Cañon City record., 1908-02-13
Lieut.. Gov. Harper Tells
OF Colorado Resources
The Governor Happened In Unexpectedly Tuesday Even
ing and Pleased the Short Course Class With
An Inspiring Address-Splendid
Program Thufsday.

The regular program Of the short
course in horticulture was broken
into somewhat Tuesday morning to
make room for DR.. Headden, whose
lectures had not been anticipated at
the time OF its arrangement. Prof.
Paddock. who is in charge OF the in
struction. had very generously cut his
own lectures into sections and pieces
In order to accommodate other speak
ers. to the disappointment OF his
friends. but there seemed to be no
other course to pursue.
DR.. Headden introduced his talk on
Soil Fertility" by one OF natures
fairy tales-a true story. however. OF
how nature reared the mountains
about Canon City above the depths OF
primordial sea He related how she
placed the rocks in their regular or
der, then how the agents OF disin-
tegration. the water, heat and frost,
wind and weather, little by little wore
of the tops OF these mighty giants and
tran sformed tiny particles TO the val
leys and mesas to lay the founda-
ton for our fertile soils. Then he
told Of the vegetation. humble at nrst,
but ever Increasing and showed how,
In its death and decay, 1t added the
finishing touches to natures work Ct
building and creating fertile soil.
DR.. Headden took up the different
essential elements OF the soil fertil-
ity and traced them back to their orr
gin in the rocks and the scant vegeta-
ton which first sprung up on the
disintegrated remains. It was indeed
a wonderful scientific story. told in
the language OF a romance. DR.. Head
den explained that our soil is rich In
potash. but often deficient In phos-
phate acid and nitrogen. He told how
aKriculturists could best conserve
those elements. and supply them when
deficient. recommending green mAnur-
Ing at first and stable manure. well
rotted. second.
He asserted that every ton OF su-
gar bsets takes one dollars worth oi
ferttlixer from the soil.
DR.. Headden returned to the lamt
feeding industry at Fort Collins and
| stated that from the feeding OF e60,'
900 sheep annually e4ss, 900 worth ol
fertilIser was produced. Tho class
was 90 we'll pleased with Dr.. Head
den's lecture that It was unanimously
voted to have him stay over another
session and lecture on "Seepase and
Alkal." consequently he was given the
nrst place ON the afternoons program
to speak ON those subjects.
! He said among other things tha'
We need not worry about alkali In
Colorado, the soil is such that II viii
grow the majority OF our northern az
ricultural products In spite OF the
presence Of alkali.
All that Is necessary to be done Ii
to take the surplus water out OF it
The alkaloids found In the soil Of thi.
state are chiefly glauber salt. gypsum
epson and soda salts. White alkali
40 common on the surface Of the
ground. Ia glauber salt.
Eugene Smith OF Lovsland address
ed the class ON the subject OF STRAW
berries," . topic on which he 10 vel
qualified to speak. Strawberries. ar'
a native Of the western hemisphere
having been found BY the 9paniard'
In the aftsenth century In botA Nortf
and South America. ~ whom the,
were Introduced Int Europe. Latsl
The varistiea toand - thas coatinsn'
wsrs ereaaed VITA tAsse ffo0 0ontl
America. vAseA rssI1tsa II tAs Asvsa