The Delta independent., 1918-11-22
COUNTY AGENT DiVILBISS
WRITES INTERESTING ITEMS
Farmers Go to School.

and went to a Farm Management
School for whole week. and the,
want another school this year.
A school in Livestock Feeding
has been scheduled for Delta early II
December. The courses of study take
up the composition of feeds, the value
of different feeds. balancing of ra
tions, methods of feeding, etc. 1t is
a college course in feeds and feeding
boiled down to one week of STEADY
work School opens at about nine
O'Clock in the morning and closes
about four in the afternoon. This
gives plenty of time to do chores. etc
This school has met enthusiastic
support in other parts of the state
Every farmer who raises livestock OF
any kind should plan to be present
for the full time. Dates will be an.
nounced later.
Hay Shipments to Stop.
Certain parties in the last few
months for reasons best understood
by themselves, have spread the word
that the whole of Delta county has
been quarantined against the ship.
ment of hay. These stories are still
going around The truth of the mat
ter may be summed up as follows:
The State of Colorado has quaran.
tined the valley of the North Fork
as far west as Hotchkiss. The rest
of the county has not been quaran.
tined except by a few states to whom
no hay is shipped from here, and
whose action does not affect our mar.
kets.
Sometime in the near future we
may expect quarantines against the
county to be passed by all alfalfa
growing states, which would prac.
tically shut off all shipping markets
for hay. Such measures will not af.
feet the crop on hand now. but in all
probability will be in effect next year.
This means that all hay raised in
Delta county VIII have to be fed here
with the result that the farmer who
has not enough stock to which to
feed his hay may have to take a price
for his extra feed considerably below
market price.
Warning! Prepare now. 1t will
be decidedly inadvisable to plow up
large quantities of alfalfa land. We
need more stock. can handle more
stock, and will be benefited according
to the proportion of hay raised which
the farmer feeds to his own stock.
A small bunch of cattle or sheep soon
grows into a respectable bank ac.
count
olathe Corn Show.
The Olathe Corn Show is coming.
The dates set are December 9th and
7th. Corn is rapidly gaining favor
here. II yields more feed per acre
than any other grain crop. and has
been successfully grown this year in
practically every section of the coun.
ty. II is here to stay as one of our
leading crops.
The Corn Show at Olathe Is a dis.
trict affair. Good premiums are of.
fered in every class. There will be
three groups of entries; single ears.
ten ear samples. and bushel samples
Of ear corn. Classes have been made
for white. dent. yellow dent and flint
corns. All OF the corn raisers should
| " tUlIltS. he Snow
will be worth visiting to those who
have no entries, also. Educational
features. such as seed testing. clean.
ing. silo crops. etc, will also be dem.
onstrated a schedule of lectures on
topics related to the industry have
been prepared.
Watch for the official announce
ment.
Potato Seed
Good clean potato seed is going to
be very scarce next spring and very
much in demand. The Government
Inspection OF potatoes is here to stay
It has brought home to us the fac,
that our potatoes are not up to stand
ard. There is just one way to remed,
this which is to grow better potatoes
The man who keeps his grade higf
will make money and the one who Il
careless will get about as much al
he deserves.
Year after year, poor and diseased
seed has been planted until but little
good seed has been left in the dis
trict and he soils are becoming more
and more badly infected with dis
eases. The result has been brought
home to MS this year when Govern
ment inspection was Instituted. FOL
lowing an unusually favorable season
for the development Of Fusarium wit
Tor Stem Rot or Blight, az It is var
iously known.
II Is time now TO begin 10 look for
seed for next spring. as there win be
but very little good seed available tc
those who have not made provision in
advance
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