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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-10-06
MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors of the Au-
dubon Creamery Co. will meet at
the creamery on Saturday, Oct. Is,
at 100 D. m, at which time they
will accept bids for the sale Of all
butterr,ilk for the coming year.
Audubon Creamery Co.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-10-06
GOOD BoARs FOR SALE

A few good Poland China boars
for sale. Priced right to sell. Are Of
well-known breed. Phone 24A32.
Thos. Campbell. 1912
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
ARKANSAS VALLEY
SEASON SUMMARY
SUGAR INDUSTRY

Gratifying sketch of the sugar work
in Rocky Ford section is contributed
by the Tribune:
Tho big whistle at the mill of the
American Beet Sugar company at
Rocky Ford was turned loose at S
O'Clock Thursday morning. bringing to
a close one of the longest campaigns
in the history of the factory. Start
ing the latter days in September. the
mill has been in continuous operation,
day and night, for the last JIG days.
The campaign last year. one of the
longest on record, lasted only about
l04 days.
This. according to sugar men, has
been an off year il the beet sugar
game. Unusually hot weather last fall
when the beets were just starting to
ripen caused them to fall off in both
sugar content and tonnage. While an
extra heavy acreage was grown in
| the valley this season, the sugar con-
tent fell away below normal. The drop
| in the price of refined sugar will also
| cost the mills on this years opera
tons.
While the campaign just closing has
| been poor one for the manufacturers
and for many of the growers, 1t has
brought the usual amount Of prosper
ity to Rocky Ford and the Arkansas
valley. Thousands OF dollars paid out
by tho sugar company to employees and
for supplies has been converted into
the local channels OF trade, and has
made business unusually good here for
this season of the year.
No definite announcement has been
made by the y. L. 5. company, but 1t
is understood that many improvements
planned by the company for the com
ing spring and summer have been
postponed for the time being. The ad-
1. n, l.. L.. -.
erected in the factory addition will in
all probability not be built this sum
mer. Uncertainties in labor and mar
kot conditions are given as tho cause
for postponing all but the most nee
cssary improvements.
The usual improvements about the
factory. making necessary the employ
ment of about one hundred men dur
ing the summer months. viii of course
be carried out.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
BOVINE VICOR I
IN MOUNTAINS
A BIG ASSET
Life at High Attitudes Is What
Developes the Finest
Animal Tribes

This mountain environment is con-
ducive TO viGor, vitality and strong
propoteut power. The cattle BUSH
ness is bound to remain the dominant
industry of the whole western slope
region
So declares W. ". Olin, chief aGri-
culturist of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad company's system. On tho
topic of livestock on the western slope
Mr.. Olin says:
The first pure-bred beef cattle sale
ever held on the western slope was
the Hereford bull sale at Montrose in
December. Two veteran csttlemen
who have had good stocky range cat
lilo up in the hills" for several ses-
sons. have been developing and breed
ing choice Hereford sires and dams
Combining their offerings. George
W. Means and son of Sargent. and
Sterling Rohlfs. of Ridgeway, manager
of the Sneffels Land and Cattle
company, decided on a public sale at
Montrose. Believing their offerings
to have good herd foundation blood.
they brought TO this first sale twenty
seven young Hereford bulls. These
were sold at an average of S245 a
pound.
When one reads of fine blooded
beef bulls selling at Window. MINI.
for s171 a round. same week, and tho
Norfolk, Neh., Hereford sale bringing
5000 a round he concludes that tho
Montrose average is mighty good. Tho
top of the Hereford sale at Norfolk
brought s315, while the top at the
Montrose Hereford sale brought $3.50.
The latter was won by a. 3-year-
bull fror, the Means herd.
Considering the low price at which
finished beef cattle are now selling.
this first distribution sale was a good
beginner.
The sale was we'll attoAded, bidding
trtf fnI nf al ha
well pleased with their purchases and
all animals remain on the western
slope to improve western Colorado
herds
Tho two breeders responsible for
| this sale are being urged to make this
an annual event.
Out OF all the beef of the nation
and of Canada. "A Colorado bred Here
ford bull went to the head of the beef
| bull classes at the last international
at Chicago. II was Princeps Domino,
| purchased from Colorado breeder at
| the last Western stock show by J. N.
Camden of Kentucky, which became
the grand champion bull of the great
show.
We have not yet learned the posi-
bilitics OF good blood well nourished
in our Colorado mountain environ
ment
Al. A Neale has for years now
demonstrated superiority in Short
horns bred on the western slope. Tho
seal of approval was placed on tho
work of western slope Shorthorn
breeders, when Professor Cochel. field
representative for tho American
Shorthorn association. cane over n
few weeks ago, and purchased a largo
number of these bred animals
for n western New York breeder.
Quality is what is sought and good
blood, well nourished. tells, no matter
where It be placed.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
WHAT IF THE FARMERS
HAD BUILT A MILL
TO MAKE SUGAR (?

From tho Fort Collins Express.
Millions of dollars went glimmerinG
before the eyes of western sugar beet
growers last week, when the price OF
sugar dropped below II cents a pound
at New York, The drop in the price
means that the growers will not re-
ceive a bonus in addition to tho guar
antced nat price per ton for their beets
stipulated in their contracts. unless,
OF course, tho market rallies later. A
bonus of 81 n tea was to be paid for
each cent by which the price of sugar
exceeded II cents. seaboard basis, dur
ing November, December and Janu-
ary.
Present unusual conditions illustrate
the advantage to the farmer OF a
guaranteed beet price.
Last year conditions were running
Wild and the agitators tried to get the
farmers to refuse to sign contracts cN-
cept at fabulous prices. Talk was
started for factories to be built by the
farmers, etc, etc.
Whore would tho farmers have been
today II they had followed such advice
they would have been busted" In
stead they now have a hiEh contract
price with certain profits guaranteed.
When prices drop and some one has
to foot the bills, the aGitators disap-
pear.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
COST OF The FENCE
SETTLERS MUST PAY

Montrose Press.
How much does II cost to fence
5o0-acr homestead grazing tract? Par
ties who have filed upon these areas
complain about the cost of fencing.
Most of the land is rough. the lines
run thru thickcts of buck brush, scrub
oak. across canyons and places hard
TO fence. James +. Osborn of Colona
was at the U. S. land office Tuesday
and in the course of his business the
cost OF fencing 5oo-acre tract was
brought out.
He says 1t cost him over $500 for tho
fence. He built an extra good fenco
with posts every rod and sometimes
closer with his big corner posts firmly
braced. He put on four wires and
made the fence a No. 1.
He says the barbou WIRE cost him
ss5 hundred pounds, which is -
cents a rod for wire, and the posts
cost him 52 cents APIECE. for cutting,
hauling, digging holes and setting
This is n total cost Tor wire and posts
OF 81 cents a rod, and as there were
four miles or 1,2s0 rods, the total cost
was $780, 10 say nothing for incident
ais.
Mr.. Osborn says he cannot see why
after n homcsteader has performed all
the work and made all the improve
ments demanded by the land laws, that
he cannot prove up and not be obliged
to walt n year or two.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
GET STATE LICENSE
FOR THRESHER MEN

Senators n. c. Warren of Larimer
county and John ]. Tohin OF Mont
rose county have introduced in the
legislature a bill providing for the reg
istration and licensing of all threshinE
machines operated for hire in the
state and requiring the operators of
such machines TO furnish to the board
of immigration reports on the acreage
and production OF all grains and seeds
threshed by them. The purpose of the
measure is to mako IL possible for the
federal and state crop reporting SER
vice to obtain acurato reports on the
total production of grains and seeds
and upon tho average yields per acre.
No license fec is to bo charged, and
the operation of tho measure will in
no way increase the cost of threshing.
The immigration department is re-
duired under the bill to furnish the
blanks on which the reports are to be
made and self-addressed and stamped
or franked envelopes for mailing
them, so that the thresherman is not
put to any expense.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
CORNS1OCK DISEASE
IN COLORADO FIELDS

This Is the time OF year when horses
and cattle in the stalk fields are liable
TO die from what Is known as corn
stalk disease. Strange as II may
seem, II the stalks arc cut and fed in
the rack, there Is no danger.
Animals die within n few hours aft
or SHOW ing tho first symptoms of the
disease and remedial measures are all
most useless.
The cause OF the disease has never
been determined. Tho contention that
II Is hemorrhagic s.pt'ccmin is not
well supported, and the bscterins have
not given satisfaction. The symptoms
simulate those OF forage poisoning and
there is a possibility that corn stalk
disease is one form OF botulism. which
it will be remembered is also u dis
ease in man caused by eating ripe OIL
ives and certain other foods.
Botulinus antitoNin has been proven
effective in preventing ootulism and
its curative value has been satisfac-
torily demonstrated. Botulinus anti
toxin would seem to bo indicated in
corn stalk disease and Its use has been
recommendation II. Glover. Col
orado Agricultural college.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
BEST OF corn
IS PRODUCED
AT mile HIGH

Perfectly astonishing, how the
corn belt" creeps up and up, year
by year till now we gaze upon the
mile-high lands down toward the twin
peaks OF the Orphans and realize that
those sun-kissed acres have corn and
beans on the surface and coal under
meath.
That county sent fifteen exhibits to
Denver and they took seven prizes.
We shall certainly demand at least
as many exhibits from that locality at
the state fair next September.
That Huerfano county can compete
with the rest of the state in the rais-
ing of high altitude corn was con-
clusively proven at the State Corn
Show. 1t is not an easy task to breed
up a corn that will mature at 5000
feet where the season is short and the
air cool. That many of the farmers
of Huerfano county are selecting their
seed from the field so as to get the
best and most thoroly matured ears
can be seen by the account of the
awards below.
White Dent. ten ears above 5000
feet, first j. L. Coe, La Veta. Second,
A. 10 Vata- La Veta-
Yellow Dent, ten ears above 5000
feet, second, p. c. Carver, Apache;
third. Frank Ridenour. Apache.
Colorado Dent ten ears above 5000
feet, third. Fred Sporleder, Walsen-
burg.
Flint ten ears above 5000 feet.
third. Poloski, Walsenburg.
Swadley single ear above 5000 feet;
first, sam Erickson. Rattlesnake
Buttes
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31

The current issue OF The Earth gives
an illustrated reprint of well pre-
pared description of Bent county. its
location, its abundant resources. eli
mate and attractions. The facts and
statements in the article were pre-
pared by or for the Colorado state
board OF immigration:
Bent county lies in the Southeastern
part of Colorado and includes por-
ton of the Arkansas valley. But one
county, Prowers, lies between 1t and
the Kansas line. II is nearly perfect
rectangle. AZ miles long. north and
south. and 36 miles wide. Its area is
$50 acres. or about three-fourths
that of the state of Delaware, The
surface is generally level and rolling
and the altitude varies from 3, 500 feet.
at the point where the Arkansas River
crosses the eastern boundary, to about
1000 feet in the Southwest.
The Arkansas river crosses the north
central part OF the county and most
of the irrigated land lies in the valley
of this stream and its tributaries, chief
of which is the purgatoire river. The
surface OF the valley is level and rises
to broken prairies in the north and
south. Most of the land is suitable for
cultivation except some OF the broken
areas in the southwest.
The soil is principally an alluvial
loan in he Arkansas valley and
sandy loan, with a considerable yari-
cty OF color and texture in the south.
II Is very deep and fertile, easily
worked and produces excellent crops
under irrigation. In recent years farm
Ing without Irrigation has been fol-
lowed to considerable extent ard is
proving successful.
Tho population of this county has
In 1890 it was l.Si3: in 1900 II had in
1910. The present population is about
10000. The population Is nearly all
rural Las Animns being the only town
in the county with as many as $500
Inhabitants.
The Arkansas valley and Its tributar-
les drain tho county ana furnish water
for irrigation. The principal tributar-
les are the Purgatoire river and Rule
creek, from the south, and Adobe and
Horse creeks from the north. Among
the irrigation canals in this county are
Fort Lyon. Las Animas Town. High
land and keesce. All are among the
first canals constructed In the valley
and enjoy early rights to the use of
water. Domestic water in most sec
tions Is obtained from wells.
The principal industries are agricul-
turc. stockraising, stockfeeding and
manufacturing. Tho irrigated portions
are equal to tho bcst IN Colorado for
general farming and the non-irrigatcd
districts are becoming more and more
productive each year as improved
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
GAIN and Loss
IN The VALUE
IN PAST YEAR

The idea that the marketing adven-
lures have been all against the farm
or. and mono in his favor, is entirely
wrong, as shown in the following Of
fetal statements:
The value of farm crops OF 1920 and
of the farm animal products and ami
mails sold and slaughtered. as finally
determined by the bureau of crop est-
mates, United States department OF
agriculture, is SIC, ,s5S, ,0oo, ,oc9, CT ss.l"H,-
900 below the total of 1919. Tho
drop is almost entirely confined to
crops, among which the chief declines
in value are: Corn, 81 ,662. 100000; cot
ton lint and seed. 81 300, 900 900: wheat,
sS5+,000, 600; hay. tame and wild, S32o,-
100000; tobacco. S2is. .coo, 600: and oats
sl6I 900. 600.
On the other hand. as many as ten
| crops gained in value, chief of wntch
are oranges, with u gain of sS2 ,ooo, 600,
and sugar beets, S24, 900, 900. Other
items of gain are cabbage, H1 ,0oO, coo:
cowpess. $4,000, coo: sorghum cane sold
and syrup made. $7.oo0.ooo. Small gains
were made by soy beans. sugar-beet
seed, maple sugar and syrup and on
ions. Apparently, tho products of the
| farm wood lot have gained $a23, 600
| in value in the comparison with 1910.
After offsctting gains against losses.
the net crop value reduction in 1870
below 1919 is sis6S, ,000, 900, while only
s23I, 900, 900 is found in the total of farm
animal products and farm animals
sold and slaughtered. The wool de-
cline is as vet nnrealized, but 1t i5
reckoned at S3T,O00.OOo. or the animals
sold and slaughtered. the decline for
cattle and calves is 1928. 100000. and for
swine, s+27, 200, 900. But on the other
side OF the account, dairy products
gained 1911 100000, and poultry raised
and eggs produced, $3.50. 900, 900.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
BOSS BLACK BEAUTIES
Of SAN LUIS VALLEY

La lara cattlemen demonstrated at
tho Denver Stock show that they were
atlc to compete against tho best show
stock in the United states, In fact,
there WAS q number OF imported stock
in competition against them.
II. II. Barr and sons OF Sanford with
their famous herd OF Abcrdeen-Angu1
captured a number of prizes.
Carpenter and Ross of Mansfield.
Ohio, were there with imported stum
and were the biggest contenders for
honors. However, tho Bars succeed
ed in taking several prizes away from
them.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
HUERFANO HEREFORDS
AND SHORTHORNS TOO
MADE GOOD AT SHOW

L.. T.. Harrison of La Neta exhibited
a junior yearling Hereford bull at
Denver and was eighth in n class of
forty. His senior Hereford heifer was
eighth in n class OF thirty.
Firm Brothers, OF la Neta, cHhth-
tied a. junior ycarling Hereford bull
and was sixth in n class of thirty
Their senior yearlinC Hereford was
seventh in n class of thirty.
i. Bertnilla, of Bear Creek, formerly
of Walsenburg, bought n registered
Scotch Shorthorn bull and the choicest
Shorthorn helfer. paying over $500.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
PRICES OF LIVESTOCK
SURE TO COME BACK

Values of grain and of cattle and
hogs and sheep will find their right
level in course of time. and not far
in the future. according to a. Chaffee
county stockman, as quoted in Salida
Mail.
4 year or two before his death. the
lato Geo. w. Means and the editor of
tho Mail were discussing the outlook
for the cattle business, when the con-
versation drifted into tho early ex-
periencc of Mr.. Means in the in
dustry.
MY brother and l" said Mr.. Means,
started in the cattle business when
the skies We're black and there seemed
nothing but ruination ahead for all.
Cows with calves at their sides were
sold at s. per head and tho settlers
We're glad to get the price.
My brother and | had some OK
pcricnco on the range, and We realized
that the price was below tho cost of
production and we concluded that no
business can continue to produce at
a loss. In business such as farming
that price must come back.
we were able to buy and feed cat
tie and we felt that If we could carry
them for a few months we would make
some money. Tho market turned as we
predicted and 1t gave us a good start"
cattle. hogs and sheep are again sell
ling at Less than tho cost OF production
The farmer who has the feed and can
hold his stock for a few months will
be repaid.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
The Chieftain's Monday Morning Farm Page

National Crop Improvement ssrviee.l
"HE popular cry from our farmers
is that food cannot be produced
for less than it costs. This
sounds all right at first, but how are
we going to know what food really
costs?
There are two reasons why farmers
will have to keep books. One is that
when they demand that speculation be
eliminated and that they be paid cost
plus profit for their foodstuffs they will
have to keep cost system just the
same as other producers and factories
must do. Where one man will lose
money at the market price another
man will make a very satisfactory
profit. This is something that the
farmers must standardize.
There is another great reason Why
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31

farmers will also keep books and that
is that the government will insist that
cost accounts of income and expense
must be kept.
There is . standardized book now
available at the Agricultural College of
South Dakota for this purpose, which
can be had at cost. The other univer-
sites are also furnishing books at 3
very nominal price.
All speculation is not done on the
exchanges. If the farmer is holding his
grain for q higher price he is specu-
lating because the price may go lower.
Organized speculation would seem to be
of great benefit to the farmer, who can
tell the trend of price for months to
come, because the rules protect all par
ties to the transactio,..
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
IN A THRINING OLD COUNTY

That Bent county is great pro-
ducing county was again dcmonstrat-
ed the past week when n cow belong
ing to the herd of tho Fitzsimmons
dairy gave birth to triplets, Ono OF
tho calves died. but the other two seem
to be doing fine. This is some county
believe us.-Las Animas Democrat.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31

sGilpin When economic
conditions hit the miner, he bears his
misfortunes and does the best he can.
Not so the farmer. He goes up in the
air and cries to the government for re-
lief. If mining was aided by the gov
ernment to the same extent that agri-
culture is. every mining section would
be booming.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31

At an exhibit OF vegetables in En-
poria. Mrs. c. NJ. Wilmington, of Ad-
miro, carried away the first prize for a
pumpkin which weighed 9I pounds.
Mrs. Fred Sleisher took second prize
for a pumpkin which weighed 6S
pounds. The third prize went to Mrs.
Caroline Kort. of Emporia, who ex-
hibited n pumpkin weighing IS pounds.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31

According to an estimate made by
the United states department of agri-
culture, Kansas is recognized as tho
leading alfalfa state. with 100000
acras in 1920. Nebraska is second with
1.i23,OOO acres. and California third
with d1a 900 acres.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31
BIG FAT TEXAS ONIONS
BEST OF PERFUMERY

From the Amarillo News.
S. j. King oc Muleshoe is the cham
pion onion raiser in tho Panhandle.
Mr.. King has one-fourth Of an acre
planted in onions and has sold nearly
5000 pounds Of onions from the small
acreage. Hc hauls the onions to Plain
view where he soils them by tho wag
on load. The onions average one and
a half -Nunds each and some weigh
as mitch as three pounds. Mr.. King
states that the oue-fourth aero will
yield him a clear profit of $500. l-o
recently moved to Lamb county from
Oklahoma, and previous to this year
had never grown an onion.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31

Delta Independent-Stato Game
Warden Parvin has issued an order to
all county clerks to refuse to issue
hunting and fishing licenses to appli-
cauts, as he expects the legislature to
amend the game lave. 1t Is our opin-
ion. candidly and friendly expressed.
that tho game warden is not authorized
to create orders for his office beyond
that power accorded him by the leGis-
laturc and we are of the opinion that
IL anyone wants n hunting or fishing
license at this time of the year. no
officer can refuse the applicant.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31

County reports just compiled show
that Oklahoma has 3,212. 900 acres of
winter wheat, an increase of 102. 600
acres. The condition January 1 was Sc
per cent.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-31

The farm houec of Jesse Crow four
miles north of Antonito, occupied at
the time by George Jacob and wife.
vas destroyed by "A late night fire Of
Unknown origin. Loss $500, partly in
-urcd.