Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-14

farmers can get rich. but you mus,
have the right kind OF cows. And.
remember. that dairying requires in
dusiry and persistence. II you trust
all the work TO your hired man and
your wife you will not succeed, With
asIaiia. roots and pumpkins and your
uneanalled climatic conditions you
have an ideal dairy region,
Monday evening w, q. NJ. Stone
delivered lecture on shade trees,
discussing the various trees import
cd from the east. their advantages and
disadvantages, !, WAS the intention
TO have this lecture aeeomapnied by
s,eFeoPiieon pictures bat the requi-
site lantern WAS not available.
Tuesday Mosning.
The session opened with talk by
Prof. CoiIFell ON hogs. lie says that
farmers ON high pEieed land mus, use
more alfalfa and less grain. More
money can be made out OF alfalfa hay
by feeding To hogs than selling as
hay. Hogs should have some grain
rvsfy day. An acre OF alfalfa will
make from 200 To 1000 pounds OF
pork. Colorado farmers ought so
produce pork al less than J cents per
pound. On high priced land hog.
must be marketed early. say when
weighing from iSo To 500 pounds.
White hogs arc not adapted to Colo.
Fado. Their skins arc too tender TO
Fesis; the heat OF 200 days Of sun
shine annually. Raise red or black
hogs. as your taste dictates. lont
cross them. Poland China. Duroc
aud Berkshire are the hogs for this
state.
>. :. Bailey ssked II I, would hc
N.ssHH F.uE "a. = 4.
TO hogn rather than take s! 90 per ton
Prot, Cnurcll said better NJ, grow
bee;s at $3.50, Extensive expert
menis at the Fort Collins had proved
that ON an average bCets were worth
not more than s. per ton ioF stock
isoi.
]. u. Hunt was quoted as saying
that for cattle beetS were worth SS
per ton. as proved by his feeding.
His foreman. Mr.. Edwards. was pres
cns aud said ,ha, Mr.. Hun; had never
accurately weighed either cattle or
feed. and his views OF the value Of
becis was only an estimate.
:. s. Bailey said that hogs fed on
alfalfa pasture late in the fall were
diseased and supposed that frosted
alfalfa might be the cause OF cholera.
Prof. Cotirell said that at For, Col
iins hogs ran on alfalfa the year
round.
\. +. Kouns said ,ha, he had raised
90 bushels of iaii barley to the acre.
the Statement, being brought out by
Prof. rs remark that fall barley gen
orally made only about half the yield
OF spring barley.
l.. X. Bliss spoke on the rotation
OF crops. lie said iha; the popular
belief shat Colorado soil was so rich
that ii would stand an unlimited sue
ccssion OF the same crop was not well
founded. Diseases and insect pest ac-
cumulatc under such culture. Gree
ley potato growers had found that an
unbrokcn rotation of grain and po.
tatocs would not do. but that po;a-
toes following alfalfa did well the
first year, and sometimes for several
years. His views on rotation elicit
cd general iscussion-intcrcs,ing
and profitable but too extensive for
reporting.
Prof. Cottrcil said that commercial
fertilizers were not equal to barnyard
manure, and that herd of dairy
cows were the best possible invest
mcnt for keeping up the fertility Of
land.
O {. Gregg gave an interesting Ice
;urc rn the Selection of Dairy Cows.
Scientific selection of dairy stock was
a -,ry recent branch of agriculture
y full.bloodcd sire does not insure
Improvement. Farmers must know
for themselves and not depend on
pedigree. Even in the Elgin country
IS per cent of the cows do not pay
for their keeping. Mr.. Gregg had
before him an almost lifc-sizc picture
of one OF the grade cows on his
Minnesota farm which he used as
text for pointing out the exccllcncies
and defects of a dairy COW. FARMERS
who were present greatly profited by
his lecture, which would be spoiled
by an attempt at reporting without
his illustrations.
Tuesday Afternoon.
First on the program was the julg
ing OF dairy cattle by o. c. Gregg.
a number of cows were brought N
from nearby ranches and with these
before him Mr.. Gregg was enabled
to point out good dairy points in n
most practical manner. Farmers who
were not present missed one of The
most valuable features OF the Short
CC"-sc
After the cattle judging on the
street Mr.. Gregg continued his IN
struction before large body of
farmers in the hall, dealing larg Ely
on the form of various types of dairy
stock
Prof. Cottrcll next occupied the
platform in lecture largely for the
benefit of the High School boys One
of the principal points made was that
the square or box shaped animal was
the kind to best convert feed into
flesh. On the other hand, a SHAPED
contour indicated excellence for da;fy
purposes.
Prof. Cottrcll was followed by E.
R. Bliss who tall>s1 instructivcly on
rotatn ciilt1rc As the only auri6 Ill.