Gilpin observer., 1902-06-05

L Degan farming IN lS3Z Wnen l was
kid without mach means and less
than that of experience. Fortune
would not even smile bit in my To-
cality. Two years later | rented the
farm which l now own and kept strug-
Cling along just the same. The soil
was worn out with poor tillage and
poor irrigation, and sickness held me
back. l saw that to get the soil up by
proper tillage and rotation of crops
was my only show and called the farm
er's best friend (alfalfO in to help me.
1t took some time to do it, but in 1897
my crop sales amounted tC $4,50O and
have not run below $1,000 in any year
since, although l have been damaged
in some seasons by hail storms. now
own that same farm and value IL at
$4,000. Judging from the ircome, my
money is well invested at that figure.
We used to call a farmer Il moss
back l suppose you would call him
'hayseed,' but we don't care any
more. Very truly,
G. X. DICKERsoN.
Greeley. Colorado. Rural Mail Route
Nc. =. Farm near Eaton, Colorado.
Eaton, Colo, May 26. 1902.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce,
Denver, Colorado.
Gentlemen:-Your inquiry through
ex-Gov, Il. II. Eaton as to my farming
operations since coming to Colorado is
received l came to Greeley, Colo
rado in 1898, and farmed near that
place during the years 1894 and 1895,
and went over $1,000 in the hole. My
nerve was left unimpaired, in fact. it
was the only thing l had that was of
nv 7 f.,,,,
near Eaton, Colorado, on my good
looks, because 1 had nothing else to
recommend me. Last season the crops
on the quarter section l am renting
sold for over $4,000, and the crops
grown on the farm that l own sold for
over $4,000. L am well pleased with
farming and think it the only occupa-
ton for chap ike me to follow.
Yours truly, r. d. HUGHES.
Eaton, Colo, May 26. 1902
The Denver Chamber of Commerce.
Denver, Colorado.
Gent1emen:-I am writing you in re-
gard to the crops grown on my farm
last season. 1 had in forty-two acres
of potatoes and my sales from them
amounted to something over $4,000,
and my other crop was reasonably
good, my wheat averaging forty bush
els to the acre. l had over 2300 BUSH
els of wheat. l have not figured up
the exact value of my oats, wheat, hay
and potatoes in total, but think the to-
tai value of my farm crops for last
season would be $1,000 all right. Re
spectfully, +. b. SHATTUCK.
Eaton. Colo. May 81, 1902
Tu.- y ~
and Board of Trade. Denver, Colo
RADIO.
Gentlemen:-I am requested by Gov.
B. II. Eaton to write you in regard to
my farming operations here in Colo
RADIO. 1 am Dutchman. / came to
to Eaton, Colorado, from Pumpkin
Creek, in the state of Nebraska, sew
eral years ago. l had nothing but a
few small ponies and 1 left them be-
hind me, for they were too small to be
of any service in farming here. l be
gan work on the farm for $50 per
month and boarded myself as l had a
wife and family to support. My boss
gave me n sack of -four as present
at the close of each month. ! took
pains to learn all l could about farm
ing, and in 1899 l rented some. land
and farmed 1t on shares. | have done
as well as could be expected. Last sea-
son on the eighty acres l farmed for
Bruce Eaton l grew forty-nine acres
of potatoes, yielding 6,O66 sacks. which
sold for over $500, and my hay sold
for enough to make the total sales
from that eighty acres come to over
$4,000. The farmers are learning
more and more each year about farm
ing, and that means that some day
they will know whole lot, but you
can bet they will never know 1t all.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE KOENIG.