Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-05
The Clieftain's Monday Morning Farm Page
THIS WEEKS NOTES ON THE FARM

lunch together. Just before dinner
time roundup committee sallies forth
and pounces upon the first Conejos
farmer found on the street. The prison
er is conducted to the dining hall. SEN
fenced to eat all he can, and then to
make speech, not on politics or world
reform but on dairying, potato raising
and farm life.
Among the prominent speakers at
the American National Livestock as
aociation convention in Colorado
Springs January IL, 13 and IA will
be Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of
the United States department OF agri-
culture. and Thomas w. Wilson. Chi
cago banker and president of the
American institute of meat packers.
According to present indications
the Longmont factory Of the Great
Western Sugar company will run for
thirty days longer of the present
sugar making campaign, making the
run slightly over three months this
year.
Here is a dairymans secret for you,
And you'll find 1t is apt to be true,
When u farmers well read,
a real thoroughbred,
His stock Will be thoroughbred. too.
Farm Life.
The Colorado committee of the War
Finance Corporation has turned over
to the Holly Sugar Company 100000
in cash loaned thru the committee by
the War Finance Corporation. This
money was used by the sugar COM
pany for payment to farmers for their
beets. and a further loan OF 100000
will be negotiated.
Plans are set for the first annual
Arkansas Valley Dairy Show, which
is to be held at La Junta two days.
February Q and 10. 1t is the purpose
of the dairy association, backing the
| show, to make this affair one of real
| interest and Importance to the entire
valley.
San Luis Valley Hereford Breeders
association held an interesting meet
| ing and decided that the coming sale
of Herefords would be held F'ebru-
ary Q and be fore registered animals
| only and limited to 40 entries.
Recent Gunnison shippers to Kan
sas City were unfortunate in striking
a falling market, In fact, the price
| went down around 90 cents while they
| were on the road. Vador got S5.70
for his steers, Partch. $5.75; McCully,
s4.25 for cows; Makee. $4.05.
|
Foch becomes endowed with all tho
rights and privileges of the oracle
of the crossroads grocery.-Colorado
| Springs Telegraph.
Fort Collins has been sending out
picric acid to farmers all over the
f, state, the explosive material left over
from the war and which failed to
blow up Kaiser Bill.
1
! ished putting in 100 acres OF wheat
, on tue Diamond Three ranch In south
part of Pueblo county.
| immigration in eastern Ell Paso
| county and eastern Colorado is In
| creasing steadily with an astonishing
| total of 100 carloads of immigrant
| outfits and 80 cars of household goods
within the last nine months, accord
| ing to an exhaustive report completed
yesterday by +. II. Faus commercial
agent for the Rock Island railroad.
A stock train of about 25 cars of
| sheep and cattle went out OF Antonifo
Saturday. The sheep belonged to tho
| observation-disclosures sheep company
and were taken to the Arkansas val,
| ley for feeding. The cattlo belonged
| to Riedel and Barlow and went to the
Denver market.
A. IL. Griffiths of Montross has
been elected to membership in tho
uolstein Friesiau Association OF
America. This is tho largest dairy
| cattle Association in the world. having
II membership OF over 10000 on its
| rolls.
From Two Buttes. Baca county:
Mr.. Benson IL running the tractor
| for Mr.. Scripture. Other tractors may
| be seen on tho Depuy ranch. the Hood
ranch, the Vaughn ranch. and four
| on the Fair Acres ranch. Mr.. Brooks
viii SOW 1900 acres OF wheat this
fall.
Several cars of cattle from Mont
rose came thru here on the way to
Denver, shipped by Calkins, Hills,
! o Driscoll. Moore and Scott.
ID To CHINESE MEN.