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The Potato Industry or Colorado, 
our territory and advantages summarized. 
Northeastern Colorado. —Until the present time, the major 
part of the potato production of the state is confined to the Greeley 
district, which embraces approximately 250,000 acres and will be 
nearly doubled by ditches under construction. East along the Platte, 
including the country about Fort Morgan, Sterling and Julesburg, 
potatoes are being grown more than formerly, and the dry land 
growers of these regions are taking greater interest in this crop. 
The San Luis Valley. —This valley includes an area of 
3,100,000 acres of land, which is largely adapted to potato growing 
and has untold possibilities. In fact if one-tenth of the area of the 
San Luis Valley were to be planted in potatoes, and should produce 
10,000 pounds per acre (which is not a large yield for this dis¬ 
trict), the valley would produce one-fifth of the present potato crop 
of the United States. 
The Grand, Eagle, and Crystal River Regions, known as the 
Carbondale and Eagle district, contain many thousand acres of 
land admirably adapted to potato growing but not yet fully de¬ 
veloped. 
The Uncompahgre and North Fork Valleys comprise more 
than one hundred thousand acres of land, the most of which is 
adapted to the growth of this plant. 
Archuleta, Montezuma, Dolores, La Plata, and San Miguel 
Counties, in the southwestern part of the State, have large areas 
that are well adapted to this crop but not yet developed to any great 
extent owing to a lack of direct transportation. 
Rio Blanco, Routt and Grand Counties have remained largely 
undeveloped for the same reason as the last section, although they 
have many thousand acres as well adapted to the growth of this 
crop as those districts that have become famous. 
A Summary of Advantages : Colorado climate is ideal for 
potato production, eighty-five per cent, of the days in the year being 
fair. 
Colorado soils need no fertilizer for the growing of this crop 
out side of the established rotations. 
Colorado’s geographical position gives a big saving of time and 
freight in reaching the high priced markets of the United States. 
Few of the many potato diseases trouble Colorado growers. 
Colorado’s production per acre, including a large per cent, of 
unirrigated lands, is much greater than that of the great potato 
producing states with which we compete, and the value of the crop 
per acre is about double that of those states. 
