The Ordway new era., 1907-07-05

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lie bred the only stock that
was equal to the imported cattle for
improving our farm animals. be.
lievc 1t to be well within the mark to
say that Wariield was worth many mil
lions OF dollars to the United States.
Well he had to die at last. being hui
man. He left three sons. One OF them
Is n LAWYER; two are preachers. The
Wariield herd. the finest In America.
Is already rcaltercd TO the four winds.
and AL that splendid work is TO DO
over again. The old man could breed
cattle and preachers and lawyers. but
10 breed breeder seemed beyond
him. And SO once more. We are run
ming To England for bulls TO improve
our herds.
What the School Is Doing.
Nov, what is the school doing TO
spread Information among the farmers
of the state?
Everything humanity possible with
the force and equipment 1t has at the
present time.
There were siNty-one pupils regis
tered last year fo- the regular or long
course. There were eichty.sevcn who
were taking the short course-two
years Of three months each. This
course. by the way. has been length.
ened to five months. There were III
attendants on the Farmers courses.
two weeks spent on the points which
practical farmers are most anxious TO
learn quickly. In addition to this n
large number OF farmers institutes
have been held In every part of the
stete. Bulletins are sent out whenever
the college or experiment station has
anything to report. and the agricul.
tural part Of the school gets out
about 900 letters per month. For the
present year still more institutes are
planned for. 100 In all. taking in every
agricultural county In the state. Scv-
eral short courses will be given in dI'
fercnt parts Of the state on local sub.
jects-on fruit farming AT Grand juno.
tion. for instance. and other subjects
at other places. And finally the annual
visit of the farmers 10 the school is
now n settled fact.
What does the state stand to win
from all this work?
More than ! know how to put be.
fore you. More. in my Judgment. than
from all the other state institutions
nut together. have given YOU the
figures on the alfalfa proposition. Let
us look at the others.
You know already. of course. that
Colorado mutton is the best and
| highest priced in the market Bnt
Colorado pork might easily gain The
| same profitable eminence, and wouiI
re even more valuable.
"LaA winter a carload of san Luis
hogs was shipped TO Los Angeles as an
! IcXperiinent. Within n week from th@
time that pork was on the market the
order was sent 10 the valley for eig'.
carloads more. The eight followed the
one and a lot more followed the eish:
los Angeles called so persistently for
San Luis hogs and paid so fancy n
Price for them that Colorado Springs
could get scarcely any of the valley h'.
can. In all 140 carloads of logs have
zone from the San Luis valley TO Los
Angeles TITS year. They have brnu"ht
! price considerably above the average
market price. Swift & Co. and Ar
mour have offered n regular premium
of 81 per hundred over the usual mar
ket price for these Colorado hogs. prl-
videa they can get enough to keen Il
plant running. Portland. Oregon, has
taken several carloads this year an1
distance is so great and the shipping
facilities so poor that the hogs had to
be unloaded four times en- route.
"Why this demand? Because Of the
quality alone. San Luis hogs command
q premium wherever people know the
difference between SOW belly and ba.
con. and are able to pay for the better
article. Corn makes greasy. lardy
pork. that burns when YOU try TO fry 1t
crisp. Peas makes pork with rich.
nutty flavor that can be Drowned to
nicely and that tastes as much like tho
common salt side as it does like pre-
served strawberries. There is de-
.nard III this country for the best,
rather than the cheapest. and that de-
mand 1t is Colorado's business to sup
ply. The San Louis valley alone. il
rightly cultivated. can furnish million
hogs month, all pea fed: Middle park
can do as much, the Wet Mountain val
lev is good for another nice bunch, ani
still you haven't got fairly started.
And note this: The supremacy of
Colorado pork is purely matter Of
the feed. What 1t will be when we
/; id intelligent selection of breeds 20
the choice of feeds you must figure on,
sor yourselves.
1.-The resources OF Colorado are
hardly scratched, and even the scratch
ing has often been done with consptc-
uous absence Of judgment. 1t is the
business OF the agricultural college 10
correct this faulty Judgment, to sunpl2
the data for a more correct estimate
to arouse spirit Of pride In agricul-
tural work, to get the farmsr to mix
brains with his soil, to make the ex'
which no single farmer has
= chAnce to make for himself. IL not
such work worthy Of the best sup
port that can be given II? 3