Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-22

Grated with him and now they are
on fair way to have first class seed
grown under the best of conditions
for their next years crop.
In another part of the country that
comes under his supervision, where
alfalfa is one of the principal crops
grown, the careful farmers found that
the returns were far less than the
conditions appeared to warrant. In
fact, in some instances, less than the
cost Of production, and they called
upon the commissioner. He made a
careful study of their land and offer
ed the solution to the problem that
confronted them
Over in Utah, there was an invasion
Of the army worm that destroyed
crops. The commissioner was called
to offer some means of destroying
the pest and was able to give the
relief desired.
The chief object of his work is not,
as many might infer, attracting new
settlers to the territory, but to make
contented settlers. He holds that
these are the best advertisement that
any community can hold-the set
tiers who are the permanent home
makers. He appreciates in the past
lack of permanency has been the
greatest curse of Colorado and ad-
| joining states. People flocked here
either as healthseekers or wealth
seekers, to get and not give and leave
as soon as their object was accom-
plished The result has had bad
effect on our social, civic and bust
ness life and the farmers have had
more than their quota of trouble from
this one cause. To get the country
away from this state of affairs is
one of his mission.
One of the steps toward accom-.
plishing this end is to labor with al
real estate men not to place value
on land above its earning power ant
to cease advertising in superlativt
| degrees. He holds that our farms will
demonstrate their superlative value
but let the buyer and settler find ou
some of these things for themselves
Again he wants to get farming
away from the one crop idea, citing
failures in communities where frui
alone is grown. He holds that on an!
farm the milk COW, the laying her
and the hog can be counted upon t.
tide the owners over lean years ant
to buy the auto and attendant luxur
les on fat ones.
In this section he holds that farm
must resort more and more to stool
| growing in order to keep permanent
ly away from the debit side of tn
balance sheet, and it is one of his sci
imposed tasks to work out typ
of stock farming better adapted t.
the section. But he is also awar
of the splendid fruit possibilities o
these parts and spent a portion o
the day today familiarizing himsel
with the methods of strawberry rails
ing used by w. II. Davis, who ha
met with such phenomenal success j
his line.
In his work Commissioner Olin ha
the hearty cooperation of the Colo
RADIO Agricultural college. Here Prin
cipal Snyder at Fort Lewis is ren
dering him valuable assistance. A
over the state the most progressiv
agriculturists are lending him hell
and he considers them as his advisor
board
Next winter he is looking forwar
to doing considerable university eS
tension work among the farmers an
their wives. He is arranging a serie
of meetings in which agricultural col
lege workers will have part. In thes
arrangements farm women will b
generously remembered as Miss Al
lison, the competent and practice
woman at the head of the domesti
science department at the state co
lege, is going to assist.
His work is certain to be of pei
manent value to the whole terfitor
and to prove an important facto
in its upbuilding.