The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-18
(Continucd from last week.

rAl
Continued from last week.
A great prairie fire swept across
from the HolyOke vicinity few years
ago and practically wiped out Nc
Cones farm property He proceeded
to restore houses, barns and machinery
however and today IL regarded as one
of the pillars Of prosperity OF that
ommuni,y.
Farming Dc Luxe
In the general neighborhood Of the
McCore ranch the farmers were busi-
ly breaking up the rich prairie land
for the fall sowing of winter wheat
Great tractor engines with their broad
gang plows served to turn the soil
rapidly and incidentally to bring to
mind the reassuring words of pro-
motion circular they handed us at
Sterling.
The new settler begins farming at
once" was the announcement under
the head OF Quick Returns"
"There are no stones to move. no
s:uinps to grub, no hardpan to blast,
u" hoas to drain: just smooth, rich
fnrn land to tara ever, disk, harrow,
plant and cultivate"
From what we saw that day thos,s
words were not oycrdrawn Just tina.
kind Of farming vas being done. We
saw the bounteous hsrvests of the
initial planting in virgin land ot last
spring
With R1ral TrinnIng
Julesburg rendered the Denver;tc.s
/: sumptuous chicken dinner amidst
the homely splcndors of jack o'lan-
terms. festoons of alfalfa, garlands OF
bccts. and u splashing fountain be-
dcckcd with wheat sheaves
The supper rooms of one of the lead
ing churches were used for the func-
tion~-for real function it was. The
good ladies OF the church, aided by
many of the fair maids of the town,
served the bounties of the season to
the travellers.
{. Al. Robson was the official start
er of the after-dinncr speechfest and
hc set going the talk the Denver party
Gene to that MART OF the state TO hear.
1t ahounded in the fruits of the llar-
vest, hogs, cattle. reservoirs, summer
following, mortgage lifting. quarter
sections of land. ditchs. silos, plough
inc and all those subjects which form
the shop talk" of !, community which
draws it,; sustcnance from tiilng the
soil
Dawson Cn Hogs
Jane; Dawson told OF his eighty
acrr5 under the Jumbo reservoir. He
was farmer of cioqucncc as well as
thrift, We followed him to market
VII two carloads of hogs and wall
,ltrod with him as he told OF the car
and hall he still ha! left We ac-
compoincd him as he turned corn and
.alfa!!:, into pork.
y bushrl of corn can be grown for
wheat" said Dawson. My advice
is corn and plenty OF it, and after that
-iIor5, Keep your hogs dry and well
hCu Cd and you will find them the
c!csnc:,. ,la;ntcst animals in III"
world
Tho man with tn. figures CAV" us
an idca of the livestock industry CT
the ,Iulrsburg region when he stated
that eixht-iicc cars OF cattle, hogs and
horses had been shipped from thern
since TIE first of the year
"Thcrc will he - rarioads more l.,
JaEaHry trst." said hr. ''and the! viii
net tl.r shippers xl,inH u ear
In five years more :ou will sec the
leg ministry Of this community triplr.
i;urn farmers are coming every year
and The number would increase great :
/. + those tia; come could get the
r,an,y To make improvements"
Heavy Service ri L. r. X. X.
From r S. Rubie OF the Union
Fife we learned ol the soventy-fve
trains day thru Ju!eshurg. the
''Catnuay to Colorado
Z J. f. vali.ry OF the Burlington gave
a.a~r railway talk. suggesting that til"
railway line. could rot afford to buili
into any section where there WAS not
sufficient iou9asc..