The Greeley tribune., 1907-03-28


Beets were raised on this ranch last
year but are eliminated this year ~
the manager of the ranch thinks
they are not money making crop
under present conditions.
The reporter ventured to speak
here OF the immense loads drawn by
the horses out in this state of prolific
vegetation and inquired as to theH
effect on the life and vitality Of farm
teams. Out on this ranch they
have team of twenty. year-olds that
do the work Of hardy young team.
hauling immense loads and evidently
priding themselves in being willing
and able to do the work. So it must
be that the spirit Of enterprise of the
country gets even Into the farm
animals.
Joseph Wilkinson, little farther
north. has beautiful farm home ON
his ranch with all comforts and con-
veniences and the family, wisely, are
quite content, even in retired living,
to make their home upon the ranch.
d. d. Wallace is over to the
northeast Of Greeley on the Bliss
road. He says the farmers of this
section are just awakening to the
possibilities Of the region for stock
raising and he thinks great reputa-
tion is ahead of the Greeley district
in this regard. Mr.. Wallace related
his experience some time ago when
he and his wife, both enthusiastic on
the subject, went extensively into
raising poultry. They bought two
incubators and went at things right.
Eight hundred chickens were taken
care Of and things seemed prosperous.
MIR. Wallace went to work one day
to balance the books on the invest
ment, after the seasons labors were
ended, and the result showed sl53 for
the summers campaign, counting
the labor of the two people as noth-
ing. At present the Wallace ranch
Is not specializing in poultry.
The Red Bird Stock farm, just out
of the city, is fine 5O-acre stock
farm owned and in charge of A. L.
Camp, jr. A pretty home site, with
trees and drives, makes the residence
! here mighty alluring to the way
: farer. This stock farm has some Of
the best blood in the country and q
J, sneed track iR connection makes ths
d place a delight to horsemen.
Conrad Shredder, of the Scott bak-
l cry in town, is developing "a home
, place over to the east that will make
2 a desirable home when contemplated
improvement are completed. The
! house was built last year.
By the way, it is stated that route
No. l out of Greeley has the largest
mail of any rural route in the United
States. The route is not especially
long, but the character of the people
served may be determined from the
fact Of the community being whole
somey open to the outside world Of
: newspapers, books and correspond
ence.
Charles Williams, about two miles
north on the route, has a fertile
tract of forty-seven acres that is evil
IDENTIFY making good returns for labor
upon it. Mr.. Williams will grow
beets this season among other crops.
Quite a number of the farmers in
this section will raise a patch OF
beets strictly for feeding purposes,
claiming they make Sc to IS per ton
turning them into beef, pork and
mutton.
E. Bergren has well-located
place of thirty-six acres. Eight
acres OF this will be developed for
beets this year.
8. A. Bradfield is one of the older
settlers of this part Of the country.
coming here eighteen years ago. E.
G. Knight rents the place and John
Nesom is the resident tenant. Mr..
Knight is a busy man, renting three
eighties and farming his own eighty
in addition.
A sight that looks attractive to
the lover of stock is a bunch of two
hundred and ninetythree stock cat
tie being fed on the alfalfa field
south of Knights. The herd is
owned by Mr.. Wilson of Johnstown.
They have the range of the field, of
alfalfa in stack, and fifty tons Of
beets have been hauled for fattening
feed.
/ Conrad Giesick, Adam Gies and
John Gies, lately Of the LAGRANGE
neighborhood, are located on the
north Wilkinson ranch this year and
have sixty acres of beets to take care