Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-14
''' : 'A'-''liR ARE TAUGHT
Agricultural College Professors
Are the Teachers
PRESENT WEALTH OF
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Rocky Ford Farmers Receive Most
Valuable Series Of Lectures Ever
0iven Ia Southern Colorado

90 Nsficulthfdl tolcsc. occupying
from Feb. 10 to IS. opened in Odd
Fellows building ON Monday. The
morning was devoted to preparations
and the registration OF visitors. fully
100 OF whom were present AZ the
afternoon session.
Feeding problems were discussed by
Prof. II. NJ. Coitrcil OF the Agri-
cultural College. The Enterprise can
make no attempt TO give synopsis
Of Prof. Coiireii's remark, lnoF OF
any other speaker during the Coufscl.
A weekly paper would be perfectly
swainped II an riior; was made to
give even u brief synoisi, OF the
good points presented by the various
speakers. Al that can be done Is TO
select few thoughts from the much
valuable Instruction given. Farmers
must not depend ON ihri= local papers
for iuii reports Of institute doings
bu; should bc present and get the
benefit Of the entire lectures given.
Prof. C"ireil urged farmers TO
push the production Of baby beef"
turning them OF NJ rs months. The
demand for such beef Il FAR ahead of
the supply and ;he prices always
high. Rocky Ford land il too high.
priced to produce feed for old ami
mails. Alfalfa Is the basis OF all feed
ing in Colorado. \ properly com
bined ration is all important. The
feeding must he adapted TO wha; yon
want the animal to- do. Nou must
plan for the cheapest ration which
will give the hes; results. a miSia-
ken idea exists as TO the value of
brcis for stock feed. Experiments
have shown that one ton OF beeiS is
on an average equal to 200 pounds
OF corn. which is worth abou, 81.
They arc worth more under some
specially favorable conditions.
The speaker said that he had learn
cd valuable lesson in feeding from
successful eastern poultry expert.
The theory OF this man was that hens
would lay in winter rs well as in the
spring IL given .hc advantage OF the
same conditions. Hence. for he
green grass OF the spring tins -
supplied caiba,,c. To secure t',.
proper exercise he hung up the ca'-
bagc so that hens must make jump
upward to St IL. For the bugs
which the fcrS got in the spring nc
subst;tu; Il :rcat scraps from the
butcher shop. And he got rich SELL
ing eggs by supplying spring condi-
tions during the winter. This same
reasoning may be applied with profit
in feeding stock.
The following practical obscrvi-
tions were made by the sneaker: Al
falia is best cut just before bloom
ing. Don't lc; fattcning lambs have
much space to exercise in. four square
fee, to a lamb being sufficient. Clo-
vcr and corn makes the finest and
highest priced butter ever produced
in the United States. Feeding bar
Icy makes the finest favored bacon
known to commerce. Milk from
cows which produce hard butter is
not good for invalids and children. II
is a mistake to feed both bran and al
falfa as they have too much the same
elements. Beet tops are good for
cows in moderate quantities. II led
too freely will make the milk taste.
Milk is much improved by acrdtion
while warm. No costly apparatus is
needed. as air may be forced through
the milk with hand bellows in con-
ncction with tin tube reaching to
the bottom of the bucket. Prefer not
to feed pulp to milch cows but il fed
at all it should be after milking.
+. r. Bliss. one of the largest lamb
feeders OF Northern Colorado spoke
of his methods. He feeds largely not
so much for the profit on the lambs
as for to secure fcrtilizing material
for his immense potato fields. Home
grown grains, barley especially are as
good as corn. Beet pulp is out of ia
vor for feeding lambs. Pulp is 90
per cent water which means only 200
pounds OF solid matter to the ton. A
blueprint sketch of newly devised
feeding rack was shown the audience
for which much was claimed in the
way OF economical feeding.
+. NJ. Harsn had fed sugar bccts
to lambs and found that the large
percentage of sugar injured the health
of the lambs Had good success in
feeding pulp.
o. c. Gregg, of Lynd, Mimi, cap
turcd the audience by his genial,
forceful, instructive and entertaining
address. Mr.. Gregg is one of the
leading dairymcn OF the union and
has been prominently connected with
dairy interests in an official way for
many years, during which he has
travelled and lectured all over the
u. S. He said he was always looking
for the good things among which he
mentioned our High School building
with its large space devoted to do
mestic science, which indicated that
its graduates would go out in life
with some personal knowledge. Edu-
Gated heads with uneducatcd hands
made life failure. Men and women
must have other knowledge than that
of books. Colorado conditions are
most favorable to dairying, as you
nave continuous sunshine, pure air
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