorado made products. 
BROOM CORN 
Broom Corn.,. $96,000 
It requires annually from 500 to 600 tons of broom corn to sup¬ 
ply home needs in Colorado, and about an equal amount is shipped into 
the state, made up into brooms and brushes, and then sent to other 
states. 
In 1909 about 150 tons were grown in Colorado, leaving 450 tons 
to be shipped in for home consumption, and between 500 and 600 tons 
shipped in that were sent out later in manufactured goods. A consid¬ 
erable portion of the 450 tons needed for home use was shipped into 
the state in manufactured goods. About two-thirds of the total 
amount grown in Colorado in 1909 was produced in Baca county. 
Normally good broom corn is worth from $60 to $80 a ton. Some- 
