Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-01

craft, and at the same time devoid of
tho bandit proclivities of a majority
OF that species. Employed by firm
in this city. he comes in to work
every morning except Sunday in his
Ford flivver and employs hands to do
his farm work. just now consisting of
plowing and breaking new ground.
Last Sunday Mr.. Cushman came in
and took out to Evergreen" Mr.. and
Mrs, W. L. Stone and myself. The
run can be made in about forty min
utes and TIL tell the world that Frank
As AS good an auto driver as he is
a plunber-almost A short cxplana-
tion will be spropos here: Mr.. Stone
is tho owner of n registered herd of
Duroc-Jersey hogs and Mr.. Cushman
* caring for good number of them
on his farm. MIR. Stone went out to
look over his possessions while and
probably Mrs. stone to enjoy Mrs.
Cushman's famous sprtng-chicken fry
. with hot biscuits and chicken cream
gravey. mashed potatoes and crcamed
asparagus. I will first speak of the
Duroc Jerssy herd and later Of Ever
green Farm"
First win present cut OF the
priuco of the Duroc herd:
Duroc-Jcrsey herd boar. "Stonemoor
sonsation.- three ycar-old. owned by
W. L Stone of this city.
Mr.. stones Duroc-Jcrsey herd is
headed by '-Honemoor Sensation"
| This wonderful hog is by Top Sen
saion Wonder by TOP Sensation"
by Wonder Am" Some pedigree.
IN tell the world
Tho thrce-ycar-oid is assisted in the
/ hcrd by the ycarling boar, "AIkah
Wonder Am" by Great Wonder I
Am" Tho dame Of this young boar
IS Pathfinder" breeding a combina-
Duroc breeding. Eighteen choice sows
and gifts make up the female side of
tho herd. many Of which arc prize
I winners. and some Of those not yet
shown arc at this carly date being
fitted for tho coming fall fairs.
Naturally the owner of this immense
iy valuable herd is proud of the fact
that nearly every famous strain pro-
duccd in tho last ten years Ia repre-
scented in tho herd.
Mr.. Stone told me, while looking
over the hugo hogs and three litters
OF shoats. three. four and five weeks
old. cute little rascals weighing at
that early ago from II to II pounds
each tthc grown hogs went from 800
TO 800 pounds cach) that II has taken
fivc years to get tho herd together.
and a great deal of time and money
has been expended in the undertaking.
Great caro- has been exercised in choos
ing and the service OF Judges of ma
tonal reputation has been called in
making purchases to improve the
herd.
Incidentally Mr.. Stone paid a high
compliment to tho careful and eff
cicn. treatment Mr.. Cushman is CIV
ing his valuable charges. especially in
seeding. Ho further stated that he
has arranged to leave for tho east
and then to Kentucky where he will
purchase another Duroc registered
boar. tho top of his kind. to further
enhance the strain Of his herd. Tho
Durocs are not as rule sold to pack
ing houses but rather to farmers who
will increase tho breed until the scrub
or maverick hog is eventually driven
out of the Arkansas valley and south
crn Colorado. to be replaced by the
ma agni0.Srt Duroc reds.
''Evcrgrecn Farm has history
Three years ago Mr.. Cushman planted
everything to hoans-ahout 20 acres
on the promise of ton cents per pound
by tho government Tho armisticc
beat the beans out. however. and when
they were harvested. a dozen or moro
tons OF them. they were quoted at
about thrcc or four cents Frank kept
his crop, however, living in hopes. and
only recently disposed of tho last OF
them. This year he is going to put
in nearly 100 acres in corn and feed
the crop to stock. Ho says there's
~ bean viewpoint he's right.
Mrs. Cushman's hobby IL chickens
baby chicks and cggs. saw prob
ably 100 baby chicks-somc big enough
for fryers and about thirty cranky
setting hcns. In "A couple OF months
with fair luck, at least 900 chickens
will he hustlirg over Evergreen Farm
and tho flivvcr will como to town
loaded with fresh eggs every day.
Then there is n wonderful mineral
spring near tho same. the waters OF
which have phenomenal medicinal
properties. especially for women all
mcnts. Many townspcorlc go out to
Evergreen every week for jugs and
lars OF that water. Cushman is GO
Ing to improve conditions about his
mineral spring or well when he gets
to IT, Just now his energies arc cent
tered in getting his broad acres broke
and under cultivation. While his
place may be called dry farm. it
la not. les in tho wet belt that
stretches along the base Of the Green-
horns and rains almost every evening
In u year or two Cushman is going
to give up plumbing and devote HIS
time to raising farm products and Du-
roc hogs.
After spring chicken fry and hot
biscuit dinner the memory OF which
still fingers, the auto drive home was
made in about 10 minutes tho wind