Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-21

Another dry week. with cold nights.
but not cold enough to freeze the
ground except in the shade. No up
turn In prices of anything tho farm
produces. while as the numbers OF
eggs increase their prices so down.
Yet even then the prices are at fl
cures that would havo been most
gratifying a few years ago. Indeed,
all this hue and cry about prices
must be taken in relative sense.
That is. the whole line OF quotations IS
at figures which would have seemed
generous and profitable before tho
German war. and before the govern
meni stirred us up to an energetic in
crease OF production. Right now IL
we had plenty of chickens we could
sell them at 81 and 80 as fast as VIC
could pick their feathers orf-a price
just double what IL used to be. Same
way with both wild and tame rabbits
Same way with butter. II IL is really
good butter. But we cannot mako
any brzgs about staple kinds OF live
stock Their prices are distressinrly
fiat Theories of ovcrproducton mix
with debates as to railroad freights.
with complaints against our old visitor
the middle man.
Thcn there are those households
ruled by ironclad tradition. habit and
precedent whore the female mind
often explores new kinks in pastries
and desserts but never varies from tho
old ways in staples In such homes
tho word meat is a synonym for beef.
or IL Is the equivalent OF pork and
lean pork. Mt that Tho best meat OF
all Is lamb but It Is never in the lead
In the western menu. II Is not only the
tcndcrest, tho most easily cooked. the
most digestiblc and nutritious. but its
price has come down to incredibly low
figure. Quotations ON lambs In the
livestock markets are most discourage
ing. giving indication that most OF
tho fine smooth lambs now in the
yards will live TO a tough old age when
stringy mutton will be no better than
tibrous beef.
There was never Il winter Ike this
IN southern Colorado, in the memory
OF any OF us Pleasant and sunshiny
as u is. We enjoy tho present but are
apprshensivc for tho future. In sew
oral respects it is not only weather
breeder but a bug breeder. We arc
likely to experience an unprecedented
raid of insects this year and perhaps
some varieties OF their throng in other
states may invade our side of the line.
Already bugs arc causing alarm in
Texas, Oklahoma and kansr.
Tho most closo-to-homo problem OF
the dry winter is that OF water for
the kitchen. With several kinds or
sickness already In circulation, includ-
ing contagious maladics pushing their
way to every part OF the state. aud
all streams at lowest point. it is a
time for us to watch the water as
closely as federal officials watch other
and worse liquids. II Is really mys-
tory, to some OF US who have plenty
OF water in the pipes at so cents a
month, how some of those farm homes
al ~ ~ nialnE and shall b
low rulchos get anything to drink that
Is worth drinking. Fact is, the al
kali that pormcatos Colorado soil is
"a providcntial blessing because 1t is
an enemy or tho germs which would
dcpopulatc the region with typhoid
and its kin posts.
This whole column could be filled |
with strong arguments to show tho |
urgent valuc of blowing. The soil is
nearly everywhere trco from frost, yet
IS moist enough to be IN good condi- !
ton. Ground that is plowod now
would be almost frco from corn worms, |.
bugs and hoppers. This is only I
one OF the many strong reasons.
Extremely low figures now quoted |
on furs. skins and hides arc most un-
any moro to hunt the wild animals |
and they will breed in large numbers 4
this year.
Weather was very bad all over tho |
eastern states during the week and |
the effects wcro deprossln,, in the |
cntlro Chicago list OF markets.
"For to he a farmer boy WAS the |
refrain OF an old rural song. We arc !
Put In mind OF it by the astonishing |
reports from Fort Collins this month. !
4 ufnlyntg tNhn ntny "a h
letIo games on tho sido are knocking
the blue socks off OF all the other
educational Institutions, mono of which