Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-07-05

distribution to the unofficial helpers Of
the school.
Oats have never shown any drought
resisting properties. 50 Professor Olin
is eohnning his efforts With this grain
10 Increasing the yield and Improving
the milling qualities,
Breeding Of Animals
'.And Professor Carlyle, dean of the
school and head Of ire animal hus-
bandfy department. Is doins work
quite as Iine as anything Professor
olin has attempted and work Tar lioTe
difiheuii.
-And here ls, me say that the sys-
'emaiie and patient breeding Of ami
mails Is the most bitterly needed thing
in American agriculture. The curse II
American breeding has bsen the rest
less. Shans"abie nature al our people.
Who seem TO think il a Sin for two ssn
efatiSns TO follow the sans business,
Take the aoEk>of William warfi.ii. for
instHns", IN. breeder of ShoftnoIns
al i-saihstOa. ksninekY. wsrtisld uas
one Of IN. born breeders. on. of the
kind NhO, IN the words of Lord Els.n
could chalk up all ideal oh a black
board and then gu to Nork ana pro
duee Il In nssh.' lie had the bsssI
herd ~ Shorhorn cattle In North
'Amsfiea- II" bred III. only stock tha,
Was equal Ia the impaired cattle for
improving our farm animals. ! be-
iisSe II To b. we'll within the marx To
say ihst wnrti.li ~as worth many mil
lions a: dollars Ia III. United States.
Well, he had la die al last. being hu'
man. II" ieft three sons One OF Them
u lawyer Two are preachers, The
warn"li herd. the nn.st In America.
is already Gathered to III. four winds.
and all that splendid work IL To io
over again. The old man could breed
cattle and preachers and lawyers. but
To breed breeder seemed beyond
him. And "a one. inor-. ~. arr run.
,nins to England for bulls TO Improve
our herds.
What the School is O,ino.
Nov. what IL the school doing to
spread Information among the farmers
Of The s,aic-
''Ey"rythIns humanity possIbi. With
the force aud equipment II has at the
present time.
''Th"r. were sisiy.one pupils regis.
Tered last year fo- IN" regular or long
courEr There were "ishty.Srycn who
were taking the short courz.-,~o
ycars of three months each. Thi.
sours". by the way. has been length.
ned to Ave months. There were III
attendants on the Farmers courses.
tSo weeks spent on the points which
practical farmers are most anxious To
learn quickly. In addition To this u
large number OF farmers Institutes
have been held In every part Of tn.
stttc bulletins are scnt out whenever
the college or experiment station has
anything To report. and the agrIcui.
tural part Of the school gets gu,
about 600 letters per month. For the
present year still more Institutes are
planned for. loo In aii. takin. In every
agricultural county In the siatc. Sew.
cral short courses will be given In di'.
fcrcnt parts cf the state on local sub.
iccis-on fruit farming at Grand June
tion. for instance. and other Subjects
nj other places. And finally the annual
visit of the farmers To the school In
now u settled fact.
what does the state stand to win
rom all this work?
More than ! know how TO put bc.
ore you. More. In my judgment. thnn
from NIL the other state Institutions
nut together. have given you tho
figurcs on the alfalfa proposition, Let
is loon nt the others.
You know already. Of course. that
Colorado mutton is the hest and
highest priced In the market. Bni
Colorado pork might easily gain tho
same profitable eminence. ana wouih
tc even more valuable.
"Las4 winter n carload of San Luis
hogs wns shipped TO Los Angeles ms an
experiment. Within n week from the
lime that pork was on the market the
order was sent TO the valley for ciy'.
carloads more. The eight followed the
one and lot more followed the eight
los Angeles called so pcrsistcnt!y for
san Luis hogs and paid so fancy n
rrice for them that Colorado Springs
could get scarcely any OF the valley N.
can. In nll I40 carloads OF :ogs have
conc from the San Luis valley TO Los
Angeles this year. They have brourh'
price considerably above the average
market price, Swift & Co and Ar.
mour have offered regular premium
OF 81 per hundred over the usual mar
ket price for these Colorado hogs. pro-
vide0 they can get enough to keen
rlant running. Portland. Oregon. has
taken several carloads this year AMI
paid for them handsomely. though ,ha
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
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 II
criSn. Pens makes nnrk with n rich