The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-21

ed to this locality. the first year after
being SO treated, results are still
more wonderful. a. . perusal Of the
special crops mentioned elsewhere
will show"
That il one phase Of the subject.
but 1t 10 only the beginning. Alfalfa
Is found by analysis and by actual
experimental test In feeding, to bo
worth fully twenty-five per cent.
more for fattening purposes than the
best red clover or other hay. It has
been demonstrated beyond . doubt
that third cutting alfalfa hay IL in
comparabiy superior to any other for
age for the production of milk.
That 10 another phase Of the sub
1ect, another advantage Possessed
by no other plant for feeding pur.
poses. But there 10 yet another: our
agricultural statistics show that the
average production of hay per acre
throughout the eastern states 10 but
| a ton and quarter. The range Of
production for alfalfa in Colorado 10
from three to five tons per acre and
the average in Weld county not less
than four. where the ground 10 seed.
ed, with the hay product for q prin-
cipal object in view. No especial
pains have been taken to ascertain
the ton product of alfalfa in Weld
county; but it is simply question
of how many tons we can use and
how many acres we can devote ut
one time to the process of rotation
and renovation proatably. There
are, literally, almost no limits to the
, tonnage we can produce whenever
they are wanted, and as the business
of feeding progresses we are destined
| To Av,
instead of by the thousands. The
advantages of the plant in our sys-
TEN of cultivation are now seen by
all, but its possibilities for us. in the
future. are absolutely immeasureable
by any standard of agricultural pro-
duction with which We can make
comparisons.
We may affirm without boasti1g,
that taking one season with another,
dry and wet by turns, as il is in the
eastern states. one acre of land lying
under ditch of sufficient size and
abundant water supply anywhere IN
Colorado, is equal in producing
capacity. and consequently in money
value for agricultural purposes, TO
two acres in any of the prairie states,
and three in the eastern and middle
states. where. among the hills and
hollows, the misguided people have
chopped of the timber. cleared away
the scrub and carted away the stones
from land which the Almighty never
| intended for cultivation. Especially
true is this of Weld county. and par
| ticularly SO of the enormously pro-
ductive region in the vicinity of Gill
crest. Our canals have priority over
those of later construction above US.
and with our magnificent reservoir.
supplementing the capacity of our
streams. when the rivers get low in
late summer. or when there is de-
ticiency of snowfall in the mountains.
We are we'll nigh oblivious to the
weather. the vicissitudes of the sea-
sons in other sections. and alike in
different. as far as our necessities
are concerned. to rainfall or drought.
We have neither stumps, nor stones,
nor swamps. except of our own max
ing; and. practically speaking. no
waste land. Hence the enormous
crops we are able to produce. A few
of these, out of few instances where
averages are equally surprising. have
been collected by special inquiry, or
information voluntarily rendered, and
are published herein. We do not
believe like record can be obtained
from any other portion Of the United
States, II. indeed. in the world.