The Greeley tribune., 1905-06-01
Watsabaugh's WanderingS

vicinity OF Ksrsey Is one where the
farms are productive, are vel. i'm
proved and mostly occupied boy the
people who own them There are
not 50 many having small tracts
rented Is in some other parts OF the
county. \ great deal OF gain and
. lots % sguds are grown. The
many nice homes Indicate prosperity
[ and. courentIeur Notwithstanding
/ the low prices that prevailed tie
I past season Tie writer OF these
notes found that nearly every family
lin this section reads the Tribune.
/ The majority OF those who were not
taking the paper have ordered it and
I the rest generally praise the paper
. for its county news aud some expires
sed their intention TO be q subscriber
soon.
The Plumb place is one Of the
large ranches and is entirely under
. the control of the two brothers, A.
N. and Z. X. Plumb and is owned
by these two brothers and their
sister. NTs II. HAYNES of Greeley.
Asa profitable ranch it might be
said to be Plumb good one without
stretching it any 1t is located
along the Platte river which bounds
the Kersey settlement on the north.
Onions are always considered a prof-
table crop on this ranch and alfalfa
/ is also extensively raised. as well as
wheat, potatoes and beets. There
4 are $50 acres in this ranch and i've
tenants do a share OF the farming.
quite o good many sheep are raised
for breeding purposes. also a nice
bunch Of cattle are well taken care
Of. The writer enjoyed a pleasant
hour at the home Mr.. and Mrs \
N. Plumb and did ample justice to
a good square supper, such as one is
apt TO find at prosperous ranch
mans home
/ c. c. Tresler has a homestead on
1.-THE river, Not much of it is under
+ tcultiyatiOn but with the abundant
spring rains he cannot complain of
I having an insufficient amount Of
water on his farm.
H. H Mcconnell has charge OF a
/ 100 acre ranch near the river belong
ing to Asa Sterling and it has the
appearance Of being in good hands.
A large part OF it is in alfalfa and
beets and potatoes and some small
grain looks promising.
Wesley Sargent has a leo acre
place that is in a good state OF cul-
tivation, with. good house and
plenty of good buildings for his
grain and stock. He sold the place
adjoining 1t on the east last spring,
which was also well improved, in
order to get the present larger farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Sargent have done
: real well in farming.
C. L. Fitch is a hustling young
farmer and owns as good farm as
one may find He expects to feed
: some stock and thinks if the Tribune
. would publish the acreage of alfalfa
one might be able to figure on the
probable erice and govern himself
accordingly.
Charles a. Adams is one OF three
brothers who located in Colorado
: about Is years ago and all are pros,
. pering, He has 40 acres of land
. with good Improvements and is
growing good crops. He is born
bee raiser, having handled them
since he was boy and now owns
hoo stands that are paying him we'll.
John Clements is a busy farmer in
the good country around Kersey
and he thinks the abundance OF
| moisture this spring Will be good for
the crops, also that potatoes at T5c
per hundred is one of tire best crops.
He is irving the phosphate fertilizer
this year and thinks the price Of the
syphons which the county is putting
in where the bitches cross the roads
is money well spent.
G 5. Neer has lived for seventeen
years in Colorado about four on his
eighty acre ranch in the west part Of
the fertile country surrounding Ker-
sey He lived ia Greeley for a few
years His main crop this year is
potatoes
II P. Hill has one Of the nice
homes just north of Kersey. A
large cement fountain near the house
attracts the attention of the passer-
by and is no doubt a source of pleas
ure to the family.
q. II, Rosencrans is an old timer
in the west and was formerly in the
hotel business at Fort Morgan He
is running a COW ranch about two
miles southwest Of Kersey.
Fred James has a fine eighty
acre ranch. The land lays well and