Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-30

COURSE
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF FARMERS
SHORT COURSE HELD IN
FORT COLLINS

Farmer j. p. Lowell, who returned
on the delayed train Wednesday
night, gives an interesting account OF
his visit to Fort Collins and the Den
yer stock show. MIR. Lowell left Du-
range Tuesday morning, Jan 18th, to
attend the Farmers Short Course and
Farmers Congress at Fort Collins as
representative of the Durango Board
of Trade. Mr.. Lowell arrived at Fort
Collins Wednesday night. He expect.
ed to be joined Thursday by Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Thornton, Mr. and Mrs A. e.
Reece and others from this county but
the blockade at Chama delayed the
above contingent until it was too late
for them to visit the agricultural col
lege. With Mr.. Werner. Mr.. Lowell
started out Thursday morning taking
in the exercises of the last day of the
short course. The first on the list was
the meat cutting exhibition, the first
quarter, different meat qualifications
and uses were fully explained and how
it should be cut, and the followed a
similar review of the hind quarter,
each part having a name and its nu.
tritious qualities. Not only the entire
domestic science class attended but
all the boys, the lesson being both
practical and useful. Next instruc.
| finnC uiy In,
and grating, all very instructive to
the horticulturist. Then visit to the
stook department, where experiments
were made with feeding cattle, hogs.
horses, etc, different pens being fed
so much of this and that, each pen
different. in order to demonstrate the
character of food producing the most
flesh. There were five or six pens
rations in pound weights. Along the
same line were workshop models OF
fences. buildings, feed racks, frames for
hauling machinery, proving an inter.
esting study in how to get the best
result by improved methods. Then
there were machinery demonstrations
a large number of manufacturers be-
ing represented, all giving demonstra.
tions of the merits of their implements.
There were hay presses, traction eng
ines with plows attached, potato dig
gers, in fact about everything used on
the farm. Mr.. Lowell says he put in
one forenoon studying these imple-
ments and their usefulness. Mr..
Lowell also attended the lectures, one
by Prof. Burnett of the Nebraska State
Agricultural College giving experience
of Nebraskans on feeding, cultivation
and fertilizing the soil, etc. Dean
Webster of the Kansas Agricultural
college talking on dairying, the fer.
tility OF the soil and how it can be and
must be kept up.
AT the Farmers Congress Mr.. Skin.
ner read an interesting article on the
worlds meat supply, showing conclu.
sively that 1t is running behind and
the advisabllity OF farmers giving as
much attention to stock raising as
possible. Saturday was spent at the
government breeding farm and listin-
Ing to talk by Joe Wing, the famous
wool expert of Ohio, also studying the
system OF measuring water.
Mr.. Lowell says he visited the sugar
factory and other points of interest in
and around Fort Collins and all to-
gether spent three very profitable
days. The new officers OF the Farm
ers' congress follow:
President, James d. Hustled, of
Denver.
First vice-President, George B.
Lang, OF Denver.
Second Vice-President, John Nor.
ris, OF Golden
Secretary, Prof. C. II. Hinman, OF
Fort Collins.
Executive Committee.
Mrs. Agnes Riddle. Denver, Denver
district.
J. C. Horn, Lamar. Arkansas Wiley
district
]. W. C. Shepherd, Meeker, Colorado
Northwestern district.
J. N. Ashby. Watson, Colorado
western district.
J. P. Lowell, Durango. southwestern
district
II. A Chisholm. San Louis valley dis
trict. Del Norte.
Mr.. Lowell spent the best part OF
the week at the Denver stock show
which he says surpassed anything
heretofore pulled off in the way OF fine
cattle and horses exhibited and dis.
plays in the arena afternoons and even
ings.