The La Jara chronicle., 1907-03-15
OF BIG INTEREST TO
EASTERN BUYERS

III the Dan LUIS valley he DeSl
type of Americans; industrious,
enterprising and intelligent. The
valley has fine schools and church.
es representing all denominations.
Colorado schools are the finest of
any in the country.
What is the cost of car from
Denver to Alamosa? Forty-eight
dollars for a car of 5000 pounds.
Lower rates to settlers bringing in
household goods and farm tools.
Will you consider outside trades
for your land? We have no lands
to trade.
Prices of mich cows? $50 to
$50.
Prices of horses? $50 to S125.
Prices of pigs? SO to So.
Price of sheep? So to So; lambs
$3.50 to 81.
What are taxes? About S25 on
$50 acres improved land.
What are the native grasses?
Blue stem, gamma and Buffalo.
Any stlmps. draws or rocks in
the lands? No.
What amount of water is per-
petual right with eighty and 160
of land? One inch per acre.
Can person buy some land un-
der ditch and take up government
land adjoining? No government
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 county? 1t is not
considered IA fruit country. although
apples are grown and small fruits
grow in abundance.
What is the land covered with?
Short sparse grass and sage brush.
Is the land level? 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 summer? 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 a fresh supply of silt and
material salts and enrichs the soil.
How many acres can a good
worker handle alone? Sixty to
eighty. Is is good country for
poultry? 1t is. and the markets
are splendid.
How mnch waste land is there
on 16O acres? Not a foot of it.
Can all of 16O 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
hanling them.
Can | use my plows, drills and
mowers and binder there? Yes.
How deep do you p'ow9 Just
the same as in the east.
Does rough feed need to be un-
der cover? No, stacks of alfalfa
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
boards Off? No.
What kind of paying crop is
peas9 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 and sheep p men for
fattening purposes. If you har-
vest the 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 to
to the acre. The vines are worth
81 to S6 per ton as feed for horses,
sheep and cattle.
How many times do you irrigate
your potatoes? Once or twice.
Other crops? About the same.
Alfalfa in the spring and after
cutting each crop of hay.