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Colorado Experiment Station 
Another loss, small to the individual farmer, but large in the 
aggregate of the state, comes from the common practice of ordering 
seed potatoes of the new sorts glowingly advertised in eastern seed 
catalogues. Tests made by the Colorado Experiment Station show 
that not over one in one hundred of these varieties equals in yield 
the standard Colorado sorts, and many are worthless. 
Timothy Seed .—Most of the large quantity of timothy seed sown 
in Colorado is shipped into the state. Seedmen state that $50,000 a 
year is a low estimate of the amount sent out of the state annually 
for this seed. 
Colorado grown seed is heavier and has greater vigor, but Colo¬ 
rado timothy growers perfer to market hay rather than seed. It 
would seem that there is a good opening for growing timothy seed 
in Colorado at high altitudes at points too distant from railroads to 
make the shipping of hay profitable. 
Sorghum, Kafir, Milo and Millet .—In a recent examination of 
sorghum seed from Colorado and from Kansas, Colorado seed aver¬ 
aged in every case heavier per struck bushel than that from Kansas. 
Colorado grown milo weighed 63 pounds per struck bushel. Colorado 
farmers should' not only supply the demands in the state for these 
seeds, but should ship large quantities to other states. 
FRESH FRUITS, MELONS AND VEGETABLES. 
Fruits and Melons not grown in Colorado or 
shipped in out of season. $1,237,000 
Fruits that could have been grown in Colorado.... 367,500 
Potatoes and sweet potatoes. 184,000 
Green Vegetables. 195,500 
Total.$1,984,000 
FRUITS AND MELONS NOT GROWN IN COLORADO OR 
SHIPPED IN OUT OF SEASON. 
Oranges. $360,400 
Bananas. 371,000 
Lemons. 138,000 
Strawberries. 164,500 
Grape Fruit. 49,000 
Cranberries. 42,500 
Tomatoes. 41,200 
Pineapples. 35,5oo 
Water Melons. 27,900 
Figs. 7,000 
Total. $1,237,000 
Oranges, bananas, lemons, grape fruit, pine apples and figs can¬ 
not be grown in Colorado, but if there were a sufficient quantity of 
choice, home grown apples and peaches, the quantity of these sub¬ 
tropical fruits used would be greatly reduced, and the money spent 
for them kept in the state. 
