The Ordway new era., 1908-11-13
EARN NOTES

yn,,np men. citizens uf Greeley ana an
.,u,l number OF Denver men came
down along ,ii, Missouri Pacihc ran
rad In 1890 tu examine INTO '"e
character OF the s"il for the purpose
-, ,n,,to raising. We were cnth'is'-
,s,ic over the Greeley idea. Fortunes
In spuus, Our decision was IL Ihu
.ounl chances with the mort lher"
metropolis IN tins crop. ;" ofu""y
WAS plated In 1901. II. NJ. Roberts
raised over 2Op bushels un about oii'
,.r, near site uf the old rcs"rvJif-
very fine pearls" aud "E,rly Rose.
In 'a2 or 'g3 Tracy Marsh planted ~
ares In northeast corner OF town sec
tlnn, but ponr cultivation and lack :"
water at right time made IL unproht
able. yet the small crup was ot exce'
l.nt uuality and rf good size. After
this the dry years and dry canal put
An end to our experiments. except an
occasional crop. Greeley men sun III
,ist that We must some tine De u
porntn country hut We need not Try
IL on old exhausted ground. Turn
under "A 'hick coating uf manure on u
third crop of alfalfa, water Thoroughly
and in Spring TRY it, II early potatoes
plant last OF March. II late, last oi
NAV, but never between these dates
Don I water until bl"ssnmiug and then
keep moisture continually IN roots but
never wet the tubers. This can only
be done by deep iurruws aud very
small stream IL water IN alternate
rows. Next time water In other rows
aud pluw In each time after irrignting;
but keep this one idea in mind. viz.
to have roots moist aud tubcrs dry.
II the soil AROUND the potatoes gets
wet. IL will bake and harden until all
growth is stopped, but If kept loamy,
your spuds will have "A smooth, shiny
skin and dry. mealy interior at har-
vest. But let us learn to grow one
fourth OF an acre before trying ten
acres.
Talk with neighbOr George ingalls,
on the subJect-l consider him au.
thoriiy. lf.vcry farmer in our vicin-
ity can raise one or two acres OF
potatoes each wear successfully IT, will
keep from ten to fifteen thousand
dollars OF our Ordway money at home.
If we farmers could keep our potato
money. our butter money. our meat
and egg money, our fruit money, etc,
at home. We would scarcely know the
panic years.
Do you hear that fellow squealing?
That's because he is in the hog busi-
ness Hogs and alfalfa! What II
dclusion. Well, nobody can tell you.
You must Just learn and paw for your
experience. | got mine ten years ago
and since that time nothing makes
my bristles rise so quickly as the men-
tion Of hog. Pork is the essence OF
corn, and when YOU try to extract
that essence from alfalfa hay, sugar
beets or cantaloupes, you must have
some other machine than the pig to
do II with. 81 90 corn must be fed to
$40 hogs to balance the ledger. Shy.
lock tells us our prophet the
Nazarite conjured the devil" into the
poor, inoifending animal. If so, the
arch tiend Is still there and may
account for our failures, here In
Colorado. Here comes up the oft
asked question, Can't grow corn in
Colorado? Certainly you can. Plow
under good alfalfa land ani get flfty
bushels per acrc-of course, not all
corn lots Of cob and stalk and bushels
OF worms thrown in, aerated corn,
ventilating worm holes through every
ear!
No, don't try Alaska wheat. Only
one variety OF wheat has ever made
any success In our valley, Turkey
Red. All OF our soft Spring wheats
will either smut, rust or shrivel, evils
never known with Turkey Red.
How much per acre is good crop?
Our U. S. average is about thirteen
bushels. Don't be content with the
average-not with four times the ay.
erage. Hitch your wagon to a star, II
you can't ride In IL all the time,
Eighty bushels Is a good mark to
shoot at. for a year or two. Oats aver.
aye may be twenty bushels but multi.
ply this by five when you can follow
beet or cantaloupe ground, and don't
give up till you have hit the bulls
eye; then you will put the mark 81
little farther of. There may be
happiness In quiet content but It's the
bane OF all progress In the farmer.
life. Here is a happy hay-seed wh
milks his COW, feeds his calf, gathers
bis eggs and riiises twenty hI,shals n,