The Greeley tribune., 1905-06-22
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sunshine. They are from Delaware
and have lived in Colorado twenty
five wears. Mr.. Ford has tine crop
prospects this year, he takes a good
deal of pride in thoroughbred Mulch
cows and owns an eighty Of good
irrigated land near Johnstown.
Peter Lauridsen owns the old Netl
ranch of 800 acres which he bought
of Mr.. Nen about two years ago and
Mr.. Nen moved to Steamboat
Springs. Mr. Lauridsen is putting
in a drain ditch that will bring
about seventy acres of seepy land
under cultivation.
Charles Y. Anderson has done well
since he began farming in Colorado.
He planted lot Of fruit trees and
small fruits in lSs9 and people told
him it was throwing away money,
but he now has lots of fruit of all
kinds. There are 42o acres in his
ranch.
]. A. jacobson is farming ranch
belonging to Charles Anderson,
where he has lived the past four
wears. Potatoes and wheat are his
main crop.
Theo. Lucas has lived for twenty
wears on his 100 acre ranch. He was
in the employ of his Uncle Sam for
four years as a member OF Co. A
45th Pennsylvania. Mr.. Lucas is
spending few months on the Pacific
coast this summer for the benefit OF
his health. His son, Charles W., is
running the place this year and
raising the first crop of beets that
has been put in on the place.
Charley Peters and brother are
farming the j. S. Clague place of 24o
acres and have fine prospect for
beet crop. They formerly lived in
Nebraska Mr.. Clague has been a
Coloradoan the past fourteen years
and thinks beets have been the best
crop Oh an average the past three
years.
J. E. Brownell came here with
the colony. He was a member OF
the L. S. artillery before the civil
strife began and re-enliSteu after his
time expired. Archie Brownell is
farming the place this year. He
feeds sheep quite extensively in win
ter.
W. W. Tinker has good eighty
devoted to potatoes and hay and
grain. The family recently spent
several months in California but are
glad to be back in Colorado again.
Geo. B. Wilson has lived on the
ranch which belongs to the Eaton
estate since 1897. He has seventy
acres of alfalfa and fifty acres of
grain with large acreage of beets
and potatoes.
Ben Davis apples are given the
preference in l.. S. AndersOn's orch
ard which is located just south Of a
large grove. This fine quarter sec
tion was taken as a tree claim by
August Anderson about twenty-five
years ago.
Evan johnson lives on one of the
Eaton farms of 100 acres. He likes
this country better than Sweden,
takes the Tribune and says he raised
5000 sacks of potatoes from 24 acres
last year.
VIM. Watson says if he had not
planted any potatoes or wheat last
year he would be 5000 better oil.
However he is better satisfied as d
spud' raiser than following his old
trade of baker, which he learned in
his native country, England,
Antoine Anderson has a pretty
place, a large house and barn and a
large tank from which he gets an
abundance of soft water, all painted
rich cream. He also has good
deal of fruit on his place. His 100
was homesteaded years ago by a Mr..
Grubb.
Sam Johnson and his brother-in-
law, Ernest Fagerberg, are farming
100 acres. Mr.. Johnson is ten years
from sweden and is satisfied he is
getting reasonably good returns from
his labor. Ernest Fagerberg says if
he begins to take the Tribune he
will never want to be without it.
Jos. Tinker says a black bug has
been eating his potatoes as fast as
they come up. lie is shooting
them with paris green. He was
over in the Windsor and Timnath
countries the Sth and says the beets
in that section are much ahead of
any he has seen, being six and seven
| inches tall.
Max Gerry has a POO acre farm and
feeds sheep in winter with salts
factory results. He thinks potatoes
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