The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-12-12
Agricultural News
Notes Up-To-Date


The Pis sjse-There are. eight pit
Eiloe in Fremont county. Two years
ago there was only one. Next year.
| IL the sjlo campaign of the farm bu-
reau is successful. there will be a
large increase. The state council of
defense recently passed q solution rec
lommending that farmers increase the
number OF silos in the state, prepara-
ltory to taking care Of the agricultural
crops during the period OF reconstruc-
tion. The Denver Civic and Com
merc:al Association is also interested
in the siio. II is making survey OF
the state on siIoe.
TIE campaign in this county will
be of especia. interest TO the farmers
In the western part Of the county.
Demonstrations. and one-day farmers
institutes. have been planned for How
ard and Hillside Silos save every
part Of the corn crop and makes a
perfect feed for all farm animals
I White Australian Seed corn-The
associate director of the bureau OF pur-
chases Of the American Red Cross
asks if loo bushels of white Australian
seed corn can be secured from the
farmers of Fremont county He has
asked for prices Z. o. b. New York.
The corn wanted here is to be used
for planting in Serbia. The white
Australian corn is quite a common and
popular variety of corn in this county.
1t will stand more drouth and yet
yield better results than any other
kind that can be planted. Il would
look good TO zee Fremont county CON
growing in Serbia The matter OF
getting the seed will be taken up by
the farm bureau OF the county.
What the Boys Did With Pig Clubs
l-Fiffy-five Fremont county boys this
/, year raised so pigs. producing approxi-
mately $3.50 pounds of pork At 16
cents pound their income would be
i$i5.1ss. There are 20 boye raising
DurocJersey pigs. "a Berkshire and
eight cross-breed between Berkshire
and Poland-China. The records as
kept TO date and completed by Is boys
show that the average cost of keep
ing their pigs for 1s4 days was sl7.2s.
This included everything fed to the
pigs. The net profit for each pig was
s1o-sl. The biggest net profit was
made by Earl I.ambuth of Canon City.
who made ss1.7l and raised his Poland
China pig at cost OF sls.27 His
pig weighed a pounds at the begin
ming Of the contest and in 1S2 days it
weighed 2sS pounds. Ellis Reeves OF
wetmore made net profit of s1T.se.
Other boys making good records were
Frank Silva OF Canon City, David
Weichland of Penroso. Albert Jones.
Canon City and Leslie Taylor OF Texas
Creek. Leslie raised the largest hog
which weighed 2s4. but his feeding cost
was large,
The pig club has been very success
ful this year. and the boys want to go
into IL again, Theavalue az the pork
cannot be estimated in dollars and
cents. In Penrose Is of the 20 pigs
in the contest were registered. Be
fore the pig club started there was
not over one or two registered ami
mails. An Of the registered pigs viii
be kept for breeding. II viii mean a
good star, toward pare brod pigs in
the county. Much Of the success Of
the pig clubs are duo 70 the local lead
ers: John stelnmeysr and +. b.
woodfofd Of Canon City. ]. A. Titus of
Pearose and n. Haynes Of wetmorcs
Gay y. Hardy maae s possible for n
boys u borrow noacy to hug their
pise. oRe hundrsd ana ~ dollars
wss loaned q the boxs. vhe vith TIER
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