Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-12-08


An investigation recently made in
Pueblo by the Business Mems asso-
citation showed that more money is
benz sent out OF that city to other
states for poultry and eggs and but
ten than is being spent in the city by
the 1000 employees of the great SIo,
100000 steel plant OF the c. +. & |.
company and by the employees OF the
smelters.
The physical labor on a chicken
ranch is not heavy. There are today
in various cities in Colorado, many
persons who have come west for their
0g.th. They cannot get positions as
Nfnographers, bookkeepers, clerks,
They could not stand the indoor life
ii they could get such places: And
many OF them are unhanDy in the
knowledge that the folks back home"
can i'll afford the checks which they
send to pay board and doctor bills.
anyone can raise hens" the farm
er's wife will tell you, scornfully.
That is very true, but everyone can
not make them pay. The ordinary
barnyard fowl in America does not
lay more than 20 eggs year, while
Otnc Dig egg FARMS get al lcdst l5o
{ eggs a year from each hen.
This difference is the result OF in
telligent work on the part of the
chicken men. The Ordinary barn
yard fowl" has few scraps from the
table, scraped out OF a tin pan each
day by way of variety i'll its steady
diet of corn or cracked wheat. The
scientifically reared hen receives each
day balanced ration calculated to
produce eggs. And she consequently
lays twice the number OF eggs pro-
duced by the other fowl.
Prof. Vaplon, the Fort Collins
poultry expert. says broiler farm
cannot be made to pay in this coun-
try. The reason for this is the lack
OF good market for broilers. Some
big eastern firms have made them
pay. But even the eastern hrms us
ually raise broilers mostly as by.
product, as the expense involved and
the uncertainty OF the business makes
the risk of failure very great.
Curtis Brothers, at Ransonville. n.
V, sells 100000 worth of poultry
and eggs each year. Foster, near
New York City. has 10000 laying
hens-white Leghorns.
in this part of Colorado. They are
gar Rocky Ford, and make eggs a
OA.cialtv. but sell fancy stock, broil-
crs and eggs for setting as by-pro-
duct.
Pueblo has poultry association,
which gives an exhibition annually.
1t will be held this year from Jan. !
to 8, and the local poultry men will
enter their fancy stock.
There are 100000 worth of eggs
and poultry shipped into Colorado
from Kansas and Nebraska every
wear. There is an excellent oppor-
tunity for Bent county to keep her
share of this money at home, and
people are just beginning to wake up
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to the wonderful chance to make
money out of chickens in this vicin-
ity.
After purchasing his ticket and an
nouncing that he intended to go on
the Governors special train. Governor
Shafroth changed his mind and re-
turned to the capitol. He gave as his
reason for not going that he was
afraid Senator Hits would call an
extra session of the legislature for
the purpose of electing United States
senator to fill the vacancy now exist
ing from this state. With both Gov
ernor Shafroth and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Fitzgerald out of the state
Senator Hits. who is president pro
tenn of the senate claims he would
have been governor. Senator Hits
claimed that he would have the right
to convene the assembly in extra ses
sion and he stated that if 81 Demo
Gratis petitioned him to convene it,
saying in the petition that they would
elect United States senator he
Sn;ould convene it. The Governors
! ain is an exhibition train carrying
Koducts from many of the western
Ates over specially arranged trip
Through the east for the purpose OF
advertising western products. Colo
RADIO has an excellent exhibit on the
train. The Governor OF every other
state represented is on the train, thus
lending dignity to the exhibit. Be
cause of the Democratic mix-up i'll
this state. Governor Shafroth was
afraid to trust Senator Hits with the
affairs of government for four or FIVE
days while he was away representing
Colorado in the good work OF adver-
Using our resources.
Governor Shafroth was not much
afraid of what Hits would do. as he
was afraid that if the Legislature was
convened it would elect United
States senator and would thus spoil
the Shafroth- Thomas combination.
Governors Shafroth and Thomas have
entered into a combination to secure
the two United States senatorial po-
sitions next year. To elect one in
extra session now would spoil that
agreement.
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