The Lamar register., 1921-04-27

try in the last dozen years. Canon
City, Fremont county, in the Upper
Valley, is big apple producer; SO is
Manzanola, Otero county. Fowler,
Otero county. is famed for cherries.
Gooseberries and other small frnit
grow everywhere in the Valley. Can
you imagine gooseberries by the car
load! They ship them that way from
Manzanola Potatoes, sweet pota-
toes, cucumbers, onions, celery and cab
bage are marketed by the carload.
Granada, Prowers county, is noted for
onions.
The raising of sugar beets is an
, other big industry. The markets are
four sugar mills in the Valley.
From 1,35O,OOO acres, Colorado har-
vested approximately 25,ooo,o00 bus
hcls of wheat in 1920, worth around
s55 100000 Half of the acreage and
the best, was in the Arkansas Valley.
The yield was the heaviest on record,
running as high as 81 bushels to the
acre on the farm of Link Mckinney
near Lamar.
Many thousands of cattle and sheep
are shipped from the cold states Of
the northwest to the Valley every
winter, to be fed on Valley products.
Many feeders use alfalfa meal, ground
by Valley mills.
The soils of Colorado are rich in
mineral properties, having received
the wash from the Rocky Mountains
for centuries. In but few places has
nature done so much soil blending,
filling it with lime, phosphates, pot
ash, iron, magnesium and sulphur
ready for the farmers use.
The Earth has letters from several
readers in which inquiry is made about
vacant public land in the Arkansas
Valley region. There is considerable
area of public land, but the acreage
which could be devoted exclusively to
agriculture is relatively small. Most
of the land is mountainous, or rough,
suitable only for grazing purposes.
Good farm land can be found open to
entry, but it is far from the railroad.
The best lands, close to the railroads,
were taken years ago. The govern
ment land offices in the Valley are
at Lamar and Pueblo. The local Of
ficers furnish prospective settlers gen.
eral advice as to lands in their re-
spective districts, and literature re-
garding the method of making entry.
However, personal inspection must be
made of the tract to be entered be-
fore application is filed, and the set
tier should exercise great care to sat
isfy himself as to its character before
taking any other step.
The state of Colorado owns, ap-
proximately, 100000 acres Of land
subject to sale or lease. These lands
are sold at public auction to the high
est bidder and payment is made on
the basis of 10 per cent in cash at
the time of sale, and the balance in
eighteen equal annual payments, with
interest at the rate of per cent. Ap-
plications for the sale of specific tracts
are made to the State Board Of Land
Commissioners at Denver.
Throughout the Valley town and
country will be found modern in every
respect. Every locality has made
speciality of schools. Community spirit
is fine. Both town and country prop
erty sell at reasonable prices, and liv-
ing conditions are satisfactory every
where.
One Of the greatest recreational
regions in the United States is reach
ed by the Arkansas Valley of Colo
RADIO via the Santa Fe. The mountain
parks and national forests offer un-
rivaled opportunities for the summers
outing, and it may be said, without
exaggeration, that the proximity Of
the mountains, and their recreational