The state herald., 1907-07-05
distribution to the unofficial helpers of

to the unofficial helpers of
the school.
Oats have never shown any drought
resisting properties, so Professor Olin
is confning his efforts with this grain
to increasing the yield and improving
the milling qualities.
Breeding Of Animals.
And Professor Carlyle, dean of the
school and head of the animal hus-
bandry department. is doing work
quite as fine as anything Professor
Olin has attempted and work far more
difficult,
And here let me say that the sys-
tematic and patient breeding of ami
mails is the most bitterly needed thing
in American agriculture. The curse Of
American breeding has been the rest
less. changeable nature OF our people,
who seem to think II n sin for two gen.
erations to follow the same business.
Take the work of William Warfield. for
instance. the breeder of Snorthorns
at Lexington. Kentucky. Warield was
one of the born breeders, one of the
kind who, in the words of Lord Elgin
could chalk up an ideal on a black
board and then go to work and pro
duce II in flesh He had the best
herd Of Shorthorn cattle in North
America. He bred the only stock that
was equal to the imported cattle for
improving our farm animals. be.
lieve II to be well within the mark TO
say that Warfeld was worth many mil
lions OF dollars to the United States.
Wnl1 hn had tn Il Ia nj tnGt hnfnu I'm
man. lie left three sons. One of them
is a lawyer: two are preachers. The
Wariield herd, the finest in America,
is already scattered TO the four winds.
and all that splendid work is to do
over again. The old man could breed
cattle and preachers and lawyers, but
to 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 II has at the
present time.
There were sixty-one pupils regis
tered last wear for the regular or long
course. There were eighty-scven who
We're 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
IA n Tool fu to
learn quickly. In addition to this a
large number of farmers Institutes
have been held in every part of the
state Bulletins are sent cut whenever
the college or experiment station has
anything to report, and the agTlcul,
tural part of the school gets out
about 600 letters per month. For the
present year still more Institutes are
planned for. 100 in all taking in every
agricultural county In the state Sev.
eral short courses will be given In dif.
fercnt parts of the state on local sub.
jecis-on fruit farming al Grand June.
ton. for instance. and other subjects
at other places. And finally the annual
visit Of the farmers TO the school Is
now y 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
mt together. have given YOU the
figures on the alfalfa proposition. Let
MS loot at the others.
You know already. Of course. thar
Colorado mutton is the best and
liehest priced in the market. But
Colorado pork might easily gain IN,
same Sofitable eminenoe. and woniI
be oven more valuable.
'LasA winter carload Of San Luis
hogs was shipped to Los Angeles ms an
experiment. Within a week from IN
time that pork was ON tho market the
order was sent to the valley for Gig
carloads more. The eight followed thr
one and u lot more followed the cigh'
tof Angeles called 50 porslstcnily for
San Luis hogs and paid so fancy a
price for them that Colorado Springs
could get scarcely any OF the valley -.
can. In all li0 carloads Of .ogs hay9
sont from the San Luis valley Ia los
Angeles tsis year. They hnvo hrou"hf
: price consile rably above the average
market price. Swift a Co. and Ar.
mour have offered regular premium
Of 81 por hundred over The usual mar.
kci price for these Colorado hogs. pro.
yidrn they can get enough 10 keen a
plant running Portland. Oregon. has
tak'n several carloads this year AMI
paid for them handsomely. though lh9
distance IL 30 great and the Hhlppln
iRcllilicH 10 poor liat the hoes had 10
be- nnloadcd -four times ,n route.
'Wh, this demand Because ~ the
qualify alone. San Luis hoRa command
n premium wherever people know the
difference between SOW belly and ba.
con and ere able TO pay for the better
article. Corn makes a greasy. lnrly
pork, that burns when you Try 10 fry n
crisp. Pens makes pork with n rich.
ruiiy flavor that can b. Drowned to y
rlc"iy and that tastes M much like thH
common salt side NJ II docs like pr
served Strawberries, There is Dc,
mand IA this countfg for the best.
rather than the cheapest. md that de-
mand II In colofndoH business 10 sup.
ulV Tn, San tDuiK Wiley alone Il