Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-02-12
FROM COLORADO.
FoRT COLLINS, Col. TER,
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January 80, 1873.
ED. CHRONICLE I'm a communica-
ton CT mine published in your paper
something like me year ago, I sub
scribed myself "More Anon" Now
that your many readers may think that
time has fully arrived, I will try TO en-
terrain them a few moments.
First, after our very severe winter with
its effects, as portrayed in a letter pub
lished in your columns, cameo our spring,
which proved to be unlike any former
one, owing to the numerous snow and
rain storms, retarding the farmers work
so much that crops were not all in the
ground until exceedingly late for this
country. Still seed time came, and we
were amply repaid with an abundant
harvest. During the summer we were
blest with frequent showers, obviating
the necessity of irrigating as much as in
ordinary seasons.
To insure a good crop here, it is abso-
lutely necessary that every farmer or
gardener should have their bitches in
ordersso that water may be turned on
their crops whenever they need moist
ure, regardless of appearau ces of rain
even if yon may think it will rain to-
morrow, so to speak. When crops need
water, put it on, is the w~atchword here,
signs and appearances to the contrary,
Notwithstanding With this resolution
carried out to the letter, a farmer can be
assured of an abundant yield.
The crop OF wheat, oats, corn and veg
etables was better last season than any
previous year since the settlement Of
this Cache q la Poudre valley, and great
portion of this success is due to a more
systematic method of farming in later
than in former years. The average yield
Of wheat in this valley is put at thirty
six bushels per acre. Some choice pieces
have yielded fifty bushels, and even
more than this, per acre. The average
yield OF oats is put at forty bushels per
acre, and even seventy-fiYe bushels per
acre were raised by some of our more
experienced farmers. OF corn, 1 will
not attempt to speak, enly of my own
yield, which was forty-fve bushels per
acre, which is considered good for this
country and as for vegetables, I cannot
go into detaile Of the different kinds, but
suffice it to say they surpass those grown
in any other State or Territory, both as
to quality and quantity.
Autumn came with its delightful
weather, and the farmers gathered the
products Of the soil, preparatory for win
ter; but the winter, that frigiid part, has
has not reached us yet; we are still wit
Messing autumnal weather, If not in au.
tumn. We occasionally have a rough
day, but with SO great a preponderance
Of pleasant ones, the bad are 500 for
gotten.
Perhaps some Of your readers would
like to know something OF our town,
Fort Collins. At present we can only
boast of two hotels, three stores, two
blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, one
harness shop, one schoolhouse, one grist-
mill, and two NJ. DIS.
The location of this town being on the
northern extremity Of a fine plateau,
which extends for miles to the south ;
and its close proximity to the mountains
gives it a grand and picturesque appear
snce, and, beside, it is a pleasant and de-
sirable place to live.
In my next, I may boast of some fine
buildings, now under contract, to be built
sOo in the colony. By the way, an or
gsnization has teen perfected for a colo
ny, and has located upon the plateau
above mentioned. The town Of said col
ony is located adjacent to the old site of
Collins, retaining the name Of Fort Col
Inns. The trustees of this colony have
secured a large tract of land, which
they expect to sell to ~eolonists who may
come here, at q fair price, and have
pledged themselves to render them such
assistance as they may need in locating
in a new and strange land. Alsrge block
will soon be erected for merchandising,
and a banking house and printing Office
will soon be built so you see we are
soon to have q hsme paper, and town to
60 and "see the sights
Yours, etc. A l.. FELL.