Eastern Colorado times., 1912-08-09
CHEYENNE COUNTY.
Crop Yield Greater Than Ever
and Acreage Under Guilt
vation is Doubled.

VatlOn Is DOuOled.
Possibly no other section of the state
will show greater increase in agricul-
tural yield this year than Cheyenne
county, one of the so-called dry farm
ing counties in the eastern part of the
state. Not only will the acre yield for
almost all crops be larger than it has
ever been, due as much to more scien-
tific cultivation as to the excellence of
the season, but the acreage cultivated
will be nearly twice as large as any
previous year.
The largest crop will be wheat. One
company alone has 1000 acres of win
ter wheat, most OF which has already
been harvested, and which will pro-
duce an average yield of twenty BUSH
els an acre.
This is the Cheyenne County Devel-
oplnent Company, which broke 1000
acres of raw land last summer, using
huge gang plows drawn by gasoline
traction engines, and planted the en-
tire tract in winter wheat. 1t is per-
haps the largest wheat field in the
world. Though the crop is hardly so
good this year as it would have been
II the ground had been cultivated be-
fore, it will produce an average yield
of seven bushels an acre greater than
the average for the entire country.
Within ten days the company will
begin sending its wheat to market. 1t
will be loaded on Union Pacific cars
at and near Cheyenne Wells, and will
fill between forty and fifty huge grain
cars. 1t will bring in net revenue to
the county of more than 800, ZOO.
r. s. Ruble, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Union Pacific rail-
road, has just returned from an in
spection trip over the county. He de-
clares that the crops are such as would
convince any agriculturist that this
portion of Colorado is destined to
rival the best portions of the Dakotas,
Nebraska and Kansas, in the produc-
ton of grain, particularly of wheat
and some varieties of corn.
The wheat yield on land that has
been cultivated before will be consid-
erably larger than on the raw land
broken by the Development Company.
Mr.. Ruble visited one field of 100 acres
owned by Theophile Trahan, north
west of Cheyenne Wells, which will
produce an average of thirty-five
bushels an acre, and other farms will
produce even larger yields on limited
! areas.
The corn crop in this part of the
state is the biggest on record. The
yield is hardly SO large as in the corn
states of the Mississippi valley, but it
is grown with less work, and farmers
are beginning to realize that they can
make good money by raising corn for
the fattening of livestock.
Kaffir corn has always been a favor
ite feed crop in this section. The acne
age cultivated this year is far above
the average, and the yield will be
heavy. This crop is vigorous and
drouth resisting, and seldom fails to
do we'll, even in the dryest years.
"There is no doubt about the future
of this section of the state as an ag-
ricultural district, said Mr.. Ruble.
''The only problem is that of proper
cultivation, which will make success
certain when the rainfall is slight, as
it was last year.
81 visited the farm of Chas. Prizler,
who has been in the county six years.
He now has about $40 acres of land
under cultivation, and has $1,000 in
the bank, besides all his equipment,
everything being free from debt. He
raised excellent crops last year and
the year before, when climatic condi-
tions were as bad as they have ever
been in that section.
'tI also visited the farm of a Mr..
Maloney, who has been in the county
four years. He had nothing but q
team of horses, a wagon and very lit
tie money when he started there. He
now has about 100 acres under culti-
walton, and his crops are excellent.
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