Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-20

bid for our melon crop. our bects. our
head lettuce, and the potatoes and
I fruit further west.
! Eggs weakened slightly and will
shortly go lower as always tho case In
general have had an encouraging
week with both grains and livestock
doing surprisingly well and Afford
ing ample argument In favor OF an
active farming season. All the figures
on visible supply and on probable
yield go to mako wheat tho best bet in
the world. A dozen other things have
close association with wheat-flour.
corn. hogs. poultry. meats. Indeed.
corn is already strong enough to in
sure IA big western planting. lambs
are tho leader In all tho present ad-
vanccs. but tho whole population of
tho bnrnyard mado slight gains during
tho week.
Oregon has had phenomcnally
! cold winter. At Portland thcre was .
4 3-inch snow in December giving them
tho first white Christmas In thirty
years. and tho entire winter season
has been extremely uncomfortable out
thcro where dwellings nre not built for
such weather and people do not dress
for IL. They have only about two
months of really pleasant weather out
Of twelve. ard that u in July ana
August. But our interest In all this
concerns their fruit. II anything hap
pens to tho Oregon-wnshinEton fruit
1; would play directly into the hnnus
of Colorado orchard men and their
prices would mt once go kitins.
Tho one thing TO bc planted Just
now IL eggs. Too much frost In tho
ground to put In any seeds. unless per
haps those of onions. but high time
to fire up tho incubators and to give
any clucking Biddy tho utmost en-
coura gem ont and 4 snug nest. In tho
whole farming list in southern Colo
rado nothing yet cSccls poultry prod
ducts ns "A surc money maker and tho
industry grows in magnitude year by
year. We have already notod tho
shipmcnt OF poultry md of hogs from
widely separated points in southern
Colorado to California. proving that
It is not to bo considered = local or
minor industry but largo and re-
liable one.
| But bear in mind that tho incubator
is only a starter and that tho baby
chick must face many pcriis before
showing wing feathers and irdepcnd-
ence. The next biggest problem is tho
broodcr and while II may be a simple
affair IL Is absolutely Indispensable. We
may work In n good description of an
| efficient home made broodcr on this
Farm Page mex, Monday II wc sc,
round to IL.
Growers Of peas for the Empsor
Canning company will receive 81 per
100 pounds for large size peas and IS
| for the smaller grades, reduction.
| from last years prices or s3.Ib and
347s. thc company has announced.
| From town OF Center: J. N.
Hughes shipped a carload OF young
mules from Scott city. Kansas last
week. arriving in Center Monday.
There wcro about as head and viii DO
raised by A. II. and ]. y. hughes.
Next winters Christmas tree ha.
already been sot up in Acacia park
Colorado Springs. But " is planted
| roots and ALL and is to remain In Its
present place as long as 1t lives.
We hear eXclamitions on tho pro
/ ionTed drv spell and people saY they
| never saw the lika" yet II is borne
out hy tho weather mans figures
whose normal total to this date still
| shows less than an inch of nrpclplta-
tion. IL credits us with A deficiency
but Il is all in small fractions.
Who is reaping the harvest OF the
| farmers II isn't labor, IL isn't the
stockeruwcrs. 1t isn't the retailers.
/, Now who Is itI-Durangp Democrat
! Killing ~ cottontail rabbits should