The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-28

III Sii LUIS valley ut DeSl W pc
of Americans: industrious enter
prising and intelligent. The val
ley has fine schools and churches
representing all denominations.
Colorado schools are the finest of
any in the country.
What is the cost of ii car from
Denver to Alamosa? Forty eight
dollars for car of 5000 pounds.
Lower rates to settlers bringing in
household goods and farm tools.
Will you consider outside trades
for your lands? We have no lands
to trade.
Prices of mich cows? $50 to
$50.
Prices of horses? $50 to Sl25.
Price of pigs? So to So.
Price of sheep? So to So; lambs
$3.50 to 81.
What are taxes? About S25 on
100 acres improved land.
What are the native grasses :?
Blue stem, gamma and buffalo.
Any stumps. draws or rocks in
the lands? No.
What amount of water is perpet-
ual right with so and 100 acres of
land? One inch per acre.
Can person buy some land
under ditch and take up govern
ment land adjoining? No govern
ment land in the valley,
Can crops be raised the first year
after the land is broken? Yes,
wonderful crops come from the
sod lands.
Is it a fruit country? 1t is not
considered fruit country, although
apples are grown and small fruits
grow in abundance.
What is the land covered with I?
Short sparse grass and sage brush.
Is the land leyel? Very nearly
so. Much of it with just the slope
enough to irrigate.
Do you ever have any cyclones?
Never.
Are there severe electrical storms
in simmer? No.
Can the land be seen in winter
as well as in summer? Yes.
Is the climate help to those
suffering with lung troubles, asth-
ma or catarrh? Yes, most cases
are cured entirely here.
Does the land after tillage and
irrigation go to seep? No
Does irrigation wash the rich
ness out of the soil? No. The
water from the mountain streams
brings fresh supply Of silt and
material salts and enriches the
soil.
How many acres can good
worker handle alone? Sixty to
eighty. Is it good country for
poultry? 1t is. and the markets
are splendid.
How much waste land is there
on 100 acres? Not foot of it.
Can all of 100 acres be irrigated?
Yes. the land slopes so that not an
inch is wasted.
What are cedar posts worth ?
Ten cents each. They may be
had at the foothills for cutting and
hauling them.
Can / use my plows, drills, and
mowers and binder there. Yes.
How deep do you pillow? Just
the same as in the east.
Does rough feed need to be un-
der cover? No, stacks Of alfal
ia hay will keep for years in the
open air.
How do you roof your stock
sheds? Sometimes with straw
and sometimes with boards.
Doesn't the wind blow the straw
roofs off? No.
What kind of IA paying crop is
peas? A good paying crop. net
ting from ten to twenty dollars
per acre on the ground. In the fall
and winter disc the ground, SOW 30
pounds of peas, harrow them in,
irrigate them once, and the work
is done.
To whom can you sell the crop?
To hog, cattle or sheep men for
fattening purposes. If you har-
vest tn crop instead of pasturing
it the peas are worth S1.75 per
100 pounds. Nothing sells by
measure in Colorado, everything
by weight. Peas yield $500 lbs.
to the acre. The vines are worth
"a to So per ton as feed for horses.
sheep and cattle.
How many times do you irri-
gate your potatoes? Once or twice.
Other crops? About the same
Alfalfa in the spring and after cut
TING each croD of hay.