Cañon City record., 1908-02-20

The first OF the discoursiVe suo
tects at the Short Course Friday al
ternoon was the lecture OF DR.. X W.
Thomas of Denver on the subject N
.Irrigating Institutions" At the out
set of his address DR.. Thomas refer
red to a visit he made to Canon City
IN 1866. The town. then, he said. re-
minded him of Goldsmith's Deserted
village" The irrigation ditch. as
serted DR.. Thomas. Is the base upon
which rests the agricultural structure
of the entire semi-arid region
Irritation is almost as old as man
and was traced back by the speaker
To the valleys OF the Euphrates and
the Nile, the original homes OF the
humau .race. great deal OF semi
arid land In the southwestern part OF
Tia United States was irrigated In
pe~-historic times by means OF stor-
ara reservoirs and ditch systems.
which in their essential features have
mot been excelled by our present day
engineers.
The first irrigation OF any conse-
ouence by Anglo-Saxons In this coun-
nv was done by the Mormons In Juan
The water rights from a single stream
drawn upon by the Mormons for irr'-
cation nifty years ago Is now worm
hstveen two and three millions OF
ho,,ars. The FIRST irrigation In COZ
orado was done at Golden by H. u
wall in 1860. The frst apples grown
in this state sold for twenty-five Genus
,p,eee and an old rattle trap OF
nuuvv In those days brought to town
. load of strawberries which sold Tor
one hundred and twenty-five doiars,
Appr,x,ma,ely 100000 acres oi
remi-arId land in the souihwestern
mart OF the United States Is now under
irrigation and the products wh'ch II
vields are worth hundreds OF millions
NJ dollars every year. Coiorado mas
tho creates, area of land under irri-
gallon. California coming next III
,h,s state more 'han sloooo.""o j.
invested in Irrigation enterprises anu
the amount is being rapidly increaS-
ed Many Of our irrigationg ditches
NJ. constructed for temporary use
only. They mus, sooner or later oe
replaced by permanent systems-stee'
fumes, cement lined bitches. etc. Inc
territory lying along the base ot-ouF
Rocky Mountains Is indeed COG
country" and must always he IN de-
mand II brought under cultivation ny
people living In the less favored sec
tons of the republic.
The storage reservoir is the natural
and inevitable complement OF the ditch
system OF irrigation. The history
achievements and ambitions OF the
government reclamation service ana
the rood work done were told, and
from Il the speaker said. much was
expected.
DR.. Thomas explained the Kansas
r,o,orado water suit. pointing out that
II had II. origin in the wichita! Kan
ans real estate boom of decade or
,xo ago. The speaker referred to the
connection of Clyde c. Dawson OF this
city with the Kansas Colorado l'tiea-
tion, baying him a very high compn-
ment on account OF the value OF MS
services 10 this state. He said, now
ever that to Prof Carpenter, more
than 10 ANYBODY else. was the triumph
of Colorado due. Capt. b. F. Hocka-
fellow was also eulogixed In connec-
ton with this famous litigation as 1t
was through him that Prof. Carpen-
ter's services to the state were made
available.
Selecting and Handling the Dairy
Cow" by o. c. Grigg OF Minnesota.
was the next subject considered by
the Short Course students. The ideal
dairy COW Is characterized by the
following points:
First, a large full eye. indicating
power and nerve force; large mouth.
Indicating large intestines; large nos
trils. indicating a full lung powers
safeguard against tuberculosis. Sharp
at point Of shoulder. small iine horns
and thin neck. Back OF the shoulder
blade there should be steep pitch
to the ribs. The back should be
roached and there should be . wide
space from the hip down to the hoat-
Ing rib The ideal dairy should b.
wide across the hips and have high
pelvic arch. She. should have . nearly
hairless uddsr with large. long milk
vsin under tAe bslly. 0he should have
plsaty q hsart anl luAg room WITH
Is0s we'll spread apart and The linbs
ahaalA - hAa ard eleAA cut.