The Monte Vista journal., 1913-03-15

problem which confronts the farmer
and his wife, as well as interesting
things for people who live in towns
ana cities, was found on board the
Colorado Agricultural College dem
onstration train which spent three
hours in Monte Vista, Monday.
March 10.
There were three exhibit cars, two
lecture cars and diner on the train.
meeting was held for an hour at the
city hall and subjects of great i'm
portance to the San Luis valley
farmers were discussed by experts
from the college.
Sugar beet growing, being the lat
est venture in the valley received
considerable attention, having last
year put into circulation $4,000, 900
in the state of Colorado. 1t was
urged that the farmers make a
strong effort to grow sugar beets sue
cessfully here as they have been else
where. Other matters discussed
were silos, stock growing, alfalfa,
potato and pea culture.
The poisonous plants to be found
in Colorado and the effect of animal
diseases and especially the Kansas
horse disease were shown in the
veterinary science exhibit which was
in charge Of d. c. Patterson.
Alfalfa growers were instructed
in advanced methods of cultivating
this plant by Prof. P. K. Blinn of
Rocky Ford.
The exhibit demonstrating the
method of treating seed for smut
was one of much merit and the ideas
set forth here should be put into
practice by the farmers. c. L. Ram
sey demonstrated in this exhibit
that smut in wheat, barley and oats
can be prevented by use of the fan
ming mill and treatment of forma-
lin before the seed is planted.
That a farmer can get 95 per cent
value out of feed by putting 1t into
a silo while he gets only 25 per cent
value when he feeds it direct was
the lesson taught by Hunter Broles
in demonstrating the construction Of
concrete silos on the farm. He used
a small working model to illustrate
his remarks. He also gave some
good, sound advice to those contem-
plating entering the dairy business
and showed model self-feeding hay
racks and grain troughs and other
exhibits of interest to dairy men and
stockmen generally.
"Put up your eggs when your
hens are laying and eggs are cheap
said w. E. Vaplon, head of the
poultry department, "and when your
hens stop laying you will have plenty
of eggs and find your hens more
profitable" He exhibited a large
collection of model poultry houses,
brooders, hovers, trap nests, feeding
and watering devices, egg contain
ers and with three coops of live fowls
showed the farmers the types which
are best meat producers, egg pro-
ducers, and the general type.
Samples of bread, cake, cookies
and candy made with honey instead
of sugar, attracted much attention
in the beekeeping section. Model
hives, and apiaries, tools used by
beekeepers and a hive containing
10000 real live bees were shown.
The housewife found hundreds of
new ideas in the home economics ex-
hibit which was in charge OF Miss
Grace Smiley, who was assisted by
Mrs. C. H. Hinman.
This train is run by the extension
department of the Colorado Agricul-
tural college, through cooperation
with the Denver & Rio Grande rail-
road and was in charge OF Superin-
tendent C. H. Hinman, head OF the
extension department.
On board to see that everything
went smoothly and that the people
IN hoard were we'll provided for was
ID Kenworthy OF Pueblo, assistant
peueral freight and passenger agent.