Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1907-10-11
INSTITUTES
ON WHEELS
The Santa Fc Feeders Special
Pulls In
TWO SHORT LECTURES
DELIVERED HERE
How to Oct tho Rest Results on
Stock Feeding Practically
Set Forth

Stock Feeding Practically
Set Forth
Practical education in one form and
another has the front seat and also
the fast train today. "The Santa Fe
Feeder Special" which passed down
the valley this week. stopping at
Rocky ORD on Tuesday just after
noon is an illustration Of the fact.
On the train were Professors DIN
and Cottrcil OF the State Agrieultur-
al College. Senator Ammons Of Lit
Teton and our p. X. Biinn of the To-
cal experiment station. Their scheme
was agricultural talks on practical
subjects to audiences gathered in the
car which sidc,raeied at each station.
They remained here about an hour.
and the two talks given were by Am
mons and Co,ireil.
Senator Ammons talked on beef
growing. a prime consideration was
that OF keeping the young ANNA!
growing from the time OF birth. Any
early stunning or setback was fatal
to final profits In the animal. He
showed tina, the liberal feeding and
ear.v marketing OF the young animal
bsough, tho biggest profits to the
grower and feeder. The yeasling
beef was the truly profitable beef He
then urged the farmers to grow siosk
here in Colorado. and so keep at
home the money paid for meat. He
declared tia, sis.ooo.ooo worth OF
inca, passed through this state last
year to the western markets that
nigh, just as well have been grown
In Colorado as farther cast He said
. great corn crop was not essential
TO fa,tcning for market. That Our
alfalfa and pea fed meat was sweet
or and richer than corn fed. and
could be produced more ehcapiy. He
said that pork could be raised in
Colorado for &c per ID. and could be
sold for &C. The possibilities OF de-
ycioping large inca; packing indus.
try here in this valley were poin'sd
on; and general stock feeding was
urged on the local farmer.
Prof.. Coirreli followed Senator
Ammons and simply reinforced what
he had said By dealing specifically
with his PC, subject pigs. and pig
feeding. The Professor has pork
growing in Colorado on the brain.
and he imports some OF his cn,hus-
ias,u to others wherever he goes. lie
hadn't tho time TO say all he has said
before on this subject while the train
waited but he did make good use OF
the time at his disposal and gave the
small audience assembled some Use
fui pointers.
On the train was Mr.. Conway. gen.
cfal live stock agent OF the Santa &c
and his assistant. J. 7. Lynch.
While the train waited Col Loekhar'
took these two gentlemen up town TO
NICE, some of our business men and
also to show them some interesting
records of stock growing and feed
ing in this locality. They got so
much interested in their subject that
the train pulled OFT; for Swink with:
out them. bu, IL was signailcd and
they caught i, down the track.
+. X. Biinn and Prof. DIN were
scheduled for tic next two talks
when the train reached Swink. Mr.:
pljun's net themes arc alfalfa and
ean;aiorpcs. but after tho recent
slump in tho ean;alourc market with
which this harvest ended. he is apt
TO find more interest ccutcring in al.
faifa. lie carries with him set OF
pictures which illustrates the remark
able results obtained by natural Sc
lection in alfalfa seed. He holds that
ordinarily a crop of alfalfa hay IS
more valuable than a crop Of seed and
so farmers have been loathc to sac.
rificc a crop OF hay TO the getting OF
a crop of seed. His experiment work
therefore has been along the line OF
pr oducinr a good hay and also a
good seed producing alfalfa. and ac-
eording to the records he has almost
attained his ideal. Mr.. Blirn advises
planting alfalfa in tho spring along
with oats. This gives crop Of al.
falfa hay following the harvest OF
the oats. Discing an alfalfa field IS
found to be of great valuc TO the
crop. Mr.. Bliun says he has har-
vested 20 bushels of oats and three
tons of alfalfa from ono acre when
thus planted together.
The audiences attracted TO these
train meetings have not been as
large as they should be either here
or elsewhere along the valley.
GEORGE Hammond has been off in
II .-.-.....,z:,,n .ri sy0t homo Sunday.