CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-10-10
Raise Hogs MoreMoney
and Perpetuate Land Fertility

A goodly crowd of ranchers and
fruit growers were at the Santa Fe
depot at l O'Clock Monday afternoon to
greet the stock Feeders Special
train, carrying professors from the
state agricultural stations who are
making a tour of the state in the in
terest of stock feeding and the general
welfare of ranchers and stockmen.
The meeting was held in the special
car assigned for the purpose.
The first speaker was Prof H. M.
Cottrell, state superintendent of farm
er's institutes. He made strong
plea for stock feeding on land, es-
pecially on land used for fruit grow
ing or crops of a like nature He
pointed out the fact that the wonder
full power of Canon City valley land
to produce perfect fruit will wear out
with the lapse of years.. and that 1t
is necessary to feed on the land in
order to provide for this devitalizing
result.
Hog raising, according to Prof. Cot
trell, is the solution of the land pres
ervation question. He cited several
instances of men who have come here
from the corn belt" of the middle
west, and who have made big money
on hogs. He suggested the sowing
of field peas, as is being done by the
ranchers of the San Luis valley. Here
large acreages are sown in peas and
hogs are turned in on the ripened
crop. Finer fiavoring of pork cannot
be found anywhere in the world. The
T,ic nnrk q
becoming larger every year and the
supply, although increasing rapidly,
is not yet near up to what consumers
ask.
The same methods, Prof. Cottrell
says, can be pursued here, with equal
results and a better market Reports
from the packers show that $4,000
head of hogs are slaughtered in Den
yer every year, yet that city spends
$1S,O00,00O year on pork products
from the East. These are figures in
the face of the fact that Colorado
fed hogs have a flavor superior to
any in the United States
Prof. Cottrell talked some along the
line of sheep raising, but considers
sheep secondary in fertilizing value
to hogs. Sheep are being fed to ad-
vantage, however, in many points in
this state.
Prof. P. K. Blinn, superintendent of
the experimental station at Rocky
Ford, talked on the culture of alfal-
ia. He showed a number of speci-
mems of this valuable product, secured
from various countries of the world.
Experiments are being conducted in
order to determine which variety is
best suited for the local soil. Seed
producing power Is considered of
more Importance than bulk of crop
harvested. Many ranchers, it was
explained, have sold their best seed
and used an inferior quality at the
expense of their set" of alfalfa.
Senator E. M. Ammons gave a brief
but inteesting talk on stock feeding.
The 1,100 pound steer, he claims. has
the call on the market at all times.
To get good results from feeding of
young cattle, very early start should
be made, and the process continued
until the animal Is ready for the mar
ket. A winter lapse in the feeding.
he explained, would do so much harm
that no amount of feed will produce
a good result Senator Ammons is
president of the Western Live Stock
show, and gave the results of COM
petition of various aged cattle.
w. H. Olin. superintendent of agoi-
mony at the Fort Collins university,
was present, but did not speak here
except in an informal manner
Get stock in your orchards. Make
more money and perpetuate the fer
ulity of your. soil,' was the gist of
the speeches made in this, the great
est fruit center Of Colorado. The fruit
ranchers present were greatly bene-
fitted by the talks. The special left
for Florence at 2 o'clock this after
noon.