The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-08
DAIRYN0 AS AN INDUSTRY OF
THE FERTILE ARKANSAS VALLEY
'The Earth" Odicial Santa Fe Paper Contains
Nice Write Up of the Valley

The attention Of many Thousands
OF h0meseekers has just been called
to the Importance of the dairy in
dustry of the. Arkansas Valley Of
Colorado by the Santa Fe railroad
through its official paper, The
Earth" A three page illustrated
article tells of the factor the milk
cow has been building up the val
ley; the rapid development OF the
dairy industry since the establish.
ment by the Helvetia company Of
the condensery at Lamar, and the
prospects for future development
as q result of the new cOndensOry
at LaJunta.
c. L. Scagraves. industrial com.
missioner of the Santa Fe, is
quoted as expressing the opinion
that the Colorado dairy industry
will show q greater development in
1917 than during any other year OF
the states history, Mr.. Seagrayes
has been devoting Ia part of the en-
ergies of his Office to work with
that end in view. Interest in the
dairy industry has been aroused
throughout the Valley Mr.. Sea
graves said, "and in the last six
months there has been an increase
in milk cows in practically every
community. Farmers have become
convinced that cattle are necessary
to save their soil from deterioration.
The milk COW not only does that,
but also Is q source of reventle week
after week, keeping the community
alive by the circulation of new mon
ey.' In speaking OF the Holly dis
trict Mr.. Seagraves has the follow
ing complimentary words for us:
The Holly district, , fertile area
Of valley and upland lying In the
s1astern part of PTowers County,
Colorado, originally designed, main
ly. to supply sugar mill with
beets, fast is coming into dairy
farms. The soil is good for sugar
beets, and settlers continue to grow
them, but w. s. Partridge, who q
few years ago. became manager OF
the Holly Sugar and Land Com
pany's affairs, discovered that it is
more suitable for the dairy indus
try, and so, by offering special
terms, IL inducing settlers to turn
their attention to it.
He sells land outright, or opens
farms and rents them; even stocks
them if settlers require aid. He
builds barns ana other shelter, us
ually OF concrete, especially de-
signed for the dairy industry. He
sells to renters fresh heifer cows for
$50, or three-year-old cows for 500
to $125, taking notes bearing seven
per cent interest. A settler, on these
terms, will pay out in four or five
years, II he be of the right sort The
terms for land in fee simple are
around 500 per acre; 20 per cent
cash, and the remainder in ten
years, the notes bearing six per
cent interest. This includes the wa
ter-right.
The land of the district as OF all
the upper Arkansas Valley, is wa
tered by irrigation from canals.
These canals are the Amity, eighty
one miles long, and the Buffalo,
twenty-five. They are supplied with
water from the Arkansas River,
mainly. Additional sources are four
artificial lakes kept full by floods.
One of these lakes is ninety feet
deep in the center. Their entire
shore lire is sixty-eight miles. Their
capacity is 2s5.OOO arce-feet of water.
There are at present seventy-two
farmers producing milk in the Hol-
ly district. Their product goes, by
the Santa Fe Railway, to the con-
densery at Lamar. In addition to
this. cream worth $4,000 or 5000,
monthly, coming out of the dry.
land" districts of Baca Cunty,
southwark, is shipped from Holly
to the creamery at Pueblo.
Mr.. Partridge, after close obser-
walton and study, declares the eli
mate of Holly to be the most fav-
orable for the dairy in the world.
Besides its advantageous climate,