The Lamar register., 1909-11-10
Agricultural Developments in PrOw-

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Some sixty acres. say;
A model little home we'll filled
With children, bright and gay;
A loving little wife well loved,
To help one work and plan;
Is little paradise below
What more need any man.
May Valley begins at the out
skirts of Lamar, Colo, extending
four miles across and is eleven mil
es long and presents an ideal pic
ture of agricultural possibility un-
der the irrigation system.
The railroad traveller down the
Arkansas valley gets but hint OF
the scope of development taking
place SO near to Pueblo. and but
few, indeed, have the slightest idea
that almost at our very doors u
the east lay so many broad acres
and which will build substantial
city which has not resulted rapid
ly from industrial effort.
But a few years ago May valley
was but a bare desert with scat
tered patches Of buffalo grass, but
vitalized by steady flow of wa
ter the character of the country
has changed and now there are
golden fields of wheat. verdant
stretches of beets, league after
league of fragrant alfalfa. and hun
dreds of cosy homes Nesting in the
lap of quickly growing wealth.
The crops produced in the May
valley, SO I learned. were about
the same as those produced in 9TH
er valleys in the Lamar district. but
/ give the figures as to the yield
per acre of the principal crops and
the prices obtained by the farmers
of May valley for they were fully
verified:
Wheat, 40 to so bushels per
acre, $3.50 per cwt
Oats, 40 to 80 bushels per aci
SI.30 per cwt.
Rye. 25 to 40 bushels per acre
$40 per cwt.
Barley. 40 to 60 bushels per
acre, $1.15 per cwt.
Sugar beets, IL to 80 tons. $500
per ton.
Alfalfa, to tons, So 80 to
$1,000 per ton.
The foregoing represents aver
age and not exceptional yields. But
few wheat fields In this district
threshed less than forty bushels to
the acre this year. Mr.. Claus Paul
sen, who is one of the most pro-
gressive farmers in May valley, and
O.. whose place / spent a consider
able time. had a thirty-acre field
Of wheat which threshed over six
ty-eight bushels to the acre thi
year. and twenty-five acres of oats
Yielded an average of sixty-sev-
en- bushels to the acre. These. so
was informed, were out of the
ordinary yields. Just as Mr.. Paul
sen Is an extraordinary farmer.
which Mr.. Paulsen himself will not
admit. for he said to me. my land
II not q bit better than the rest
of the farms under the Fort Lyon
am doing Is no more than can be
accomplished by any farmer OF aver
age understanding. Take a look
to the right or to the left. to the
north or to the south, and you will
see that my neighbors are doing
well also. and we frequently get
together and discuss plans for get
ting the best results on land IN
der irrigation"
On 320 acres of land under Guilt
vation Mr.. Paulsen will net over
$4,000 this fall. This. as a matter
of fact. Is understated rather than
overdrawn.
Before leaving The Chieftain Of
flee last Monday 1t was told me
that Prowers county is the most
easterly of the Arkansas valley
counties of Colorado. and is. on ac-
count Of its location. generally con-
sidered. by those who have not CIV
en- 1t duo consideration, the most
poorly supplied with irrigation wa
ter Of any of the valley counties
below the Royal Gorge. This sup
position. 80 / learned after meet
Ing the people around Lamar. mis-
led a great many and kept them
from notwithstanding in the
best irrigated county in Colorado.
and the most fertile. However. the
general public is fast waking up
to the fact that Prowers county to-
day has the best water supply for
irrigation Of any of the Arkansas
river counties. and are buying lands
generously. Denver. Boulder, Colo
RADIO Springs. Pueblo. and people
from all over the state. have been
buying Prowers county lands in the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
within the past few months, and
the rest of Colorado seems to be
Just beginning to sit up and take
notice but the price of lands 60
merrily up as each acre is brought
Into more thorough and profitable
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