The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
F. E. Burnett, Waverly, iii.

| e. oss the South latte River, one -llaif
Ili!e South of Julesourg. This orig gIai
! iy was a W ,Odei. tI,dge but two years
| afc as the pi,nking had become very
| much wOrl tie County Commissioners
decided to try tie experiment of
concrete floor. The concrete has WORT
| hu' very II. /, "a u,e two years it has
been in Is. and has proved not on,y
| s-rvicable hut economical. This %nI
a matter of great deal of interest
10 many of our risitt RS who wondered
why Illinu .'L never tried some-
thing of IT, Kind. Passing between
r'.merous fields of wheat, oats, rye
toilet AM corn. We made our first
SOD at the far: / "use of Geo. f. Nc
Cone.
Mr. McCone's farm consists of 1880
with gas and equipped with running
water. A large barn, 30 so feet is
also part of his building equipment.
In the barn yard was found 100 hOr-
scs and mules which Mr. McCone uses
for farming and breeding purposes.
In the pasture east of the house, our
visitors saw a herd of $50 black Pole
| cattle subsisting entirely upon the ma
tive grasses. all of which were in con-
dition to go upon the block without
any additional feed
Leaving the McCone farm we pro-
ceeded Southwest to the home of Mr..
Dunlap. The special item of interest
here was the inspection of Mr. Dun
laps pit silo which was 10 feet in
diameter and "a feet deep, concreted
i on the inside. This will be filled with
ensilageand will provide an economi-
cal and easy way Of feeding his herd
of cattle during the coming winter.
Continuing Southwest from Mr.. Dun
laps farm we passed as we did all
day and the two succeeding days, be-
tween fields of grain either growing
or In the shock and hugh fields OF
corn which our Illinois friends say
arc not surassed In Illinois. Numerous
new houses and barns are passed at
various intervals on the trip which
shows that the Industrious farmers
Of Sedgwick County are not only maxi
ing money but is using the money to
improve and beautify their homes. The
noon hour is spent at what is known
in Sedgwick County as the Standard
Sheep Co. Ranch. This ranch was
started by B. D. Parker Sr., 90 year,;
ago when he moved to Sedgwick Co.
with his family from Gardner, ILL.,, and
at that time was used as sheep ranch
This ranch is now owned by John A.
Reichelt of Chicago, Ill. and is operat-
ed by his son Hubert who expresses
| himself as being better satisfied on
his farm ir Colorado than any voca
| tion in the east.
After our lunch, which was furnish
ed by the Commercial Hotel and car
! ried with us with the exception of
the ice for the lemonade which was
provided by Mr.. Reichelt from his ice
| VA
west, making numerous stops for our
visitors to inspect the fields Of corn
and grain on the way and arrived at
the home of F. NJ. Bellamy This farm
| consists of 1000 acres and in addition
to his grain crops, he was growing
400 acres of corn. Successful crops
OF corn have been grown on this land
tor several years. We can say with
out contradiction that practically e,-
cry stalk of corn in this immense field
| has one or more ears of corn on it
The building on this farm consist of
a modern house with running water
gHa lights. mammoth barn 70xlDO IT,
which is also lighted with the same
system
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