Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-17
THIS Weeks NOTES ON THE FARM

drawing s per cent interest Various
particulars could be described to show
that 70 agricultural puzzle Is more
easy of solution here in sight of the
Rockies than far out on the kansas
plains where everything is at the
mercy of the railroads.
BESIDES which, we are mado to ap-
preciate more deeply the value of PIE
serving and Transforming processes of
canneries, condeneeries, -four mills.
picking and jelly works. vinegar and
cider plants, broom machines. and VIC
begin to inquire how VIC can add to
cotton and woolen mills. starch works
and food mills of all possible kinds,
including those which work up corn
into its various glucose products, also
the manufacture of so-called corn
flakes and other cereal packages for
the grocery. Serious attention should
be directed.
But the American appetite is all this
time making dig holc in tho visible
supply" OF things to eat, and thereby
encouraging n future for the one basic
system of home manufacture on the
farm. This Is the transforming of grain
and hay into hogs and poultry. milk
and cheese, jelly and jam. apple pic
and turkey breast
With perhaps ono exception. the
farm layout may show a quick
change of aspect in the next few
weeks. The exception is corn. Between
Pueblo and Kansas City there Is lying
at this moment a literal flood Of corn.
an amount SO enormous. so unwieidy.
that 1t is hard TO imagine any general
change in its condition. There IS n pos
sible limit as to wheat. liaole TO mako
a startling jump any day. Not only
a limit in quantity. but wheat is sub
jcct TO more hazards. Wheat is con-
tanned in elevators, and every now and
then an elevator burns up. But the
corn Is distributed on ten thousand
farms, whose owners look out and set
the 1921 crop of winter wheat in fino
condition about to pop up out of the
ground. and they turn pale with a sick
feeling at the idea of planting another
crop of corn.
But II must be done; II is y ground
hog case. because groundhoG Is the
product-meaninE pork sausage worth
several cents a. pound.
Amid all the anxious discussions
going on as to the present and future
of farm crops, there is one set OF mon, |
or rather several groups of Growers,
right here within sight of the court
house dome, who sit back and smile
talking. These arc tho growers OF
Pueblo celery and mountain head let
tuco. Looks odd. too. because their
goods are salsble only 10 customers
who are able to pay fancy prices for
luxuries All tho same. they ara feel
ing good all the way along and plan
ming tho growing of still more OF tNeir
stun this year, and expect 10 sell At
Another thing We notice, the half
hut tor ftr r. n
Pueblo make us pay half a dollar and
up. Tho makers of ranch butter could
sust as well get similar stiff prices II
they would put system and brains as
well as butter fat in their bricks.
Tho alfalfa meal mills at Wiley. Big |
Bend and other points down the valley |
arc still closed, because of poor dc |
nnnd and high freight rates. Tho lack |
of demand for alfalfa meal in the Nan- |
e,as City region is due to tha cheap |
ness of grain, which is given preference |
as poultry food.
Il. V. Ellington of Denver has re-
Gently been appointed az state super |
visor of trade and industrial educa-
ton. This work is carried on under |
the direction OF the state board OF |
educau cooperating |
with the national board. He will take |
up his now duties the first of tho yanr,
with offices in the department of odu-
cation building at the Colorado Agri-
cultural college.
The extensive ranch of truth q
north OF walsenburg Is to he
devoted more toward gardening and |
less toward the style OF farming on
large scale. It has been divided IN
into tracts; and dwelllnga are being
built on four of these, each of these !