Gunnison news-champion., 1916-01-07
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sasliaG sepsoxiasssS &sus p-spis.
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sAsss - . 1asaily.
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busi.sss Il his slkas - hssa foar
sissss she nsximun, end sAG9 - peVu-
lssiea II Csssssas kss hssa isssssse a
@ss0 by GlsaGs neds shsu - Dssver
once siaae.
Oshsr Offices oil show Gains q over
50 per cent end the Pssbss sAcs r.
ports that sll records were hsoksa.
After two successive wsvss ef emi-
erection he'd tsea starved 60 e .The
Gsest Aaericsa Desert" lying east of
the mountains, the third wave is MAJ
ing good because the far0sss have
learned BY the mistakes u The earlier
settless.
Ne may expsct the asxt Ueve Of
emigsstioa 10 sweep over sAs asuntains
sad pseple the uaoccupied usssas Of the
Gupaisea country vkese hSiag cendi-
tisas ere very much eesies eAaa On the
plains. On those desert lssd home
stssds, the settler must impsst his FIRE
wssa, his fuel, oftentimes ~ dginking
watss, ct tremendous expsase. The
ssil, while fertile, 10 70 baksd end dry
that il takes from thsee 70 i've yeass to
secure maximum crops. nsss n the
mountains timber 10 handy fss bsilding
end fsel Cesl 10 cheap fssa sserby
mines. rhe coil ReeAs but - - TUNED
TO produce good grain crops without ir-
rigsti0a, sRd while there y ssasider-
sble saow, the wisssss do NJ eompare
in severity with those e mjsassota,
Wiscsasin q Msias.
ln tAis ssaRsctisa - viaA = suote
fvs0 . Pscsat srticle II ~ Deaver
Tiass wAss ArsAss CAaPaaa ssys Of
aosieultnse N - hiGAss msantains.
Ne - ~ slwavs aGsse vita -.
OAa0aaA - tAsss y ksels vhiaA he's
- hssa ~ sspssss1ay n the News
CAsnsisa. ~ ~ ssssy shows hog the
tsvsA - sgsisus>sssl psssibilitiss in
tAsse hiGkss rssoss y bsiag grsAsally
hss1GAt hsoe - sssGAsss. Ne writes:
1T hes token asss sAaa hslf cen
tusy Il sscssssful fssMiag 10 demon-
sesste 10 skspticsi sssisn that msun-
taiss. iassssA - bsiaG . bsrriss 10
sgsicSltsse, IN sseity sRss opportsni-
tiss vhicA O. ~ fssaA newhere slse.
IL Asst sxpssssisa q shspticism con-
eesniag msSatsia fesoiag wss heard
n IT, West whsa the great scout end
GuiAe, jim Drid0ss. offered $1,000 foe
The hrst bssAel Il wAeea grown in the
vicinity Of sslt Lske City, region
thet y nov fsaeA for its farms.
when Union celeay Was establisAed
st Greeley, sad other farming opera-
tioas were successfully carried on in
the upland pleins eo9atry where it wss
thfoNght nothing ceul1 be grown, il
wss believed that further Agricultural
extensicn In The Rocky Mountain region
wsa impossible. But every year has
ssea the crop line extended higher in
the noSatsins. 1t 10 worthy of note
that potatoes which have won prizes
for Colorado. in compel ition with pota-
toes from Eastern sad Middle West
een states. have been grown at an o.
titsAe Of 9. 900 feet shove sea level. II
he's been proved thst growth at hi4A
altitude imperts values TO some crops
which csa be secured in no other wsy.
The fsrmes who have made . study Of
t;se possibilities of farming in the
mountain vslleys Of the Rockies have
contributed millions to the wealth Of
the nation thru their experimenting end
have disproveA the old theory that tAs
mountain ranch is good only for hay.
The possibilities of farming at hixh
attitudes have recently been made the
subject Of special investigations on the
part Of government scientists. One
of the first to make . study of farming
in the mountains, from the standpoint
Of the scientist, was Cecil j. Alter, st
present weather observer at Salt Lake
City. Mr.. Alter Was in charge of the
the remark able exhibit of the weather
bureau at the recent international Scil
Products exposition in Denver. His
observations of mountain farming IN
Utah apply TO the conditions in Colorado
He finds that the main danger to the
farmer in The DSuntsinous district js
the vasr.nt spring frost, but there sre
compenastinG advantages which ere
not foand at lower sltitudes. Nke
canons and valleys form channels
which cooduct tie air currents, the
maWimum Arfion ~ rstproa,,.~