Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-06-23
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While a. many a. ly5 lad,es aud
gemtiemea were ln Attendance ai
sac Il the Saturday ms~slurs oi
ae Farmers ln.Istaic. u ~ H. he
e0Eetiea tha; oar te~a-ieople did
Hpf seem D. understand thai nos
l7ily are the institutes open ~ every-
5He bei thai the topics are such as
ID lHioress anyone who hives M the
i1suBison eosnlry aud l. anxloa- ior
rs welfare. Every sahJect bat one
enssions following the papers or
iaiks we're spirited The Gsnnlson
Cuaniy Farmers Institute was the
hrsi - he orgaaIzed in Colorado.
bat before the year ends every other
county Will be organized aud our
constitution Is being used as a
model for the others
The hrs, SESSION. held FRIDAY
afternoon, was called 10 order by the
secretary, as fFesident J NJ tick
was detained on occoaut If the Ill
ness OF hrs wife Prof CARLYLE was
called to the chair. tie stated thai
1t was the intention Cd the Agr,csl-
tHral College To have a corps OF
speakers who during three or four
winter months would do nothing
bat travel from place 30 place at
tending and assisting at these in
stitutes, as Is done ia eastern states
aud Canada
Prof W. H. Oln opened the pro
gram by an enthusiastic talk ON i'm
pressions which he gained from a
two days visit at the Gunnison
County High School few weeks
ago This high school work WAS an
experiment, Montrose and Gunni-
son being the only schools attempt
ed. The work should be kept up
and extended. County high s,hooIs
are a desirable link between the
grammer school and the college.
they furnish the opportunity for
higher education TO hundreds of
boys and girls, who would other
wise he unable 70 travel great dis
tanoss 10 college. The school WAS
wealthy u dosbls its sarollRcat Il
0QutlA Yhi1n - DAaAaA 49,
- psisss for the best set Of notes BY
|AGA school students. The prize
~ boys WAS not yet awarded, but
0iss Mabel Walker had been award
- the girls prize. He thought the
Farmers institute should encourage
tAe high school. +. A. McGregor
aad Miss Fannie Burnett discussed
the subject
The next subject, that OF pond
Ssh culture, was presented by 5. +.
Land. Mr. Land thought few ranch
nen could afford to spend time with
. FISH hatchery, but 1T would be a
paying proposition to build ponds
on what might othel wise be waste
land and have fish the year round
In selecting a place for ponds, be
sure TO get one that can be drained
and cleaned Of weeds A series of
ponds in an old creek bed is the
best thing, With running water
they need be only four or five feet
deep With water from "a ditch,
they must be - feet deep, and
several acres in extent, to give oxy-
gen for the fish during the winter.
Trout fry could be secured of the
government for 8 a thousand. You
can use these fish any time Of the
year for your own table, but to sell
them requires license costing SO
every two years. Prof Olin told of
Gsh ponds he had seen. A Lead
vile ranchman makes a good living
from his ponds along with cattle in
dsstry. Fish are sold at from { 40
60 pound. Sometimes an acre
Of land will produce $1,000 worth of
Sch.
The question Of raising timothy
hay brought out many good points
Although A. w. Mcrgleman had
beeu listed for the discussion, he
gave his views first, in spirited
tAtk. llmothy Is more Ike our
grains than like native grasses in
the way it should be cared for. 1t
grows better by sub irrigation,
where the moisture soaks to the
plant than by surface irrigation.
This however, is likely to bring up
alkali, so we must have some surface
irrigation to wash 1t of. He did
not believe in timothy and red top
growing together, because timothy
ripens three weeks earlier and be
comes dry and woody if left and cut
With other grasses. As compared
with eastern hay all our grasses are
sweeter because we have so much
sunshine. That is the reason for
their high feeding value. Light