The Greeley tribune., 1904-02-25
FEED TESTS
BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRI.
CULTURE IN WEST.
President Aylesworth of Agricul-
tural College and Eugene Grub
Member of Board, Return
from Washington.

Prof. W. L. Carlyle of the Agri.
cultural college has just returned
home from Washington, D. o., where
re and Hon. Eugene Grubb, member
Of the board of agriculture, have been
for the past few weeks working for
government aid for Colorado agricul-
ture and live stock. They found ev-
cry member of the Colorado delega-
tion to congress in favor Of their
plans and were assured that there
was no doubt that favorable action
will be had. This means that their
visit will he far aching one In re-
suits, not only to the Colorado Agri-
cultural college, but also to the state
and to the entire west.
Thousands of dollars will be spent
by the government in the arid west
during the next few years in feeding
experiments, developing new breeds
of horses and sheep, and in making
Colorado farmers able to supply the
world with the best beet seed ever
grown.
While in Washington they were in
frequent conference with Secretary
Of Agriculture Wilson. He listened
to their statement OF ColOrado's
needs and not only agreed to their
plans, but considered them worthy OF
extension. He has thousands Of dol
lars annually at his disposal for In
vestigatine just sucn questions as
Colorado has to study. He Is con-
vinced that the local college people
are capable men and In earnest, and
he has decided to cooperate with
them in live stock and agricultural
development.
The most important step taken
will be the establishment Of four
national stations for the development
Of live stock, particularly horses and
sheep In the arid west. One station
will be located in New England, one
10 the middle west, one IN the south
and the other in the arid west. The
first year $50, 900 will be available for
this portion of the work. Secretary
James Wilson will direct the general
course of all the experiments, and the
Colorado work will be under the per-
sonal supervision OF Prof Carlyle.
Prof. Carlyle plans to develop here
a breed OF sheep especially adapted to
the Rocky Mountain region, a breed
with a dense fleece OF fine wool and
at the same time goUt mutton car
cass. The agriculturist here mas
given a great deal of attention to the
breeding of fine horses and Thoroughly
understands the subject he sees
no reason why the native western
pony cannot be bred up into good
cavalry horse, retaining all its natural
qualities of strong limbs, endurance
and sure footedness. The wal de-
partment prefers the western horse
and IL the right kind OF horse Is
produced he should become the lead
ing cavalry horse Of the world. The
original scheme o. producing meat
without a corn ration has not been
lost in the maze OF other lines OF
work to be undertaken.
The expense OF conducting the
Loveland experiment is already being
paid by the government. In addi-
tion to the other live stock improve
ment work, extensive feeding expert
ments with beet pulp and Colorado
grown grains will be continued. Not
on so large a scale as would have
been the case had the amount asked
for this particular WON been granted
but large enough to definitely settle
the question.
Secretary Wilson is very anxious
to aid the local agricultural college
in starting beet seed investigations
with view of developing a seed
that will produce beets with higher
sugar content, and also variety OF
seed known as the single germ seed
hall. that is, a seed that will produce
INT one plant instead of the large
number that the kind in use at pres
ent does.
An Investigation OF poisonous
plants on the Colorado ranges will
also be undertaken with money sup
piled by the department of agricul-
lure. A scientist versed along that
limo will likely be sent into the state