Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-05

The thoughtful observer who has
been astonished at the quickness and
completeness with which the business
district of Pueblo "came back after
the destructive Juno floods now turns
to the country and meets another sur
prise. At the September state fair he
noted the greatest and best collections
of agricultural and horticultural pro-
ducts ever presented in this region but
he did not give due credit. He at once
concluded that these were choice speci-
mems which just happened, the cream
of the last few articles left over,
enough to make a showing for public
inspection, and that there could not
possibly be farm goods in any quantity
for tho market. But people have been
eating and are still eating, and at
Thanksgiving time the grocery fronts
presented scene of bountiful supply.
More cooking, more eating, yet sti1f
the handsome collection OF vegetables
and fruits keeps up. We recall the
dismal scene of desola ton presented
for 200 miles from Florence eastward
on the 4th Of June, with acres and
acres of the finest celery lands either
drowned in mud or buried in gravel or
|, cut away and carried down bodily to
New orleans. Goodbye, farms; good
bye, the gardening industry, we ejacu-
lated at that time. So now on being
greeted with the regular fall products,
of usual first quality with a few eN-
ceptions, we stand in a sort of awe. a
reverence for the greatness of a coun-
try that could go thru all that and
then exhibit all this.
Then the mind attempts to explore
the future to some extent. There is
an indefinable impression that a long
disastrous drouth, a hopeleBly dry
season. affords warning the previous
year by giving a liberal sample of the
same experience. We did have a long
pleasant streak of dry bright weather
but it has been broken by two copious
snow falls so good that they have
given winter wheat first class send
off for next year. The gloomy sort of
mind has for five years been looking
for a burned OUT season to get away
with the venturesme dry-landers. In
stead of that, the precipitation this
year has been almost twice the normal
amount, and now the sanguine are
warranted in anticipating another good
season for 1922 above as well as below
the bitches.
1t was not only the wheat but every
thing on the farm shared in the bene
fits from the good wet six-inch snow
of Friday. The trees got their feet
wet: the alfalfa plants loaded UP a new
supply of life and will spring UP lust
| lily in April after their short hiberna-
ton. The city parks. the suburban
| gardens, the cemetery sward, the Or
| chards. the leagues of pinon groves
| were all put in best condition.
In short, all is hopeful 50 far as
| concerns production. 1t Is the market
ing that still drags down the farming
industry. Even in the past week the
whiting effects made u hard blow for
! tho potato men with u sharp fall in
prices. Potatoes have IA fairly definite
| limit as to their marketing life and
| can not bo kept in bins indefinitely
| like grain. There has been a decline
| of cents in poultry. but butter Is firm
| and slightly higher. The past week at
| Chicago was disappointing but live
stock closed pretty good week.
On this page n week ago was pre-
| sented a bunch of ghost stories on the
| topic of fierce weather in n deceptive
climate, intended to scare tho tender
| footers out of their improvident trust
| fulness. Sure enough, tho big snow
came promptly, in quantity to cover
several whole states six inches deep,
but IL was in a genial and pleasant
mood and tho claws of the treachcrous
blizzard are still concealed. In what
| shape 1t will come next time nobody
can say. but do not fail to keep that
good old padded quilt and rubber pom
cho under the back seat. 1t may any
day be needed more urgently than a
gun on a dark night.
These comforting remarks as to
southern Colorado do not apply very
far In a southeasterly direction. The
snow was not plentiful down in south
ern Kansas and in Oklahoma where IT
has been greatly needed. Reports of
moisture down there had some effect
in Chicago Saturday but therc is rea-
son to fear the bulls Will get their turn
when it is found tho wheat is drying
UP in a big region that has had good
luck in several successive years.
Merchants and business men of An
tonito have ways of their own. Every
Wednesday Mt noon they gather at n
local hotel or restaurant and have
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