Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-26
THIS Weeks NOTES ON THE FARM

Natural -~lect,on" Is the pressing
Agricultural thcme this weck-thc
picking OF the best. unthlnkinG minds
continue under hary impression that
.hg, continual series OF comparisons
docs no, apply to human pcoplc. They
are deeply mistaken. II 4, a ruthless
unsparing. critical Judgment soinS on
all ,bou. us every day. Each of US h
being watched and -tzed up not on MS
own intrinsic merit, hut In ratio OF
Row they eontrar with those about
hin, in his social or commercial or In
dur.risi sphere.
And these judgments OF people are
much like those on tho fair groundc-
sased mostly on superficial appear
snec. The rcedSr appie tho hos with
the elegantly SHAPED hack and IN.
smooth hair and pretty cars In
awarded tho prizes and tho man NJ
personnel" tho woman ot good
riAln up.'' tho child OF tho bright eyes
and pcachy checks. win our unre-
Ecrvod favor.
y,, rorr,how in ri,, Of these Ar
psrou,iy superficial Judgments the In
.Norahle trend OF progress 10 toward
a teal natural selection. though OF
course moro distinctly In the case of
plants and pnimsls than In that Of
mankind. Estimate Of human worth
character. A. least. it does on election
day.
Same old stuff We saw last v-sr
When you hear ,his remark. In tn"
moving th-ons sions the aisicr Of tho
rnrIn agricultural building. but esp~--
iaftv in those OF thr horticultural Dc
rsrtmrnt. you may reply In uucN-
prc-ssrd rcuonstrsrcr 40 mich thing
Thcy ar not tho same things. sii this
column ard haif this page could 10
taken VI IN giving detail Of tho marked
improvements that have eccn mad IN
our own iif~ time. by tho process Or
natural selection. the picking of tho
best. In tho majority of tho lr,scies ~
plants flower. vegetables and grains
exhibited In grains alone the results
% Improvement or qualities amount to
millions Of aoiisr5 in tho income %
western farmers In dairy cows " II
al least a. much. In hogs and -1rTr
nd wool tho income II probably nearly
doubled In tho last forty years. Tho
tomatoc- and potatoes o' old ur'S-
could hardly n;ay on tho SAN" shelf
with those Of thosn daya - VIC might
90 on. The v-ry heart and Hpirtt of
the fair IN directed. or should BE-. To
this absorbing and crucial idea or
evolution.
Tn-r there ts another and special
idea this year, particularly IN Pueblo.
witch had rome experience ~ a wet
Hpil" We rity people got tho worst
81 i' in all that series Of summer rains
in which tho normal figures or prcriri-
tauor were doubled We como, then.
80 tho fair demanding to know whether
tho farms arc ready to show unusual
production Of quantity or quality. to
seip balance up tho account
They certainty do show u, Such
,zt- tall 40 an avc-nEc man grew
pherev.r planted. In altsportinus cf
southern Colorado Such hay ~ Errr
In all the mountain valleys never b.
fore appeared in astonishing aburd
snrr. wo can not bring to tho fair
slnEie orc Of the billion acres ~ fir~
pasture zraN spreading from t'rui,a
to Holly hut va will sec fine sample
Of a thousand other good thiprs whose
perfection may bc credited not nnty 10
ditch water hut 10 'hns>r prrzt=trut
drsrrhiuE rains that made mud In tho
road.
. r-ri1 -Ns,ro fr~-, rs--r-I -----'
n tho best pasture known In recent
~earz ts The rer-iIt effected by the ro-
cont hravy rains In 'hc cattle districts
Of Arizora. nays tho report of the
Tinted states weather observer at
Glcts.
More than ,,ocoo.ooo vot', ~ live
stock went thru the Wichita Union
STOCK Yards In i25n
with large storks from 'a-o -'iil ur-
,nid and constant decline In prices Of