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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
WESTERN LIFE REQUIRES PLUCK
IN COUNTRY OR in TOWN
Bright Example to Both Has Been Set By the Mer-
chants Of Pueblo Cheerful Crit Is Also
Shown By the Farmers

country is the farmers constituency.
But in the matter of prices
and ~alues tho farmer is
completely tied up. While the
merchant loses from rapid caprice in
styles and fashions, the farmer loses
from swift changes in markets.
1t Is here in the west that the in
dustry of agriculture is more certain-
" "A series of adventures: where prices
change most quickly and with least
warning: where remoteness from, east
ern markets keeps the producer help
less in his sales. -r.-,
Right now in midwinter the test
comes. Right now the farmer is laying
his plans His vision maps the brown
fields into the respective jobs they are
SO soon to undertake. 1t is not so
much a question of quantity OF pro-
duction as the variety and species or
their botanical task. Human brain Is
called upon to figure out probable
market for these articles. not rev
weeks ahead at Christmas time. as the
merchant had to do. but nine months
In the future at September harvest.
How can we possibly make any sort
Of guess on the demand. the prices. the
conditions three quarters OF year IN
the dim and mythical 1927 ..-
Blu. were pas. years any better?
We're they not even more dccepuNe.
more treacherous. more disappointing /.
Therefore We may analyze the past
experiences OF war and of peace tinic
and close tho debate with the assertion
that the courage OF the mercantile
community OF Pueblo In the past mem
orablc half year ia fully matched by
that Of the farm managers OF southern
Colorado every season. 1t has been =
critical year which saw Pueblo come
back: but out In the fields and orch
ards and gardens and stock yards and
n.lr a
fascinating round OF adventures. such
Is life in the far west. Ms u Z
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
IN. TRUE COOPERATION
THE FARMER HAS HOPE
FOR BETTER CONDITIONS

How long do YOU as a farmer want
to sell your crop at a loss? How long
do you want to be content with less
than tho city man for the same amount
OF effort? How long do you as
farmer want to work sixteen hours n
day to get remuneration equal to that
OF an office boy No doubt you have
realized that something is wrong with
the business OF agriculture. but did
you know that in the past forty years
ONLY 1.-TWO CROPS HAVE SOLD
ABOVE THE COST or PRoDUC-
TIoN" During these forty years tho
farmers have made many efforts to
throw off the yoke: to fix up the
economic maelntrom so that nn adc-
quatc return could be realized upon
farm products. But not much has
been accomplished. Farmers in vari-
ous organizations have fought those in
other organizations. In effect they
were uuarrcling about the method;
with about the came amount of sense
as two men who quarrolcd about Tho
way to 40 to Denver. The farmer has
been quoted, in fact he is put down in
Encyclopedias, as nm INDIVIDUAL
1ST. He refuses to get together with
his neighbor; he seeks to gain Justice
by working alone. 1T CAN'T BE
DONE ANY MORE. Cooperation *
the only thing the farmer has loft.
And by that is meant true co-opcra-
ton; the golden rule.--Montrosn Press.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

all but 50 ears, which were sent to the
international show.
In the regional contest with Kansas.
Missouri. Kentucky. West Virginia.
Virginia. Maryland, Delaware and
Southern parts OF Illinois, Indiana and
- wrr first for yellow corn;
then took the highest regional prize
-. ..,n. oi corn from the holder
OF the best white corn, which was
from Missouri. Then he entered the
sweepstakes. His best ten ears won.
Il have seen him down on all fours. "
one neighbor said. picking his seed,
grain by grain, culling out that which
he felt fell below ms standard. He
would spread big tarpaulin. pour the
grain upon it, and then get down
with it"
Corn should not be planted for more
than five years in succession in the
same land Mr.. Workman said. His
custom is to raise corn in a parcel OF
land four or five years, and then to
plant II in alfalfa and clover and mako
II pasture land for ten or twelve
years. renewing the land.
BEST corn never comes the first
year. Mr.. Workman declared. Corn
that won the championship came from
ground that was in its second year Of
corn"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
SANTA DISCOVERS the POOR FARM

, there and most OF them brought their
wives with them. Chairman Rces of the
/ county board. also superintendent OF
the poor, called the assemb,age TO or
der and made a pleasing and cheering
address; he introduced the Rev. Dag
we'll who offered up soulful prayer
appropriate to tho occasion. Then the
Nictrola played the Holy City in solo:
Just as the last strains of music died
away the sleigh bells OF Santa Claus
were heard approaching. and in bound.
ed the Rleeful old holiday saint In all
his glory. -.
Santa Claus no more surprised tho
residents of the county home. than dta
the county home surprise some of .tts
visitors. | met there men and women
OF refinement and education who had
stood high In social, political and busi-
ness circles OF this and other COM
munities. Some | knew have upper ten
family connections here and elsewhere:
/ some I knew as pioneers who largely
made possible the splendid city and
community in which the balance OF us
arc running at large.
/ trailcd Santa Claus to his (unl-
dressing room. and round his other
name to be William Barber.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
CAREFUL SEED SELECTION GIVES
FARMER SWEEPS TAKES ON CORN


Springfield. ILL.,. Dec, ?o.-(By The As
mon county. which in Indian dialect
means Land OF Plenty" and lonG
years Of careful seed selection, produc-
ed the corn OF this year. which
brought to Illinois the 1921 grand
champion sweepstakes prize of Amer
lea.
Only a country store. n grain elc-
vator. three farm houses and a mud
dy road mark the railroad station OF
Springfield, where tho ten ears OF yel-
low corn were raised which Won. the
grand championship.
From the decrepit railroad station
westward. stretches the land of j. w.
Workman, producer OF this champion
grain, the son and grandson OF corn
growers. His corn was awarded the
championship In Chicago. at the In
ternational Grain and Hay show.
Years of careful seed selection, his
excellent land, the rotation OF corn
with alfalfa or clover pasture, are the
three outstanding elements In his sue
cess.
Farmers about workman's home.
say tho honor came of hard work, and
his WIG adds enthusiasm tnat KEPT
him out of bed at night whilc all the
rest OF us slept" poring over his
grains with the same rapture that
holds miser.
I'm crank" Mr.. Workman said.
You can't raise ptize corn for %
years and not be n crank
Yet for all his corn growing and
prize winning he has never seen a per-
feet car of corn.
Never" he said, 'have I seen a
perfect ear. Not one OF tho ten ears
sent TO Chicago was perfect. All
I could do was take the very best
I had and hope they would stand UP
beside the others. In every ear l
could sec impcrfection."
OF his $50 ncres in tho Maxwell
farm. only So were In corn this year.
They yielded rs bushels an acre. all
yellow dent. That was picked over at
first by Mr.. Workman and his son,
Rome Workman. who. his mother says.
lis almost as bad as his pa abou,
corn That yield offered several
bushels of show corn Then by the
midnight OIL Mr.. Workman with his
keen eye for impcrfcctions eliminated
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
FEEDING PLANTS IS
~
INTERESTING PART
OF HOT HOUSE WORK

Feeding plants is an interesting
part OF the work OF conducting n sue
cessfUl greenhouse business. -
Tho other day We happened = into
Jchnson's greenhouse and saw Steve
feeding the plants. Sounds StranEv.
Wo heard about feeding the chickens.
hogs and cows. but not often of feed
ing plants.
But there he was. Steve has a mag :
nifIccnt lot OF carnations which were
started n year ago from cuttings and
have been worked with a whole year
Now they are tall and thrifty and
coming into magnificent blooms.
But to grow carnations requires
about three artificial fccdinrs in tho
fed? Steve was feeding them fine
bone meal just the same as is fed
chickens.
soil among tho plants and stirred in.
fine.
In fact. all plants are fed. Foliage
plants have to be fed but "A different
kind OF food. They are given nitrate
of soda. blood meal and various forms
Of nitrogen.
1t is sure some game to learn just
when to feed and what to feed. II
the plants grow along all right they
don't need any food. However. IL they
stop growing they are fed. If tho car
nations stcms appear weak so TINT
they bend over, they are fed lime.
MIR. johnson L. now busy making
.vsrnation cuttingr for next years crop.
-Montrosc Press.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
TONS OF FINE POTATOES
IN GREAT new CELLAR
Montrosc Press states:

Montrosc PRESS states:
Douglas Lytlc has completed one OF
the best spud cellars at his dry land
ranch above Bostwick park. He studied
plans OF many and then improved up
on them himself in regard to vcntila-
tion. The cellar Is l20 by 40 feet with
II foot Aling and plenty of vcntila-
tion. The spuds arc stored in sacks
on false bottom of stats and arc ex
posed all around to the air and have
free ventilation. lie has stored $500
sacks of the host seed stock in the
country. Peoples Husscts. grown with
out the application of a drop of water.
artificially. They are real dry land
stuff at $500 feet There are 500 sacks
of certified stuff for salc, grown at the
rate of 100 sacks to the acre. His
whole yield was 80 slcks to tho acre
OF fine coed stuff Just the right size.
smooth, free from disease and the best
that can he grown anywnetc. Mr..
tNtlc's dry tarm Is on tho mesa above
Bosrwick park To get there one takes
the Strand road and aoks for directions
after he gets on the Fark.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
BOULDER WINTER FAIR
WITH CORN AT THE FRONT
From Longmont Call:


Tho ninth annual meeting Of the
Boulder county farm bureau and The
sixth annual corn show was held to-
day at tho W. o. w. hall with a large
aggregation of. farmers. club members
as we'll as many of Longmont's towns
people present. Many from neighbor-
ing towns brought exhibits and the
display OF corn was excellent. One
hundred and three entries were made
and grain was of high quality.
Small grains were entered for the first
time this year. OF tho entrants
large number were from members of
the Boys and Girls clubs.
The raising OF corn. practically un-
known in Boulder county a few years
ago. has been SO successful that Other
sections OF tho United States are now
looking to this county for high grade
seed corn. a glimpse at the displays
of corn Mt the annual Boulder county
corn show held at the LonEmont w.
o. w. hall today, shows the quality
of the product of Boulder county
farms that won in competition over all
other sections OF the nation at tho
International show held in Chicago
recently.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
O7ER0'S SOIL =.
=.
IS SPOlDQC
IN QUALITY

a serious proposition confronts
large areas of the best irrigated lands
down tho river according to investi-
cations made by DR.. Sackett and Pro-
fessof kezar who have been analyzins
farm dirt with alarming results. At
meeting held a few days ago at
Rocky Ford they made public critical
conditions that have developed In that
vicinity and also In the Grand juno
ton region.
Some years ago II is stated DR..
Headdcn. state chemist was called TO
tho San Luis Valley to investigate
some soil troubles and after analyzing
some of the soil he found II contained
q very high percent OF nitrogen. Later
he found the same condition at Grand
Junction and Montrose. DIR. Sackett be.
gan working on this problem and he
found the nitrates were being formed
by n species OF soil organisms tina t
under favorable conditions took nitro
gen in the air and fixed it in tho soil
in the form OF nitrates. Condition
favorinc this was irrigation, clean and
frequent cultivation. and growing
crops that required very little nitro
gen. Also the lack of organic matter
in the soil increased the nitrates. In
the Gand Junction district where fruit
was tho chief crop the nitrates be-
came so bad that many orchards had
to be grubbed out. Such condition Is
fast approaching our Manzanola dis
trict Special crop farming such as
cucumbers and cantaloupes and con-
tipuous growing of beets on tho same
ground are all factors that cause an
cNcassivo increase In nitrates.
it is hard FOR people to get this idea
of too much nltrates in the soil and
that they must be supplied with COM
mcrciBl fertilizer.
DR.. Sackett has been working on
this now for years and he has proved
TO his own satisfaction that this Is tho
cause of our soil troubles and not
only have the laboratory tests proven
this but actual field tests on the west
crn slope. in the Fort Collins district
and also in the Arkansas Valley have
indicated that such is tho situation.
Now what is the remedy? These
mon suggest methods by which II can
eventually he overcome. but We must
not expect sudden results. As 1T has
taken a good many years to get us into
this condition 1t will take years to
get out of It.
First. We must change methods of
farming from special crop to di-
rersificd system. Next we must ro-
tate bects and cantaloupes with such
crops corn and grain that will use
large amounts of nitrogen.
We must get more livestock and put
moro barnyard manure on the soil In
order to get more organic matter into
II. Wc must supplement- this with
plowing under green crops.
Above all we must use loss water in
irrigBtinC. we are being more con-
vinceI every year that ovcr!rrigstion
will ruin this country.
An effort will be made thru the
Farm Bureau to arrange number Of
demonstrations TO provo out these
theories by actual field tests. This
Will be supplemented with laboratory
tests made at tho Rocky Ford and
Ia 1unta high schools by tho voca-
tional agricultural departments and
tho laboratories at Fort Collins.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
BIG TRACTS In ALBERTA
COME UNDER IRRIGATION

Tremendous irrigation projects are
planned in Alberta as tho result of
the provincial government backing
the s5.i0o.0oo bonds of tho Lethbridge
northern district. and IT is estimated
that the total amount OF outlay in
volvcd In all tho proposed undertake
ings viii amount to between S5O.oor.-
900 and 5000 900. This expepdi-
turo does not include the Canadian
Pacific railways gigantic enterprise
which already is serving hundreds
of thousands OF acres. Tho demand
for irrigated land is greater than the
supply at the present time. so imprcs.
sive have been the returns from land
furnished with water artificially in
Alberta
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
~OMPIETE In every detail IN
IL this seven room, semi-bunga-
a Low. Though there are two


" Low. Though there are two
~bed rooms on the second
door. the nrst story is complete
in itself and unless ones family
is too large it could with comfort
be used as the living part Of the
house and the two rooms in the
second story could be utilized for
storage purposes. Or, II one OF
the members of the household is
an artist and desires a studio.
what more ideal studio, rooms
could be found than the two in the
upper story OF this house?
On the mrs. door there are two
he'd rooms. a glazed front porch.
q good sized living room with 4
beautiful bay window and open
fireplace, = sun parlor, dining
room, pantry. kitchen and rear
porch. The floor plan is attract
lively and practically arranged and
the housewife will find keeping
house here reduced to the mini
mum so far as the actual labor
and work are concerned There
is a basement under the main part
which will be nice to store things
in and which has = foundation
wall of.concrets. Tvs 81
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

out there for Colorado products. There
Will be still more OF this when the
now railroad comes up from Gallup to
Pennington.
Some crops grow best in the summer,
some in the winter. The newspapers
have just been harvesting the biggest
crop of ads this year.
Officials of the Mountain State Beet
Growers association were reelected at
the annual meeting in Denver. They
are Fred Cummings. Fort Collins.
president: ii. C. Boggs, Fort Morgan
vice-president, and George Huston OF
Greeley, secretary.
In a continuously moist winter like
this, it would be possible to germinate
thousands of walnut trees. They
could be grown in mile-long rows along
simply by burying walnuts = fs&
inches deep.
Cold still winter nights help out
with mountain agriculture, tho the
thoughtless plainsman would never
think of it. Pando is a place where
great quantities of natural ice are put
up for summer use, and there are
numerous other places where thous-
ands OF tons of ice could be obtained
II people would make little lakes. Ice
in large amounts is used for cooling
fruits and head lettuce in refrigera-
tor cars. Much ice could be frozen and
packed here in this vicinity. in most
winters tho not thus far this winter.
1t would be a paying crop.
strong local farm bureau was or
ganiZed at Debcquc this month. Will
liam Briggs is president.
An advertisement has been running
in Canon City Record for weeks offer
ing Gcniton apples for sale, at a mod
crate and liberal price. 1t is evident
that the Genitons came thru when all
the other Canon trees were frozen up
last April. This bears out with strong
proof the assertion often made on this
farm page, that the Geniton Is the
best apple tree for this perilous re-
gion. because it is the last to blossom.
The Gcniton, like the cottonwood
waits TIL the first of May before ven
turing forth with buds and blossoms.
The quality OF the fruit Is not first
class but itsis good and salablc, an
excellent keeper, and the tree is long
lived and hardy. and is willing to grow
on bottom lands where most trees
strivel up soon as they get their
feet wet.
Not a single Santa Claus got his
cotton overcoat burned off of his back
! in Pueblo county school houses SO far
as learned.
One argument for planting more
| cvcrgreens is the fact that the noun
tains and foothills are surely being
denuded by tho enormous cutting OF
Christmas trees which Is being done
cvery year.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

What is life. anyway? What's il for
What ia the object? What good is
II If II j. 10 be filled up from milking
time att n. m. to hanging up the dish
pan at . n. m,T Poor system of hook
keeping that Sums UP the success OF
life from The achievement Of buying
another forty to enlarge the farm
Better 10 view Tho big eud of life as
the good turn performed for some
imprcssionablc young mind at christ
mas time. Nhrn We drive up to the
gate uf the heavenly corral st. Peter
viii look Into the wagon bed aud viii
find there only tn" few small rafting
grains OF unseltish corgcnia.ity dated
December 25.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
ALLEGED CATTLE THIEF
CiUGfT NEAR FOWLER
Special to the Chicftain.

Special to the Chicftain.
Fowler, colo, poc @5. Deputy Sher.
iff \. l.. Dotson arrested an alleged
cattle rustler today and took him To
Pueblo where he was placed In tho
county Jail. He gave his name os Carl
snn and resided 4 miles west Of here,
sny tho authorities His arrest comes
after several days uf watching aud the
Officers believe they have the ring lend-
or uf a band of ristlorS. Whom cap
,urcd. carlson had a load or cattle
hide.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
HENS MUST PRODUCE
SO EGGS EACH TO
PAY FOR THEIR KEEP
The Canon city Record /:

'-Tfy
Each egg cost certain farmer in
Fremont county one and ninety mine
hundrcdths cents. or twenty-thrcc and
eight-tcnths cents a dozen during the
past year. On this rame farm 1t cost
the farmer sl.2s to feed one bird, A
cents labor to caro- for "a hen, ~ cents
housing cost, II cents capital cost and
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

The living room. sun parlor and
dining room are finished in Mis-
stoned Oak" and all other rooms In
white enamel. The chimney in
front is for the fireplace in the liv-
ing room and fiue for the furnace.
while the back chimney IL for
kitchen range. .a
Cement stucco is used to hnish
the exterior with English half
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

7 cents for equipment or total cost Of
SEA- To take care of each bird.
The birds produced an average OF
lie eggs each in u year which made an
income OF $5.i7 per hen. or profit
of SEGA per bird. or 16 cents per
dozen eggs. Each hen had to produce
SIS eggs to pay for her keep during
tho year.
This farmers flock was in tho FIRE.
mount County egg-laylng cont est
which just closed. This farmer, along
with six others, in cooperation with
tho County Agent aud tho County
Farm Bureau. kept records for tho
year.
The farm has a flock of 30 birds
which is near the average sized farm
flock in the state. but is above tho
average in production. Farmers can
bring their poultry up TO this stan
dard by culling out the bosrders,
keeping simple records, and using or
dinarN care In management along
with the feed furnished by the farm.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26
.us orga nizntions

Various organizations arc being
formed at points in upper valleys to
take care Of tho large amount of head
lcttuc" 1t Is expected To produce The
COMING season. lettuce club was
'7~m"h Mt La lara at a meeting on
Thursday
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

Some crops grow best in the summer,
some in the winter. The newspapers
have just been harvesting the biggest
crop of ads this year.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

out there for Colorado products. There
Will be still more OF this when the
now railroad comes up from Gallup to
Pennington.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

In continuously moist winter like
this, it would be possible to terminate
thousands of walnut trees. They
could be grown in milelong rows along
the bitches and fences and banks,
simply by burying walnuts q fs&
inches deep.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

Several more carloads OF poultry
have been taken from Lamar on the
way west. Whether thcy go to Ari-
zona or to Southern California is not
stated but they eecm to give proof
OF an opening and enlarginC market
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

Officials of the Mountain State Beet
Growers association were reelected at
the annual meeting in Denver. They
are Fred Cummings, Fort Collins.
president; II. C. Boggs, Fort Morgan.
vice-president, and George Huston OF
Greeley, seCretary.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

A strong local farm bureau was or
ganized at Debcque this month. Will
liam Briggs is president.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

Colorado Agricultural college at Fort
Collins had a serious loss by fire one
day in the week. The Chemical build
ing was destroyed with loss OF 500. 900
and with it 5000 Worth OF chemicals.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

Not single Santa Claus got his
cotton overcoat burned off OF his back
in Pueblo county school houses SO far
as learned.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-26

One argument for planting more
cvcrgreens is the fact that the noun
tains and foothills are surely being
denuded by the enormous cutting OF
Christmas trees which Is being done
cveEy year.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-02-23
PRODUCES COTTON IN coLoRs
Southerner Has Succeeded In Growing
Green and Bra-yn and Is Expert
mentinu on Black.

A. W. Brabham has submitted to the
Cotton exchange of Savannah four
samples of colored cotton--light brown,
dark brown. light green and dark
green. They are the results of years
Of experimentation. Mr. Brahham says
that other colors will appear when
number Of cotton plants in his garden
that are not yet fully grown begin to
bear.
The botanist has not yet been able
TO produce black cotton. but he says
he win do so in time. II would have
appeared this year. he contends. If a
package Of the seeds of hlue-tinted
cotton. mailed TO him by hotaniSt In
Delhi. India had not gone astray. Mr.
Brahham has sent for another pack
age of these seeds. and he is convinced
that If he crosses them with certain Of
the cottons he has already grown the
result will be black.
Luther Burbank once told Mr.. Brah-
ham that he would produce black cot
ton for million dollars. Mr.. Brah-
ham replied that he thought he could
do It more cheaply. and thereupon
started his experiments