The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-11

southeast OF Greeley thinks wheat a
very profitable crop. However, he
will have plenty OF potatoes and
alfalfa. He has no kick coming oil
Colorado in the eleven years he has
lived here.
AS cabbage rancher Frank
Young need not take back seat for
many-if any. His cabbage helps to
supply the market in half dozen
states. He raises plants of many
kinds for market and has them by
the million-early and of thrifty
varieties.
Gustave Timm, a reader OF the
Tribune living near Peckham says
watermelons are money makers and
he thinks this is year when pota-
toes should be planted early. His
first planting was the first week in
April.
J. D. Meillan has lived in Colo
rado, in many parts OF the state and
believes Weld county the best for
general farming. He will have
twenty acres of beerS this season, 8
half mile south OF the factory.
J.F. Reinhold is an old subscriber
Of the Tribune. He will diversity
his farming this year. His ranch
consists Of thirty acres Of choice land
in the Delta. He expects TO harvest
profitable crops OF onions and pota-
toes as well as plenty of cabbage,
berries. etc.
Archie Talbert has just completed
new six room house on his ranch
one and one-half miles southeast of
the sugar factory at cost of 5000 or
so. Beets will be his principal crop
this year.
Ed. Fay is doing well on his sixty
acre ranch in the Delta country and
his crop this year will consist of
baets, wheat and potatoes. He was
employed many years as fireman in
the power house Of the Denver street
railway but is now better satisfied to
own a ranch and be his own boss.
His children had been teasing him
for some time to take the Tribune
and as he had an opportunity to sub
scribe he of course did so.
The Tribune man found a welcome
last week at the home of S. f. Robb
who resides on the W. H. H. Bliss
ranch south of the Delta school
building. Mr.. Robb has brother
back east whom the writer of
these notes knew as a famous editor
and politician and will remember
his kind invitation to call again.
B. L. Picket has charge Of the T.
III. Hall ranch in the Delta commun-
ity and will cultivate twenty acres
which will mostly be devoted to
''spuds - Mr. Picket formerly
lived in or near Kansas City and has
made this county his home since
1901.
c. w. Bracewell has charge of the
S. W. Sweet ranch. He will diver
sify his farming and hopes to realize
good pay for his crops, which will
consist Of potatoes, alfalfa, wheat
and oats. Mr.. and Mrs. Bracewell
are the parents of two bright buds
Of promlse''-a girl and boy whom
they send to the Greeley schools.
Ed Brown has charge of the Jack
son ranch of 16O acres near the river
under ditch No. 2. He has ranch
of his own under ditch No. 3. He
is busy man, and is giving good
deal of spare time to wheat but will
also have good many acres devoted
to other crops Including beets and
potatoes. He says he is glad to get
the Tribune every week and would
hate to do without it in his home.
r. A. Kaufman has lived in this
section of Colorado and is constant
reader of the Tribune and sends one
copy to his daughter in Denver and
occasionally one to his father in
California. While he is giving his
attention to his ranch east Of town
he resides in town in order to be
near the Greeley schools. He is try
ing potatoes this year for his main
crop.
w. NJ. Patterson resides on a we'll
improved sixty acre ranch in the
Platte river valley. He will give
considerable spare time to potatoes.
J. w. Mashburn, former resi-
dent of Missouri, is we'll satisfied
with the success he has enjoyed as
Colorado farmer the past five years.
Thos. Watts ranch shows pros
perity by new barn and an addi-
tion to the house. He prefers other
crops to beets. His ranch is mostly
on the valley and though his crops
were under water during the flood
last spring he realized extra good re-