Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-18
VISIT THE INDIVIDUAL FARM
T0SEECOLORADORURAL LIFE
Survey Of the Farm Home and Agricultural Outfit
Is Not Frequent Privlege-Colorado Farms
Present An Infinite Variety

In a few states such as Colorado.
Missouri. Kentucky. the size and con-
dition of the farm home. like that of
the farm itself. presents infinite range
in size. Improvement and style.
Amid the vast mass OF agricultural
literature put into type, 1t is seldom
any .write-up" of an individual farm
appears. Columns and yards OF such
contributions come out all the year
round from the public presses at Wash
ington and Fort Collins; then there
are the two or three columns furnished
weekly by the newspaper union at
Denver; TO which many local papers
add creditable portion of outdoor
news or chronicle.
But In all this there appears not
once a year a reportorial description OF
the land, the home and equipment of
an Individual farm.
In the work of preparation OF this
Farm Page the thought has often
arisen, like the brief momentary flash
on the movie screen. that interesting
and instructive reading matter could
be presented after visiting and inspect
ing number of farms and writing
out details of each.
This very thing is being done by an
able semi-weekly paper the Walscn-
burg Independent. 1t presents sketches
OF several columns on the front page
under the heading Industrial Survey"
OF Huerfano county.
In such a matter II Is impossible to
avoid an appearance of misrepresenta-
ton in the direction OF undue praise
OF success and the ignoring of failure.
Looking around for that which Is
worth writing about, the newspaper
visitor Is naturally attracted to in
~ nf
discouragcmcnt. 1t is SO in everything.
One OF the first write-ups presented
hy the Independent is n sketch of the
large ranch OF Joe Brunolli on upper
Bear creek at the foot OF East Spanish
peak The first $50 acres was taken
up by this man when no came from
Italy IS years ago. His farming opera
tons were successful and he added
more and more land till now he has
! $50 acres in one body. which at pre-
sent Is managed by n son Tom. Much
OF tho land Is very fine and the pas
turagc tho best. Pictures are given of
number of the Brunellis' registered
Shorthorn cattle. on the farm arc n
stone dwelling house and "A barn 200
feet long. and the place has abundance
of pure mountain water. along with
nne woods and fine scenery of noun
tain and plain.
All Done In Two Years
While the extensive farm of these
Italians has been nearly two score
years in developing. another issue OF
tho independent gives two columns
and several pictures showing the mag
icai transformation accomplished In
two years on tho John Yost farm In
Apache district. on which final proof
was made In July. 1919. Besides n
comfortable house and large barn.
shown in the illustrations, 1t is stated:
"Our attention was directed TO two
enormous 'clstorns' some 20 feet in
diameter. which woro dug Into the
ground % feet deep. with concreted
sides. These are Mr.. Yost's silos. Each
one will contain close to 20 tons OF the
bcs, and most wholesome cattle feed
in the world. The third silo is now
under way. These silos contain the
secret OF this mans success with dairy
cows. The food is all saved. preserved
with its original juices and flavor. and
stock relish 1t az tho cut fresh from the
field They were a revelation to some
or ms who had seen tho tall silos back
cast.
Next wc were shown tho barn on
the Yost farm. This barn Is quite un-
usual for a new country. II II 3c by
SO fcct with hip roof. There is room
for q cows. with modern stalls, pat
ent stnnchluns. concrete flooring and