New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-08
COLORADO FARM LIFE.

METHODS OF AllNb liL COiA<
NECESSITY FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF POTATO
CILTURE-FAILrRE or FRUIT IRLEs-SAiii-h
RAIsIyfi-I,i,fIGRAIION
fFRom 4 sr,rF CORRESPONDENT or rHE TRInCNE.l
DENVER. COL, June 22.-An intelligent gentle
man have met in the Territory d. G. Dodge the General
Freight and Passenger Agent OF the Denver and i"rane
Railroad lie early setlerin the TERRITORY anu ""
been loug identified with is prosperity df has o'ei
over cvc.y part the Territory and l. probably a. wen
informed It's ana It's capacity ana a""IF
bv for the various pursuits OF agriculture "a any BODY
within r.. borders From Mr. Dodge, VINO was ie'lo"
t7sve,r during tie greater portion oil my Southern mp,
obtain, t, information aud instruction. Uis beet
il strong that the future OF Colorado III her mines anu
.trk erovins The great difficulty l. want Of water
When ex-senator Wade went 10 Utah three or iour ears
ago he eueocntcred. crossing the desert TO SALT Lake
Cf an old friend from Ohio who had gone West years
before GLOW do you hke this country 1" asked The bun
oil commouer.
VERY well" was the answer; d" II would make nice
country little better society aud plenty oi
water 49,
"I should think So" retorted Mr Wade "a Mite
hotter so,ietv and plenty 81 water would make beil
paradise" Colorado ahead o Utah in both respects i"r
she as better society and water, yet not enough Z"
either.
The area Of land in the Territory devoted o agriculture
= very limited ard ~ coniined entirely 10 me N"y-'
small caiu particularly If very good. If sufficient
It,l, o. water for IRRIGATION lee ob lincd Corn can
only b raised south Of the D' ide, which separates nc
waters between the Platte and the ArkArsas ana oven II
this Ct ion doe. thrive North 81 IL TIC w'sher i
to enid for cnn 70 chow how little Of this product ~
raised here aud indeed how fe~ Osts, IL II Only he'-
sary 10 state that the stage company bring al ue '''
for fle; horse, mostly corn from Kansas anf IlI!ho-'
from 900 10 500 miles. Nneenis 81 me CON "se''
in 1hc Territory brought from Kansas MiS'o"il i""'
and Nebraska There No products raised here 'or
TRANSFORMS ion, aud the supply Is nos even eHnl 10 -"
d.piard The mining interest will be developed n's''f
ti.n any other and that viii keep in the advance ~
many r.,ecfs tie advantages for farming here are
crc,,er than those in the Mississippi valley me p"
cucfs are never a burden n tie market aia hhh r'y
sa'o While ia the Mississippi Valley markets 2 ~ SOM
ease, hundreds Of miles distant VIXEN lh' c'""'J 81"
varces N wealth farming may improve, hrt crops can
never he raised here cncapy a. u the -o'l'h l'o
IN This however will not eariiy bring Eastern
productions in competition With them Tor ffhu
that the railroad tariffs viii always be protective anu
that Eas eru products Will cost rs nueh c'lVicn hci' ~
tl, h,r,c .ur.lv small farm, Tor profitable cirat"n
are preferable IN This country, although there - il""!
sufi,ns q hands. There 20 many men "h' yearly
com, mere To e nd of hard work tlat ihcrc Is never
+. Of farm hands. Thee pco!e come i'ste-"' WIZ"
inc idea thai th,v have ouiy 10 come {" COLORADO 90 s''
IN ,a,v ivir.. They suppose nuggets 90 t"4' ~
i..,, ai,,- ti. streets and they have only 20 DICK
il,ln up Wien they ct here they soon learn th''
lie here al e. .cwheTc serious thing and requires
iont 80 much vofl. from every enc. Perhaps hey -
batl.5 their m fortunes coming here, aud Ia To- NAS
about 20 see it. ihe, cannot obtain living without ""ih
v,,n ther money ia gone hcir lesson i ie1Inei HAd
iheJ willing 10 - 20 work ~ tir hF't orio'u''
RAISING or CATTLE.
For s.oc,raisirr large ranches ouredi tsey en-
not I TOO larc ;or tho WIDER rang given 80 STOCK lie
botr they ar Twisted ranch iItl Luis falry'
Tie frontage ylch f,.e r.ver was II miles -ni ia
c.pth ID ey ended from tlr river g. the ni"iniaI u j.
slown A. Hairs ranch, and is headquarters are mar
tne Kirhy Creek .t1-e station. MI Daniels "ho h'"
controls IT, ss at present believe, about 5000 head %
cattle There j. not flucc t.e placer ma the hhi-
ines al told DID probably cost fiGD) Four hl -
in another direction. visited The Clayton r'nei CON-
losed Of l. 900 found E'b"Hy ai nome - ''
pcoue were - undersiooa, ciieie / in round mp
few miles distant. C,lt1u- place bears Tie i"ifs' 81
pro.pIiiy His haul is entirely fenced Biz huiidns''
although Of hcwu loeT. very substantial conino-
,ioi- aud pic rg-lue. lie drcs not work the rhch 30
arvwhere cap3c ~ oud Las, u''eT-' o. less
than tuu,al ca.ti~. He has natural meadow so"ic
where near mile in Mt. which j. ereencr and more
braA.ul lrl, u,o than a} meade" over SAW. II
requires 10 irrigation, eatherns rs moi'i-ir nom
.i. natural .ngn-e a.,hin lis borders. O"c r"cHariy1
i,cal lnraIr aui tire entire stage al? nom tnon cry
10 antelope Park. There not iar.io-e' "a log
cabin. q barn. sh,d, -idpiJ, 81 ~ Glma house.
Tavern or any oicr rudins thcv are al ~ logs about
To- same s,c and almost exactly alhc' cXni; as tH'J
orc l~rd f.. On rent purposes Some relic If hunt
ing tlin usually hnngs the door. EiH horns pre-
d,iufn.;.d and there %cre some mosrors slrelp"h-'
Tey wor, 30 plentiful tft an along Tie plains tny we're
nt-iu.ty seen etn.Hn by the Way-idc. II Eod'' "h'
u,t have Tie an,l,i. II ~ ek, other trophy Wis
.ul,-t ltui,i-tir lead of antelope deer. noun
tain sheep. buffalo, or the sSi Of grizzly ''ar'
Gar al thror-h the country II very plenty e-L' noun
tain sheen. AMI antelope pra dominating
The most profitable vegetable raised n Colorado j. the
potato II crows abuudaEtiy prop lly cultivate co. ai
Yields large profit ~ market they hrar fIon nc Ia
en IL. IA flo ;g gl
from Denver i. 3 potato farm which Tor years has been
famous for league. around drove there one Lot day
Win friend u tie hopa OF seeing tie owner, queer
Oh Joker. who is known by tie name 81 "Ioil'o
Cark" He lid zone TO town, however. with loih OF
psatoes We looked over his farm but nothing could
lee seen bu; tumb.e-iOwn shaDiies, good many
rolto heaps and good Deal 81 black land lying close
against the Platte The only Of life about the place
were ne ana tAc grasshOpr':' The cook S'.d h'
had no. been there los e he did not know how many
acres Potato Clark" planted. nor how many iHtaotS
he haG on hand now. what the price lie wac
int, iIcnt GA only suiicct Potato Clark employ ed
from 80 TO - men during the This the COOK
knew fr he bad to prepare the food for tacm. From
Nr Dodge ana from sources subseq uenty learned
that tlr Clark Last year rl-cd 5000 buNrls Vi pom
toos Do not make any mistake in the hs1fc--t"en'y-
five Thousand bushels o. poato,s. Clark mas b' peru
lly adapted TO TIE cultivation Of this vegetable Tor
where others crop, fail his is always large and ~ sure-
Nor quality Tile gra,shoppcrs up the yucf u Lis
negbors but they harmless The yiues OF Potato
Clark" vet Season dr. sc.sou-t l. all the same
with him. lie goes right Oh faSins potatoes.
FARM LIE.
At the sonth Fork OF thc Rio Crnde, ahot l6 miles
from Del Norie, lives a Lan named Hobbs.
The ranch or which he lives is leased
from irs owner, who got uicd Of prairie
ana mounts ~ Landscapes aud returned to his Eastern
Aoicc. Hobbs is a tliif.y Yankee. lie md his wife DO
an the work ire ranch, nc-de taking care OF three
youg children and having considerable time len for