Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06

a kid without much means and isss
than that Of experience. Fortune
would not even smile bit in my lo'
caiiIy. Two year. later I rented the
farm which now avn and kept sirns,
Cling along Just the same. The soil
WAS worn ouI with i.sDr tiilage AMI
poor irrigation. ani sickness held me
hack. I saw that 90 get the soil up by
proper tillase AMI rotation of crops
WAS my only show nnd called The farm
er's best friend 'aifaifap in To help me,
II took some time Ia io II. bnt IN is',
my crop sales amounted Ia Si.iSs,. and
have not run b-low $1,000 Ia any year
since. although I hny. i,r.H damaged
In som. ss-isons by hail storms. ! now
own that same farm and value II AT
xi.OO. Judging from ia. i'.comr. my
money Is well Invested AT that iisur-.
We used To call u farmer moss
back" ! SUPPOSE you would call him
"A .-hayse.d." but We don't care any
mor-. Very truly.
q. X. pIcKERsoN.
Greeley. Colorado. Rural Mail Route
No. =. Farm near Eaton. Colorado.
Eaton. Colo. May nj. 1872
The Denver Chamber of Commercc.
Denver. Colorado.
Genticmcn:-Your Inquiry through
eS-Gov. II. II. Eaton as To my farming
operations since coming To Colorado Is
received. came to Gr--icy. Colo
rnsio In is;ei. nnj fnrmci near that
place during III. years 1891 and ls;s,.
and went over Si.5D In the hole. My
n.ry. WIS left nnlmpaIr-d. Ia fact. u
was tile only tiins ! had ihnt was OF
any account. I rented another farm
near Eaton. Colorado. ON my good
looks, i-.caus. I Ind nothing else Ia
recommend me. Last season the crop.
ON the quarter section ] ntn rcntinE
sold for over xit.sS. and the crops
grown ON the farm that I own sold for
over S2.ODD. am well pleased with
farming nnd think IL the only occupa-
iion for u ciinp iik. IA. To follow.
Yours truly. II. u. HUGHES.
Eaton. Colo. May ~. !9pe,
The Denver Chamber of Commerce,
Denver. Colorado.
Gcnticmcn:-l am writing you In re-
cnrsi To the crops grown ON my farm
tasr season. had In forty-two acres
Of potatoes and my sales from them
amounted to something over xI..sp.
aud my other crop was reasonably
good. my wheat averaging forty bush
els To the acre. ! had over :.:,DD bush.
cis OF wheat. I have not figured up
the cNnct value OF my oats. wheat. hny
and Potatoes In total. but think the To-
tai value Of my farm crops for last
season would bc 5000 NIL right. ltc'
spcctfuiiy. =. Is. SuATTUCK.
Eaton. Colo. May %. 1907.
The Denver Chamber OF Commerce
and Board OF Trade. Denver. Colo
RADIO.
Gcntlcmcn:-I am requested by Gov.
Il. II. Eaton to write you In regard to
my farming operations here In Colo
RADIO. I am u Duiclimnn. j came 10
to Eaton, Colorado. from Pumpkin
Creek. In the state OF Nebraska. sew
cral years ago. I had nothing but n
few small ponies and left them bc.
hind me. for they We're too small to bc
of any service In farming here. be-
gan work on the farm for SD per
month and boarded myself. as l had n
wife and family To support. My boss
gave me u sack OF Hour ms present
ut the close OF each month. i took
pains to learn all ! could about farm
ing. and In 1880 I rented some land
and farincd II on shares. have done
as well as could bc expected. Last sea.
son on the eighty acres farmed for
Bruce Eaton | grew forty-ninc acres
Of potatoes. yielding G.0i sacks. which
sold for over $500. and my hay sold
for enough To make the total sales
from that eighty ncrcs come TO over
5000. The farmers are learning
more and more each year about farm
Ing. and that means that some day
they will knowsa whole lot. but You
can bet they win never know II all.
Very respectfully.
GEORGE EOEN1G.