The daily sentinel., 1914-06-22
STOCK
IN PLATEAU IS
MAKING MONEY
RanChmen Gauge Prosperity by
Size and Grade Of Their
Horses Nowadays.
Colo. June 22.-


by II. V. Aupperle. There is
more than one way of. gauging
the prosperity OF Il country. Barge
Hiskey, who has handled stock in this
section for the last fifteen years.
measures prosperity by the size OF the
horses which are used by the ranch
ers in their farm work
when ! came here fifteen years
ago" declared Mr.. Hiskey today. 81
used a span OF horses Weighing 500
pounds for hauling lumber None of
the ranchers about here owned work
horses weighing more than 100 or
] 200 pounds. There are spans
of horses around here now which
weigh from 1909 to 1909 pounds, and
there are many work teams which
weigh 1890 pounds. As times have
grown better here, as our pros
perity has increased, SO have the size
and quality OF our horses and stock
increased. Conditions are better in
the Plateau valley now than at any
time for the last five years.
That there is money in farming in
| the Plateau valley is further attest
ed by the experience of Heber Young
and Joseph Long. Mr.. Young has
been in the Plateau valley for %
years. He owns ,06G acres of land
which he has secured through the
profits made in the cattle and farm
ing business. Mr.. Long owns nearly
500 acres OF land in the Plateau
valley, besides much property else
where. He made his fortune in the
Plateau country. Mr.. Young will
spend the winter in California. Mr..
Long has decided TO purchase an au-
tomobile.
I There is as good chance for the
new settler in the Plateau valley to-
day as there was twenty-nine years
ago. said Mr.. Young today. His
chances are better than mine. Our
first few years up here were lean
! ones. All that is changed now. There
is a big market for cattle and hay,
and the creamery offers a splendid
living to any one with energy"
Mr.. Long went to the Plateau val
ley in September of 1882. The In
dians left the valley in August OF the
same year There is no man in the
Plateau who has lived there longer
than Mr.. Long.
There is no place in the world
where farmer can make more mon
ey." declared Mr. Long. Land is
cheap, water is cheap but the mar
ket for our products Is high"
Scientific Methods.
One OF the most progressive ranch
ers in this vicinity is David Roberts
tie has been in the Plateau valley
only a few years. but is doing much
toward the elimination of the old
style farming in this section. He is
a modern and scientific farmer. and
is specializing in dairy cattle. With
this in view he is developing the
prettiest blue grass pasture on the
Western Slope. BY next spring he
will have twenty acres of rich pas
ture. On five acres OF pasture this
spring he has kept sixteen cows and
seven horses fat and plump.
II am milking fourteen cows now,
said Mr. Roberts, and they are net
ting me an average of Sc each. Sew
eral OF them are heifers and keep the
average down. | have cows that
will average 80 each per month"
Mr.. Roberts spent 1900 in trav-
cling through the west seeking To-
cation. and found no place which he
likes as well as the Plateau valley, a
place where the climate Is uneNcelled.
where water Is pure and cheap. and
where as fine class of people reside
as can be found in the world. Mr..
Roberts is adding to his herd every
month and will not stop until he has
at least fifty or sixty of the best cows
he can procure.
j. C. Harris is another firm be-
lever in the value of creamery to
a community. All last winter he
milked fourteen head of cows, which
~ i'm month in an6 month
out, $40 each. He milks Jerseys
and Shorthorns and makes money not
only from the sale of butter fat but
from calves He is one of the val
ey's most successful ranchers. Last
winter he bought all the feed for his
cows. and still made money. In the
summer he gets free feed from the
range.
If any one wishes to meet red
hot. simon pure booster for Plateau
valley. and one who can back up all
his assertions with the actual goods.
he should visit G. F. Maigatter at
the Maigatter ranch. south OF Coll
bran Mr. Maigatter has resided in
the Plateau valley for the last twen-
ty-two years and for seventeen years
has run cattle on the Grand Mesa
range. He has amassed good share
of this worlds goods. a chief feature
of his fortune being very pretty 80
acre tract OF land. Mr.. Maigatter has
grown vegetables great deal and
has demonstrated that the Plateau
valley is unsurpassed in the growth
of truck garden products.
Matt Arch. formerly an engineer
on the d. & r. G. out of Grand juno
ton. is residing on his ranch south
Of Collbran. He is brown as ber-