Bent County register., 1889-02-23
From the Flsla ana rar,,,. !.

| oiu iainiiiar 1ehu at the hack
stands these days and nights with
whip IN hand, is Mr.. John, q once
well to-do liveryman in the eldep
time; politician before the days of
Joe Chaffee; an alderman, shortly
after our present mayor was born,
The promoter of the present gas and
water works monopoly of Denver; a
pioneer, man who has been out of
sight for generation. AS he salutes
the passer by, shave hack, sir?"
the barnacle recognizes the same
toned voice that once resounded in
the legislative chambers at Crows
Hall on Holiday street more than
twenty years ago.
Alfalfa Is king in Bent county
but We fancy corn will give it hard
tussle not many years distant.
Five pecks of seed to the acre is
as little as should be planted of
wheat in this country. Less than
that will not cover the ground, and
If the ground is not covered the
weeds will grow. With wheat the
weeds have a chance to 60 to seed,
and thus befoul the land worse and
worse year by year. Five pecks are
annunb bu, 80
"Does farming in Colorado pay?"
ask many people. Let US give you
case that has lately come to our no
tice. A hundred acres of alfalfa on
Mayor Lees farm, some sir or seven
miles from the city, netted twenty
seven hundred dollars the past sea-
son. That much was left after al
lowing nine hundred dollars for irri.
eating and harvesting.
The large number of our farmers
have been in the habit of flooding
their fields when irrigating. Mr.. d.
III. Lennon of the Maucos In La
Plata county, claims that this Is
mistake. He says: "The better way
is to run the water in trenches suffi-
ciently far apart to allow it to satur-
ate TO the roots of the growing grsin
and not approach the plant immedi-
stely. The difference in two meth
ods on good soil will amount to five
or ten bushels of wheat to the acre"
Mrs. William Astor. of New York,
at her reception the other day bad
her house decorated with the yery
rarest flowers the hot house could
produce. For example, the Japanese
apple blossom. which cost $40 a
spray, was displayed profusely, and
Magma Charta roses, which cost So
each, were purchased by the score.
No wonder the florist idolize Mrs.
Astor and hail her as their Lady
Bountiful. She is probably the very
best individual patron they have.
A storage reservoir. covering
about $40 acres, is being constructed
ten miles north of Lamar. The nu
mssrus bitches and reservoirs in the
vicinity of Lamar will in time very
materially improve the complexion
and prospects of that splendid coun-
try. They have a grand climate at
Lamar, long season between frosts
and good community of people.
With sufficiency of irrigation water
these elements combined must nee
essarily form the neucleus OF q great
agricultural region.
We will suggest to all those who
would plant onions the present sea-
son to plant the seed now, or as soon
hereafter as the condition of the
earth will permit. Late planted
onions will do no good. The ear
ller the seed is in the ground the
better. The best crop of onions ever
raised in Colorado were planted in
February. The crop we allude to
produced six hundred bushels to the
acre.
The alfalfa seed that has lately
been shipped from Bent county to
St Louis and thence to Europe was
not for planting purpose, but Is to be
used for dye-stuff In the cloth manu-.
featuring towns, This demand opens
up new industry for the produo.
ing people of Colorado.