The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-17
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Cheyenne. Wsog Feb u Oats as
eagius e5 to 60 bushels an acre.
wheat yielding ~ To a2 huspels, 80.
sar beeis running 10 to = IONS an
irre. ana other crops showing re-
markatie results without Irrigation,
lre reported Ia Lincoln county Colo
fndo, BY " s peTshlne. prawaeni
fasmer Of l.lmon and county surveyor
s. Lincoln county MIR pershing,
who h1a been an enthusiastic dry
armtr IN eastern Colorado for TWEEN
ly.thrce Gears. win be deleente %
ihe Thlra TransMisourI Dey FARMING
congress al Cheyenne Wyoa Feb. rs
"a aud 25
IN Iincoin county there ARE excep
ilcns opportunities for arid land
agriculture, according 20 Mr. pefailug
8ho has sent un elaborate report Of
ne progress of ibe movement N hls
pgion 10 Secretary JOHN n Burns
1t the Board Of Control Of he Con
fess IN the entire county which ia
me Of the largest "a eastern Cslora
10. there are not oyer 100 acres an
er irrigation Ten thousand acres
f s0.calle1 dry land s. lmaer Guilt
6tion and NJ pershing reports that
here "a $4,000 acres possible Of d.
elonuimt by any ialmlng methods
The mean annual rainfall accord
ns 70 thegrecords fcr the last ten
ears lg n inches From se,% ~
fa67. 10 Sept [. 1905 Tie urcclplta
ion wins only A15 inches. which nv
'efshlug gays was the lowest rec
wsfA N dirty years The maiol
Crlinn 6g the pfeclnitaiioa accnrs Y
iarch april qnl luly soycial inou
snd acras along Big SANDY creek
Nd bs supplied with Mater from az
nlcffcw. which rs found iTe tc
Rcuty feft below The surface ano
IL easily syailEhle through ppmplne
lauis but has not been taken ad
aniage Of to lbs luliest possibilities
prs iari-,ng III Lincnla county has
iean -orfled on for the last twenty
esH with satisfactory results where
intensive cultivation has been prac
80 ,a,e tasa hoag er,na fnr me
.,ar. arn o,fsiss ea,ay varIet
~ aa,4 ossn whesf aaes hsrlev
.anir cern. matte, amber cane heels
both Che sugar ani mingel wurs I
nfleties These haye been raised
Ii this dlslflat for the last ten year.
AZ anesaiee ais6s M cron axer
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esiinwss
pnroe ahe,t rs = IA bushels Nj
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