The Glenwood post., 1917-09-08
Large Excursion Showed Great
Interest by Farmers in the
Culture Of Potatoes
1oRPLowlNG ALSO

The greatest demonstration ever seen
in Garfield county in the interest of
the great potato industry was given
last Saturday in the Carbondale Sec
tion and it proved a great educational
event.
County Agent Alfred had been busy
the past two weeks arranging the de-
tails Of the event, and when the time
came for the show he had everything
in apple pie order. Several cars came
up from Rifle Silt and New Castle,
and they were joined along the road
by farmers and their families, all rid
ing in their autos at twentieth century
speed.
The first stop was at the big Sweet
ranch where seventy-two loaded autos
were counted by the reporter. At this
place the potatoes are making won
derful showing and indicate large
yield, notwithstanding the prediction of
some that the general spud yield per
acre will be smaller this year than.
usual.
The chief attraction at the Sweet
ranch, however, was the tractor dem
snstration, Cleveland tractor wading
right through alfalfa sod, pulling two
14-inch plows and turning furrows six
inches deep. This machine attracted
much attention because of the good
wsrk it was doing and the speed at
which it ra,nhled along. II seemed
very flexible and. we'll under the con.
tssi of the operator. "a.
Passing through one Of the immense
potato cellars the crowd journeyed on
b Carbondale where The ladies' of .he
local Red Cross chapter served an ex-
oellent luncheon, caffateria style, to a
lot of hungry people who showered
nent.
Many took advantage of the oppor-
tsnity to visit the flower show in the
Odd Fellows hall. This is an annual
AFFAIR arranged by the Carbondale Civic
Improvement club and this years ex-
hibit certainly reflected great credit
upon that worthy organization. The
flowers were most beautiful, to say
nothing of the artistic arrangement.
An attraction not down on the pro.
gram was an illustrated lecture by that
nestor of the Garfield county potato
industry, E. H. Grubb, even though ne
does not spend much time in this Sec
ton.
Mr.. Alfred called the meeting to or
der and introduced H. l.. Edgerton who
in turn introduced his neighbor and
friend to whom he said not only Gar
field county but the United States
owed much of its knowledge concern
ing the potato.
Mr.. Grubb did but little talking,
leaving it to an excellent movie reel
to dc. his talking for him as he said il:
could do it better than he could. So
far as we know this is the first time
Gene ever admitted that he was out
talked. The pictures were excellent
and showed every detail, from select
ing and preparing the seed to planting,
harvesting and marketing, showing
some of the best farms in the Carbon
dale section to splendid advantage.
AT Claussen's potato field on the
Van Syckel ranch general quiz was
conducted and rhyzoctonia and fusar.
ium wilt came in for considerable dis.
sussion. Many questions were asked
BY the interested visitors and answered
principally by DR.. Clark of the expert
nent station at Greeley. It was agreed
that the corrosive sublimate treatment
will eliminate the scab in the seed, bu.
this does but little good if the grouna
Is infected. Where the scab fungus ia
present in the soil it can be largely
eliminated by proper crop rotation
Angle worms and their effect upon q
growing potato crop also came in for
considerable discussion. Z,
Drnest Edgerton' s ranch WAS visited
next and his splendid field Of seventy
acres was carefully inspected. Iike
the other fields visited his potatoes
showed slight attack Of wilt and some
rAyzoctonia was found, but on thu
whole his potatoes, like nearly all 9th