Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-19

AS often the case, the weeks de-
velopment of local farm news came to
light some distance away. This was an
announcement at La Junta that the
Libby company is about to close its
milk condensing factory this week.
This would leave the producers with
hundreds of gallons of milk on their
hands daily and no market for it. For
a few days 1t looked as If the situa-
ton presented fine opportunity for
Pueblo to chip In and buy up that
Otero milk and operate an immense
new creamery, but La Junta by prompt
effort landed one of her own. A COM
mittee was hastily dispatched to Den
Yer which hunted up noted milk OPP
orator named Wiswall who already has
several crcameries. Arrangements We're
made for him to begin buying up the
milk on Tuesday, SO that there will
be no interruption of the sales. If a
big creamery is started there it will
make additional competition in the
butter trade, which is already large
and lively around here.
For weeks the. weather mans total
of precipitation for this year has been
gradually approaching the 90 mark
and on Friday that wonderful mark
was reached and crossed. breaking all
records. We may announce with q
flourish that Colorado is no longer a
dry state so far as nature Is con-
cerned. The statement can be sent out
as sure advertisement for the pro-
motion of sales of unirrigated lands
tho In the same degree 1t will do in
jury to the reputation of an arid re-
sort for consumptives. The number OF
instances of precipitation exceeding q
trace in 1920 was several dozen. and
there were probably nearly as many
rains and SHOWS this year, with the
great June flood making the jump Of
n Uf
This leads to the question of
whether the utmost has been done in
utilization OF the rain that falls;
whether it could be made to grow still
more plant life: whether the Camp
mulching can be carried any farther
than is now done, or any better sys-
tenn put In use. To this inquiry can
be offered an answer in the affirma-
tive. Without at all abating or reduc-
ing the present practices there is possi-
BILE a further clever system. one that
Is simple and easy. Public announce
ment Of It is not yet ready.
More numerous advertisements of
farms for sale have appeared this week
than usual. This was to be expected
and 1t seems strange there is not far
more rush to sell. on account of the
great flood losses and the still great
err losses from bad markets and low
prices. There is always a perceptible
drocping tendency in the last three
weeks of the year. And now is a bad
time to sell After the holidays peo-
pie begin to make plans for the coming
season and there Is decided recovery
In prices of acres.
The potato market during the week
suffered bad collapse at Denver as
IL had already dnpa n pnah1n
sale price there came down to or be-
low 81. which is slightly above the
retail figure here.
Readable extracts from the annual
report OF Secretary Wallace are pres
cntcd on this page, and more Will be
given in q future Monday issue. To no
other section OF the United States 10
the work OF the agricultural depart
ment more important IN its line of re-
search. experiment and exploration.
Annual meeting of the Montrose
County Farm Bureau December Is was
n most harmonious meeting with short
talks and lively election which chose
these officers: President, C. c. Rolf;
Vice president. Eugene NJ. Stone: sccre-
tary-treasurer. Harry Mcneil.
Both the good snow falls Of this
month have been as liberal and as wet
in the lower Arkansas valley as hero,
1t is stated by visitors returned from
Superior, Neb.. that farmers there re-
fuse to sell their corn for the small
amount being offered for IL and have
their entire crop for two years in their
cribs and say they will put another
ono there rather than give tho grain
away.
A registered Holstein COW owned by
NJ. l.. Harper OF Boulder was high COW
ton and to improve methods of