The Holly chieftain., 1921-12-08
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number have been constructed since
April !. 70 that the actual number OF
sflos completed at this time Ii very
close to 1000. The increase N silo con.
structiol In the past two years has not
been quite 20 great AZ It was during
the two preceding years, due chiefly to
unfavoFAble financial conditions, which
have infIuenced fhruers to keep their
expenditures down - low as possible.
Forty-two 6 thQ stxty-tAree counties
n the htste NOW .sepoft. 1ii0s, the mum
;bers reported tde fIlS yarious counties
ranging from two to 523. Weld coun-
ty reports the largest number. The
leading dairy farming districts of the
state have more siios than other dis
tricts, but In the past few years the
number in general farming districts
has been increasing steadily. Several
counties have doubled the number of
silos in their borders In the past three
years and some counties have In
creased them as much as five fold,
while there are comparatively few
counties In which there has not been
some increase.
W. F. Droge, county agricultural
agent Of Otero county at Rocky Ford,
and secretary OF the Arkansas Valley
Live Stock Breeders Association, re-
ports that unusual interest Is being
taken In the valley this year In the
coming National Western Stock Show.
Among the exhibits from the Arkansas
valley will be the Stonemoor Farm
herd Of Guernseys from Pueblo. H. d
Rustler's Durocs from Pueblo, l.. C.
Grants Herefords from AvontlaIe, tlit'
American Beet Sugar Company os
Rocky Ford, with their Holste.n herd
from Lamar; Otis Grow & Son q
Rocky Ford, with carload of fat
hogs; the Amity Canal Model Dairy
Of Holly with Holsteins, and no doubt
numerous other breeders who have
not yet announced their Intentions
The board Of directors of the Civic
and Commercial Association of Denver,
voted to conduct campaign to raise
fund for the purchase Of stock Of
90 that organization could function
and borrow money from the War
Finance Corporation to be loaned to
live stock men and save that industry
In Colorado. The board was asked to
raise fund of 100000, but the board
did not name any sum that should be
raised. 1t plans to raise alt that IL
can, and named a committee that rep
resents all the various business ele-
ments of Denver to conduct the cam
paign.
The Pueblo typographical Union at
Pueblo. Colo, served notice on the
State Industrial Commission of q pro-
posed increase Of 80 cents daily, 10 be
demanded after Jan. 1. According to
members of the commission, this is the
first instance In months that notice
of wage increase has been served
on that body. This step was decided
upon by the union at meeting Of its
members at Pueblo. Pueblo newspapers
only will be affected.
Oil and gasoline consumption In
Colorado reached Z 1885, 300 gallons dur
ing November, State OIL Inspector
Duce reported. The state tax upon
this quantity, collected at the rate of
/ cent per gallon, amounted to $78383.
Half Of this sum goes to the State
Highway Commission and the other
half Is distributed among the counties
on basis Of state highway mileage.
Jackrabbits, fleeing from pursuit, at
tain speed Of fifty miles an hour for
the first mile, Colorado Springs Motor
cycle Club officials reported ut the con
clusion OF a crOss-comtry chase in
which the rabbit was run down ut the
end Of five miles. In the second mile
the rabbit made a forty-miie speed and
In the last three miles slowed down to
thirty-fiye miles an hour.
The reports Of county assessors
show that there were 4,497 farm trac-
tors owned and operated by farmers In
the state this spring, compared with
3618 reported for last year, and 2,2l3
for 1919. The use Of tractors In the
general farming districts of eastern
Colorado has been increasing very rap
idly 10 the past three years, and there
has been steady Increase In other
districts. This year there were only
six counties In the state that reported
no farm tractors. all Of them being
mining counties. in which very little
farming is being done. Weld county
holds first place. with 504 tractors re-
ported. and Logan county ranks Sec
ond, with 481. There are now thirteen
counties In the state reporting more
than 100 farm tractors each. Ten
counties which reported no farm trac-
tors In 1919 have reported from one
to twenty each this year. Kit Carson
county, which reported twenty-six
tractors in 1919. reports 22e this year
John E. Hayes. chief engineer Of the
Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Com
pany, owner Of the dam at Marshall,
declared that $15O,OOO was to be spent
upon the dam. The company is INSTALL