Gilpin observer., 1904-08-25

Uncle" ]. S. Mufford. who has a
small garden patch at the foot of Uni
versity hill, at Boulder. has an arbor
made by two roots of grape vines which
is hanging SO full OF grapes that it is
marvellous. One vine is fully thirty feet
long. 1t is estimated the two vines will
yield 400 pounds of grapes. Mr.. Null
ford says he will be able to make forty
gallons of wine OFF these two vines
Denver Republican.
A pertinent instance of the profits
of sheep raising in the West is found in
the career of three brothers who came
out to Wyoming in 1883 from Vermont
with $500 in cash. They now own
$4,000 head of sheep. dominant invest
ments in half a dozen banks, together
with several mercantile establishments
scattered through the central West.
Each of the three brothers counts his
actual cash investments. aside from his
sheep and mercantile business holdings
by the hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. They marketed 100000 pounds of
wool this season with a cash return OF
$4,000. OF course it could not be eX-
pected that every man could do as we'll
in the business and as a matter of fac:
not one in a thousand could make SO
much profit as these Wyoming boys
have done.
Investigations carried on during the
last year by Mr.. S. w. McCallie, assist
ant state geologist of Georgia, acting
in cooperation with the United States
Geological Survey, have revealed the
presence of interesting and perhaps
valuable properties in some of the arte-
sian waters in the Coastal plain of that
state. Water taken from deep well at
Baxley showed on analysis 5.5 parts per
100000 of phosphoric acid, which
would indicate that it might be used
for fertilizing as well as for irrigating
barren lands. In other words, it may
be acceptable to the desert land as both
food and drink. 1t is estimated that
layer of this phosphoric acid-bearing
water twelve inches deep over one acre
of land would exert fertilizing effect
equal to that of 200 pounds of CONNER
cial fertilizer.
While we may have said so before
we believe that now is the best time to
purchase pure-bred cattle to establish
a herd. Fine animals can be brought
together for less than a hundred dol
lars. while such herds in the prosper
ity of the past have averaged 5000 to
$3.50 each. The prices will go up again
in time because everybody makes mon
ey when they get fair and reasonable
start and then the boom begins. No
one can do wrong who starts a herd
of pure-bred cattle when prices are way
down and II Peter Cooper were here to-
day he would be picking up a nice lit
tie bunch of Shorthorns as sort OF
flyer in the cattle business. He became
very wealthy man by starting on a
run while the other fellows were stand
ing still and this was the secret of his
great success. We need more Peter
Coopers out West nowadays.-Field
and Farm.
Extensive experiments are planned
by the State Agricultural college au-
thorities to determine whether Kaffir
corn would not be profitable crop for
southeastern Colorado President
Aylesworth and Professor Olin recent
ly called at the Denver headquarters OF
the Colorado promotion and publicity
committee. to obtain information re-
garding Rocky Ford and its vicinity,
to aid them in selecting a suitable To-
cation for their experiments. AS the
funds which can be e-utilized for the
work are limited. they desire that sew
eral farmers donate land for the ex-
periments. The scientists will give
their time and knowledge to the work
and the farmers will reap the benefit.
Professor Olin will soon visit Senator
Swink, at Rocky Ford. and will also
confer with Others who might be inter-
ested in the question Of whether Kafiir
corn would not aid greatly in solving
the problem OF winter feed for cattle.