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Show Colorado to Have . Largest Crop in History of State DENVER. Colo., Aug 11 The largest larg-est acreage devoted to crops in Colo-' rvdo and the largest total production in the state's history is forecast for 1919 by the Colorado co-operative crop reporting service, a branch of the 1 Dlted State-- department of agrlcul ture, in a report made public today i The most notable Increase Is in wheat. Winter wheat production if estimated at 12.515.000 bushels and 1 spring wheat at 6,661.000 bushelo All v heat production is forecast al 19.176,-ooo 19.176,-ooo bushels, compared with the July( forecast of IS, 821,000 and the largcjt previous production, 1917, of 13,636,000. The corn forecast is 18,000.000 bushels compared to 11,067,000, the 1918 production. The acreage devoted to sugar beets I la said in the report to be probably the largest on record, although condition condi-tion of the crop is but 72 per cent of normal. Indications are production will be far short of expectations, the report adds. |