The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1896-01-31
GET OUT OF THE RUT.

practices, all attempts at reform, all Of.
forts to introduce new devices tor saving
labor, in fact everything now il looked
upon with degree OF suspicion and be-
comes the objects Of rdiculs. sarcasm or
ut least OF the very uncomplimentary
and discouraging expressions Of doubt.
Like tho boy who went to mill on horse
back with the grist in one end OF ihe bag
and stone In the other TO balance il be
cause dad did, many think old cnstoms
must be adhel oil to. and any attempt al
chaugu 10 ns insult to tho intelligence OF
past generations.
or transmitting communications by
telegraph, sewing, harvesting, writing,
setting typo, otc by machinery, II was
said IL wont work; II can't be done; but
despite the csniings OF false prophets, all
these th,ngs and thousands more OF O.
|q~ailgs sssr'sa Representatives, Ass nou
accomplished.
Doubling Thomasss are found among
all classes, farmers having \ full repre-
s.nts tion. Talk Of windmill irrigation
to some or Of u change Of crops, TINT Ia
trying new crops to others and you arc
met at orcs by tho Insertion "lt wont
do; its no use, this country. no good. II
won't rniss anything. The sooner we.ge'
out, tho better" This without studying
svll, climate, adaptabilities, etc.
Men from the far south whsro o ranges,
rice, cotton &c. were the staple products
coming INTO tho northern statos, and
failing in their efforts to raise these crops
that had always succeeded in their south
rrn climate, would be called very neon
sistent were they to condemn tho count
~ simply because it failed to produc,
that which is adapted only to warm
southern climate with "summer nil the
year round" But would they bo any
more inconsistent than arc We who, CON.
ing from the low moist lands Of the cust
into, II not an ard. at least semi-srid re-
gion, with its hot, dry summers and al
most snowless winte's and failing to sue
ceod with such crops as ws and dad
r.ised back yender' say "it's ro good,
won't raise nuihin'" Are We not now,
nnd have We not been for years trying,
like those soutberners, TO raise something
not adapted TO soil, climate and all The
surrounding conditionsY
Our average winters are such as ars
not favorable for fall sown crops OF WIN
ter grain. Our average summers are too
srid to make u successful venture Of
spriug wheat, oats, barley, corn, Ac., tina,
require much eartb moisture and atmos.
pheric humidity.
While our summers nrs long, hot, aud
generally dry, the time intervening be
tween late spring and carly autumns
fros,s is too short 10 mature plants O
allow development.
What then remains for us to dor Mu,
40 give Up and say "ths country is u
good" and abandon the farms that bay
cost us 90 much hardship, privstion, soil
denial and almost starvation 10 secure
with the stimulating hope before us @
making home for ourfelyss aud chill
dren' Shall we dopopnla'e n region ii
which stock can range, lire and THRIVE
tho whole year round wi,hcut other foot
than grows on tho broad prairiss, anc
make no effort to get out OF the rn,s II
which our fathers travelled and try 10 so
cure plants and Ger sls adapted TO on
soil and climate md rs we'll adapted n
food for msn and bsas, 10 are those VI
have 80 often tried, but which have &C
often disappointed usf
But ar. there plants and grains that
will succeed here, nnd that can be sub
stitutsd ior those TO which we have been
accustomed; and II 10 what are theyg
There certainly are such plants, natives
Of clnatss and coils similar 10 ours, that
have been introduced and successfully
grown in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, east
erD Colorado &c, among which arc
Dourrha. u native Of Asia, whore II il
widely grawh as u food cereal, also 10
southern Europe. II is also known a.
India hillet aud Guinea corn. The last
most appropriate botanical name, Sor'
ghum yulgsre) Yellow Milo Maze, na.
tiy. Of Southern Asia, Jerusalem corn.
native Of the arid plains Of Pnlestin.,
Asia, all Of which will riptn within one
hundred DAYS from time OF planting and