The Greeley tribune., 1905-06-15

quent rains will insure them an
abundance Of pasture.
E. L. kellogg is a Hell-to-do re-
tired farmer living in west Greeley.
He came TO Colorado as a member OF
the Longmont colony. About four
teen years ago he was struck by
lightning, which, after year OF
suffering. caused him the loss OF an
arm, but he is able to do any kind OF
work about farm that any one with
two arms can do and he also built a
house for neighbor, doing all the
work himself He owns a good farm
near Windsor and also half section
near Ault besides good residence
property where he lives and he has
made it nearly all by farming since
he lost his arm.
#. o. Martin has established a bee
ranch. consisting of 20 stands just
beyond the city limits on the west.
5. H. Maitland and A. S. Davis
are cultivating 80 acre ranch west
of Greeley and are working for
bumper crop of small grain and
'.spuds. Mr.. Maitland has lived
here three years and reads the Trib-
une.
w. o. Michael has charge OF POO
acres on the English ranch west OF
Greeley. Potatoes will be his big
crop with liberal acreage devoted
to beets, wheat, oats, etc. The
writer enjoyed very pleasant hour
with Mr.. and Mrs. Michael and
family and Mrs. Michael ordered the
Tribune which she is glad to get for
its extensive county news service.
d. o. Cooperrider living on the
Solomon ranch is among those who
were hailed out last summer. Pota-
toes will be his main crop this sea-
son.
E. A Morgan has good s0-acre
ranch west of Greeley and a nice
dwelling house is among the i'm
provements. He formerly lived at
Longmont and was engaged in stock
raising which he says does not pay
as we'll as farming at the present
price of cattle.
Joseph Bybee thinks Colorado fur
nishes better opportunities for in
vestment than Indiana. where he
still owns model farm. He came
here a little ovar year ago to be
near his son who had to leave the
Indiana climate for the benefit Of his
health.
John d. Davis and wife have lived
in Colorado II years and their evil
dent good health at their age is a
good testimonial for the fine climate.
They have enjoyed prosperity and
Mr. Davis still feels young enough
to take part in the activities OF
ranch farming, and is raising good
many beets. potatoes and wheat or
his place west of Greeley.
John Henderson has an so acre
ranch just west of Greeley which he
is putting mostly in beets. Mrs
Henderson can talk quite interest
ingly of her native country, Sweden,
and she says the inhabitants of the
old country are stronger and can en-
dure more exposure to the severe
weather than they can after few
years residence here.
Huey brothers recently bought
the eighty acre ranch couple OF
miles out on rural route No. .,
where F. NJ. Scott formerly ran a
dairy. The buildings on the place
are extra good, the barn a fine one. is
about l00x6O. Robert Huey, the
father, is sixty-eight years old and
does not need to indulge in the
active work on ranch and he and
his wife make this their home.
The boys, who are both young bache
lors are running stock ranch in
Yuma county. They rent out the
larger part of their place here.
N. 7. and w. r. Calvin are near
neighbors to Mr.. Huey They re-
Gently bought forty near where
they reside. n. I. Calvin has sixty
fine acres of the Huey place rented
which he has planted to beets,
onions and cucumbers.
J. G. Graham has fine brick farm
dwelling just this side of Seeley lake
where he owns 440 acres of good soil
in fine state of cultivation.
Horace Eldredge says potatoes
planted as late as many are this
spring will not be bothered by bugs
as much as early paintings, but are
more likely to be caught by frost.
He thinks ''spudsi can be raised for
80 cents hundred without loss
but the profit would be small, that
potatoes have not been low enough
to lose the producer money but about
| three seasons in the twenty forr tbat