The Raymer enterprise., 1911-03-16

the season of 1910, the driest in the his
tory Of the west, in Texas milo produc.
ed thirty-three bushels to the acre with
only two rains, Think what that means
to the dry land country--a grain that
has ninety pei cent Of the feeding value
of corn maturing with only two good
rains during tGe growing season! The
feeding value Of this thirty-three bush
els Of thrcshed milo is equal to that of
thirty bushels 81 corn. In the last five
years the various government expert
ment stations on the plains have shown
an average of forty bushels per acre Of
milo. having feeding value Of thirty.
six bushels Of corn"
From each acre of milo, 400 pounds
Of pork can be produced. That is the
average yield Of the corn fields of ILL
nois and Iowa TODAY not what they
could produce, but what they are pro.
ducing in pork per acre Of corn. Last
year the Rocky Mountain region, for
which Denver is the gateway, sent to
eastern packing centers for pork and
pork products SIG, 900, 900. Five million
dollars Of Colorado money went to Kan
sas, Nebraska and Missouri for poultry
products. This makes 4 total OF $25,-
100000 for these three products alone,
sent out of the state. If the chamber
Of commerce at Denver, as body and
its members as individuals, would take
this matter up with the merchants Of
the plains and with the newspaper men
andsthe farmers, and conduct, for the
next sixty days, u persistent and intel
ligent campaign, keeping it up day af-
ter day, to induce each farmer to put in
this spring next year forty acres
of milo, in the next twelve months
enough feed would be grown on the
farms now under cultivation to produce
this S25. 900, 900 worth of pork, dairy
and poultry products, right at the doors
of Denver.
Means Mova vet.
"But the s25, 900, ,Oo0 Of products nd.
ded to the commerce of Denver and
Colorado Springs means more than ap-
pears on its face. 1t means that the
dry land farmers, having that much as
additional revenue for 1911, will be able
to build better houses, to put paint on
their houses, to fit them with better
furniture. better china and glassware,
better linen; that their wives can buy
better gowns, the sons and fathers bet
ter and warmer clothing; that they can
indulge in Injuries which have hitherto
been denied these pioneers in new line
Of farming. And everything that goes
to make an eastern Colorado home more
comfortable will 60 back into the pock.
cts of the Denver merchants, for Den.
yer is the source Of supply for the plains
country. This is the largest proposition
for immediate prosperity that was ever
offered to the business interests Of Den.
yer. 1t means persistent work, but it
can be accomplished if the business in.
terests of the city most concerned will
stand together. They can do that in
several ways: First, there are two
strong farm organizations in the state,
through which they should work, name
ly the State Grange and the Farmers
Cooperative and Educational Union"
1.-THE agricultural committee of the
Denver Chamber Of Commerce should
make u speciality of getting a few Sc
lected farmers in each community to
grow crops for exhibition purposes and
at the same time cooperate with the
State Agri, u'tural college in securing
the lsrgest general yield of dry land
crops ever recorded in the state. The
railroads are already announcing espe-
cially low rates from the east for the
Information, Dry Farming Congress and
these rates will not only bring the 1000
delegates, but thousands of farmers
from the corn belt, who will come with
view 10 locating in Colorado, provid-
ing con litions are satisfactory.
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