The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-24

ter and gives an outlet in every di-
irection and to everr market in the
world. An average Of thirty freight
trains pass through the county daily,
four passengers, aud limited trains
twice week.
North of the town Of Lamar q
system of storage reservoirs has re-
Gently been constructed to catch the
Hood watera Of the Arkansas river,
which IN extent and coat Of con-
struction is something heretofore
unheard of. The entire country to
the north il one network of canals,
lakes, laterals, ETC., and the seepage
from these great storage basins
alone win irriRate thousands Of
acres Of land and make tho atmos-
phere of the whole country moist.
The products for which this valley
is famous are alfalfa, cattle, sheep,
hogs, fruit snd melons, aud in addi-
ton. it is the only svslley in Colora-
do in which the growing Of corn 10
. succefs, but here, ~ IN Kansas,
the yield per acre is something
enormous, fields of 200 and 800
acres running An average Of fifty
bushels to the acre throughout. Al.
falfa is the crop for the irrigator; it
does all here that the corn crop does
for the eastern farmer and more be-
sides. II is better feed than corn
for horses, stock hogs and sheep,
and gives much more feed to the
acre at tar less cost and labor. The
average yield per acre Is six tons of
hay, or if left for seed two tons of
hay and ten bushels of seed. For
the honey bee it furnishes an unlim-
tied territory for his material in its
rich, white blossom, and the profits
Of the bee man in this county is
something encouraging. Alfalfa
honey is acknowledged the entire
country oyer IS superior to anY
other honey; il is perfectly white
and of fine favor. The growth OF
alfalfa enrlches instead of impover'
ishing the soil, and after the CROP
has been once set little water il
needed for IRRIGATION, as the roots
will penetrate twentyaDd thirty fee
Ito reach water. WA alfalfa stub
BILE ,elstna - - I Sssktssl
planted Is ! isad, the yield pc
acre is inyxflahly from 500 to 4ot
bushels. The alfalfa hay sells fo
an average Of $3.50 per ton in th'
stack, but If fed to hogs or stock j
returns the owner about 800 pc
Eton. The alfalfa seed sells for 81
average Of $3.50 per bushel.
| Wheat is another crop for whicl
this county is famous. The yielt
per acre averages over thirty-fiv'
bushels, while the average of n.
state In the Union exceeds twenty
As regards quality, Mr.. Al. Hotel
manager Of the milling company 3
Lamar, said that in all his exper
fence Of twenty years in the milling
business he had never seen az gooa
wheat as the Turkey Red grown b.
the farmers of the county, which
tests as high as sl1ty-five pounds t
the bushel, with very thin bran
making it good wheat for the mil
Ter.
Hogs are q standard product il
every county. but in Prowers county
there has never been any disease tc
Interfere with their perfect grcwtl
and they thrive almost entirely ol
alfalfa until the time for marketing
when they are given little corn fol
hardening. TIE 'Ioeation on th'
main line ofithe Ssnts .Fe railroas
gives the grower . direct ind quicl
manner Of reaching the great liv'
stock markets of Kansas City, St
Louis and Chicago, While New Yorl
or foreign markets can be quickly
reached by the southern route to th'
Gulf of Mexico.
CAttls,are donbly profitable her
and hundreds- Of thousands Of addi-
tional head might now he grating oil
the luxuriant growth Of natlv'
grasses ON the government land
above the irrigatin9 canals Of no ex
pense whatever to the owner excep
for cowboy or two to keep them il
sight. Cattle thrive ten months o
the yeaf on these grasses, and in ths
.vo faod;rr nnntha o1feifs nth /,