The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-12-29
FARMERS WEEK

to 26, will be, as usual, the dairy
industry and the live stock industry
in general in the Arkansas valley.
For the coming Farmers Week it
is planned to specialize on those types
of the live stock industry that are
shown to be the best adapted to this
country and to be the most profitable
here. One of the best known breeders
Of pure bred stock in the valley is
Mr. Chas. F. Hiley of Prowers. His
imported percheron mares are among
the finest in the country. He is not
only master of efficiency in handling
his stock on his farm, but he is a live,
public spirited farmer, taking an act
i've interest in every movement 10 ad-
vance the interests of his community.
AS an instance of this, might be cited
the exhibit of this Bent county farmer
at the Prowers county fair. Mr.. Iiiley
won first and second prizes for the
best mares four years old in the per-
cheron draft class, first and second
prizes for mares two years old and
under three, second prize for mares
over one year old and under two, first
prize for stallion colt under one year,
sweepstakes for best draft colt an
age and any breed and sweepstakes
for best draft mare Of any age and
any breed. He has been a persistent
and enthusiastic booster for the
Farmers Week programs since their
start three years ago, and his sug-
gestions for the 1916 meeting will be
read with interest:
Gentlemen:
Soon it will be time for Farmers'
Week again. Could we not plan to
make this as memorable week as the
week in which we obtained the con
densery? At that time the boosters
by a short and aggressive campaign
took a step that practically increased
the Lamar payroll by $1,000 a month.
This increase is capable of indefinite
extension, not only as increased in
come from cows, but practically the
same thing can be done by increasing
our farm income derived from horses,
by fostering the industry Of feeding
our young stuff better and improving
the breeding of our horses, by plan
ming for colt shows TO be held through
the county with a final show at La
mar each year and by getting good
horse men to address US at our meet
ings.
The business interests Of Lamar
are entirely dependent upon the prof
its derived from the adjacent farming
territory and it is to the interest Of
the merchants and others to see that
only profitable forms Of agriculture
are used and the most profitable crops
grown.
Hay at present certainly constitutes
the largest crop grown on the farms.
If that hay for any reason is unprof-
liable when baled and shipped it be-
comes of vital importance to find
some other way of using the crop. 1t
should be worth while to get together
and thresh out the facts and see wha
is the most profitable and conserva-
tive way Of using this hay. Without
doubt the value of our land will be
doubled when the value of our hay is
doubled and the value of the hay tan
be doubled when We have the right
kind Of colts to feed it to. Draft
horses are being raised on land fur
ther east that has a value Of $3.50 per
acre and where hay generally sells
around $50 per ton. Cannot we raise
them here at a profit when hay is
selling for So per ton? Would it not
be worth while to look into this ques-
tion and get some good horse man to
come in and give us a talk about the
profits that we might expect and the
particular advantages and disadvan-
tages Of raising draft horses, and to
point out the increased benefit from
feeding all the hay on the land. Our
farms are better suited for horses
than for any other kind of stock and
under our average conditions horses
will build up our farms better than
other stock as well as reducing the
labor.
Washington Notes