Cañon City record., 1907-08-29
make reduction in the market price

Long ears of corn that are we'll filled
out are growing on the stalks in all
the fields and wheat and other smaller
grain will thrash out in good shape,
On all parts of the range are to be
seen large herds of fat cattle. Mr.,
Lehrer says that he does not remem-
ber the time when cattle were in bet
ter condition at this season of the
year than now. The pasture is in ex-
cellent shape and the calves are thriv-
ing. Some of the calves are later this
year than in most years, but this will
make late veal and command good
price on the butchers block.
In Custer county what is known as
the bee dew is making its appearance
on the leaves of the trees and the
bees are busy making honey from it.
| This bee dew is a moisture that de-
posits on the leaves during the night
and is sweet as sugar. Late in the
morning it disappears but the bees
are out early, and, during the absence
of some kinds of flowers, the bees are
making their honey from this dew. 1t
is said to possess properties by which
bees can produce great quantities of
honey in a short time.
A farmer by the name of Duncan in
Custer county has sixty stands of bees
and this year will have about 1900
pounds of honey to market. Mr.. Dun
can owns a large fruit farm in that
neck of the woods and when the
late frosts killed his fruit blossoms he
thought that he was ruined man, fin
ancially, for this year at least. But
the bees started in working over time
for him, and the loss that was occa-
stoned to fruit, has been fully made up
by the honey production.
The same conditions prevailed in
Custer county as in Fremont-the
| almost total destruction of the fruit,
but the fruit growers turned their at
tention to growing various kinds of
feeds for live stock and vegetables for
mankind and have made up the losses
from that source.
The cattle conditions that prevail
throughout the length and breadth of
Custer county are true here, accord
ing to A. NJ. Smith, whose duty it is
to ride among the herds and buy beef
for his meat market. He says the
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and about the only really dry vicinity
in the valley is between Canon City
and Florence. This, he says, is ow-
| ing to the peculiar climatic condi-
tions.
| All crops have done we'll in Fre-
mont county and the farmers will
have a s2ug little bank account after
disposing of their rich crops. Corn,
along with other crops, was somewhat
| backward this season, but has made
| quick growth in the last month and
is now past the danger point. In the
irrigated districts grains have pro-
duced big yields and the unirrigated
sections have yielded about fifteen
| bushels to the acre.
Alfalfa in both counties has yield
ed about three tons to the acre for the
first cutting and two tons for the sec
ond, making tonnage of five tons to
the acre. This kind retails in the mar
ket for $12 per ton.
Mr.. Lehrer and Mr.. Smith both es-
| innate that the combined crops of the
two counties will bring revenue of
about 100000 to the growers. This
does not include the dairy products,
the honey nor the beef and pork nor
the productions from the poultry yard
which alone reaches quite figure in
a year. Taking it altogether it is said
that all the farm products from both
counties this year will aggregate
| about $65O,OOO.
If the fruit had not been spoiled
| there would have been sum of
| $75O,O00 more to have been added to
| this, which would have reached a
grand total of $1,4O0,000