The Greeley tribune., 1907-06-06
AULT RURAL NOTES
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A. d. Doughty, whose place mas
been rented until recently, Is irving
the virtues of handling the farm this
wear. He is handling his eighy
practically alone, is raising wheat
oats and sixteen acres of potatoes.
KYLE Tormey is the owner OF
promising looking eighty under the
ditch. MIR. McWilliams Is doing
the work on the place this spring
while Mr.. Tormey is building him
self a house and set of buildings.
Material is already on the place, ana
the work of building has been begun.
The house will be l4x2s, with solid
concrete walls. The Tormey place
has forty acres Of potatoes, and
twenty each OF beets and alfalfa.
c. E. Taggart is in his third year
in the Fairplay district. He super
intends an eighty, but makes a
speciality of the bee busines on the
place. He was formerly mail clerk
on. the Denver Cheyenne run, but de-
cided that ranch life was more to the
liking of the family and he is an ex-
pert in honey culture. He has four
stands of bees, one east and one
south of Ault one in the Severance
district, and one at home. He ships
honey by the ton during the season.
He will introduce fifty imported
queens during the present season.
In the line of crops the place has
this year twenty acres OF potatoes,
twelve acres each OF wheat and bar
ley, and some alfalfa. MIR. Taggart
has clever irrigation scheme for
the yard surrounding the house which
is little high for irrigation by the
ordinary plan. From the windmill
on the place he has water pumped
into concrete basin, which forms a
reservoir from which water is piped
to the desired place. The plot
which is to be seeded to lawn grass
has been excavated and leveled and
the orchard and garden in the rear
are also to be watered from this
small reservoir.
A. L. Hill, who owns an eighty
of good soil, has been here for seven
years, has thirty acres in potatoes
this year, and the rest of the place is
mainly alfalfa.
r. Carroll has one of the finest
places in the whole district. He
came here in 1882 and now owns a
half-section of land. He has large
farm house, one of the most commo-
dious on the road, has good buildings
generally, and makes speciality Of
stock on the place. He has 400 head
Of cattle at present and $50 head of
Poland China hogs. Many of the
ranchers of this ection are investing
In hogs and find 1T profitable.
Among the crops ON his ranch. Mr..
Carroll has fifty acres of potatoes and
four acres of sugar beets. Water
rights on this ranch are Of the best.
John Carroll, a brother of Richard,
has seventy-acre tract to the west
that has fine home residence and is
valuable property.
Out on this road there isn't the
limit to prairie that existed form
erly. Settlement following irriga-
tion is rapidly filling up the country.
1t is quite common sight in the
famous fertile Fairplay neighborhood
to see wagon scales and platform,
easy Of access either on the roadside
or in the yard OF the farmer. This
fact Is quite in keeping with the
name.
A good school house, which sup
ports one of the best schools in the
country, gives name and nucleus
to the settlement. AS the ranches
are in the country mainly eighty
acre tracts, this is quite thrifty
settlement.