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Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
NEEDS CAPITAL
and LOTS OF IT
TO run A FARM

1t takes all the tools In n carpenter
shop to hang door. complains the
wood worker. but the layout OF equip
mcnt for any good average farm runs
far past the requirements OF any
ordinary town trade. The blacksmith Z
hammer and the plasterer's trowcl and
darby are hardly to be mentioned in
contrast with tho long list OF tools on
even the commonest farm. The house
wife In course of years finally does
get her farm kitchen pretty well pro-
vided with utensils for the culinary
operations but the stable. the corral
and feld and garden and orchard never
do see all the good appliances their
owner would like to have.
This thought came upon seeing In the
Concjos paper. an administrators ad-
vcrtisement OF a farm sale to be held
at Romeo. Just for curiosity the list
is reprinted to hush UP those farm
women who are always grumbling at
the continual call for purchases in the
rivalry between tho kitchen and the
barn:
ono Moline binder, 1 kentucky grain
drill. / Molin. disc, ottawa walking
pillow, 2 wagons and boxes, 1 Henry
buggy, | hay rack, 1 DeerinH mower,
20 pounds binder twinc. 60 foct stacker
rope. set single harness. ] steel water
tank. ! cream separator. / Dcmpster
engine. / saddle and bride, double
sets work harness. II horse collars. s
halters. l John Deer IL inch gang plow,
3-section harrow. l hay rack. old,
| extra wagon tongue, l load pine
wood. l pump Jack. 8 gal. cream can,
5-gallon gas can. 20 gal earthen jar.
hog feeder. long troughs, l slop cart.
| moving sycthe, l mail box. l army
rifle. i5 calibre. 2 sacks potatoes, 50
burlap sacks. more or less, cook
stove. / heating stove. ] bed and
springs. 1 sanitary cot, trunk. .
kitchen chairs. tables. 1 wash sink
and cupboard. / kitchen cupboard. 1
set dishes and cooking utensils. l Big
Ben alarm clock, . suit cases. / coal
scuttlc. l meat saw, 1 lantern. l lamp.
20 pounds OF flour. / pound OF coffee.
J coal oil cans. | platform scale. !
scoop shovel, / sack holder. . gal. sheep
dip. / watch. and three books. Seven
dairy cows, ten brood sows. one Duroc
boar. sixty shoats. ten head of horses.
five yearling cattle. two calves, twelve
chickens. $50 bushels oats. $50 bushels
barley. 100 acres peas in the field,
Ave tons alfalfa hay. four pigs.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

From few small demonstration
plats In 1917. the muskmclon industry
in Churchill County. New, has de-
velopcd until $50 crates a day were
shipped by express during the 1921
season. besides carload TO Penn-
sylvanla and another to San Fran
cisco. A goal OF 1000 acres has been
set for 1922. A small acreage In 1919
was more than doubled in 1920. The
county agent. employed comparatively
By tho United States Department OF
Agriculture and the State Agricultural
College. assisted in the location OF
markets and advocated the organiza-
ton OF a cantaloup association, which
was later effected.
In mrkottng the 1921 crop. cores
pondcnce was carried on with various
markets In the Eastern states. and n
demonstration car was shipped to
Pennsylvania. a few days after tho
arrival OF this car many inquiries wer"
received by the association regarding
tho purchase of the 1879 crop. An
other car OF melons was sent To san
Francisco. which. in competition with
the California melons. We're sold Mt
much higher price Records kept
on two demonstrations showed that
approximately 200 crates per acre
were marketed during 1921. at an
average price OF s. crate. This
made the gross income $500 per acre
IN these two instances, as compared
with hay at $40 under present market
conditions
Churchill County had been prtm-
arily an irrigation project where inc
farmers grew only alfalfa hay. but
the decline in the pracc Of hay made
It necessary to seek some other money
crop. Consequently. during 1917 ana
1918 the country club leader secured
several demonstrations in the grow
ing OF Hearts of Gold, muskcmelohs
These melons were so well liked that
several farmers grew small plats on
their farms. on the recommendation
OF the county agent these plats were
Increased in size the next year. \
number of vary successful acre dem
onstrations were planted and tho
county agent also assisted tho demon
s,rators in finding market for these
melons. because OF their fine flavor
and standardized pack they could be
roadtiy marketed at n much higher
price than melons from other sec
tons
The demonstration also developed
tho value OF using wax papers over
the Young plants. This practice
ripencd the melons 10 days carrier
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
The Chieftains Monday Morning Farm Page
GOVERNMENT AIDS ST0CKMEN IN
POISONING. WOLVES and COYOTES

of carcass of fresh meat is placed
there for the animals, loaded with
many balls of fat sunk into the flesh
and covered. Each ball of fat carries
its message Of death, and the end
comes quickly to the coyote which
takes one.
Painstaking care is exercised to see
that the poison reaches only the coy
ote, wolf or other stock destroyer.
When tracks or othr sign show that
valuable r-bearing animals are COM
ing to the imprisoned fresh meat sta
tion the poison plan is modified, for
the govrnment would rather kill the
coyotes by rifle or trap, il necessary
than poison valuable species. The
sheep herders chain or lock up their
dogs, since the most valuable sheep dog
may fall II victim to the poisoned bait
as quickly as a coyote. The sheep and
cattle themselves arc far from the
scene. safe.
When the SHOWS melt and the ranges
are green again, and the herds and
herders once more are back on the
summer pacturc, the story OF the whit
or campaign is told in carcasses lying
here and there over the range. They
are the carcasses of the coyotes which
for going once'too often to the bait will
slay no more.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
ABEL Was A PIONEER FARMER
and HAS MANY true FOLLOWERS
Engage in the Avocation From Love Of lt-Can
Not Keep Out Of the Business and Are the
Most Faithful Lovers Of Nature

first crop OF advertisements of garden
seeds. Ten cents for seeds of new
Mammoth bean" BE sure to get our
new Lenine Red morningglories."
PLANT the Whopper squash "Wond-
er oats" 'Zebrastriped pie melons
discovered in Madagascar" Seed
less and rootless everbearing cab
bage." Incubator that matches every
egg in two weeks"
Such things make our blood boil.
One of Esop's fables pictures tho
fawn stag asking his mother why she
bounces up and runs the moment the
distant yelp Of the dogs is heard. ana
she gives practically the same reply
tho in ancient Greek dialect--"Be-
cause we are built that way"
One man may be a natural born
pugilist. another fitted by all his
mental and physical equipment to be
a plumber or candlestick maker or
philosopher or poet yet the world
would be the bad way but for the ma
tural born farmer.
Take note-it is not his heritage
of muscle-perhaps he has little or
none. 1t is altogether proposition
of the mind.
Nor an impulse of avarice, even tho
one pint of planted seed promises TO
yield a bushel of crop.
Curiosity. possibly, to some extent,
so as to see WnaI lnal he" fhot''i'e's
hollyhock Will look like when 1t come
up.
But isn't It closely related to art
the real art which takes 1t raw-the
same art tha' lures the sailor to the
blue water. the tanned cowbody to the
equally illimitable plain, the natural
born rnountaineer to the perilous but
picturesque cliffs. the preacher and
chorister to the glorious study of tho
infinite divine?
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
Time To Start Il Flock
When others Selling Ont

The advice the old man gave the
boy is just the thing that should be
repeated right now. The thing that
everybody wants to sell is tho very
thing that the wise man ought to
buy" Right Mt this time the great
majority OF men who own sheep are
breaking their nccks trying to sell
them. A few loug-sighted mon are
taking advantage OF this condition
and are preparing themselves for the
harvest. in wool and mutton. that
must come. In the near future, no
matter what the complexion of the
financial sky is. l know OF young
man. who has an old mans head, who
recently sold two first-ratc grade
Hampshire ewes and their two busters
of lambs. four head. for enough
money to turn around and buy twenty
good thin ewes that some fellow
wanted to sell. Allyn IL. Tedmon in
Farm Life.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
Goat Meat Usually Reaches
Consumer as Lamb or Mutton

Goat meat is seldom found on the
market as such, yet the average num-
hcr OF goats slaughtered each year
from 1916 to 1920. inclusive. was ~
4S7. 1t is probable that most of this
meat reaches the consumer rs mutton,
which It resembles closely. as there arc
few cities that require 1t to be mar
feted under its own name. In cities
and towns adjacent to the ranEc coun-
try. however. Angora wcthcrs arc
freely marketed as such and tho meat
Is consumed without Ill elimination by
the buyer. When received I'm large
numbers these wcthcrs usually sell at
about so per cent ON the price paid for
sheep wethers.
The reduced price of goat meat is
doubtless attractive to tho consumer,
whether he knows what he is getting
or thinks he is buying mutton Ac-
cording to Farmers Bulletin 1908, The
Angora Goat. recently issued by the
United States Department OF AgricuI-
ture. goat meat is usually superior to
mutton that can be bought Mt the same
price. Some consumers say that they
are able to distinguish 1t from lamb
and mutton by characteristic sweet
ness.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
ouery-why was Abel farmer7

Query-Why was Abel a farmer!
There are various and sundry peo-
Pile, mostly but not all. out in the
country, who can supply ready
answer drawn from our own personal
experience.
Abel had things all his own way
so far as production, and that is just
the way it is around here now In TINS
country-we can produce the goods
but that is as far as we can go. TO
sell them is a different matter.
Seems odd. too. We have jobbers
and hucksters and produce men to
help us out. railroads and truck lines
and shipping to reach with rapid
transportation the markets of the
world. Abel had no middlemen. no
auto truck, not even wheelbarrow'
There was no market. nobody to buy
his goods, except his brother Cam
who was a jealous crouch of ugly and
spiteful disposition quoted very low
In Bradstreet's list.
Yet Abel neglected the urgent need
sof manufacturing plants. paid no at
tention to the golden opportunity or
putting In the pioneer mercantile
house, started no real estate joint, no
mill no oil well. no steam laundry
or nc'r paper office or second hand
furni e store altho he was one OF
the ( rst arrivals and was literally on
the ground floor. Why be farmer.
with no riding sulky plow. no milk
ing machine. no corn shelter, no
cherry seeder or egg beater?
We OF the above noted group have
the reply ready; Because he was
built that way.
Proof that 1t runs in the blood"
wa, made clear this week when the
rural route mail brought the month
" or weekly home magazine literature
md It's hack pages sparkled with the
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
. OOMY and comfortable is this
seven room bungalow which
is of frame construction and
built after the Dutch Colonial

seven room bun galoW which
is OF frame construction and
built after the Dutch Colonial
style. To the builder who ia look
ing for something different in the
way OF design for his house. the
model pictured today should suit
his desire for not only 10 this
bungalow unusual in style and
construction. but It Is also excep-
tionally roomy for = bungalow.
The floor plan includes four bed
rooms, bath room. large living room.
dining room, pantry. kitchen and
an entry porch in the rear. There
are also numerous closets so that
the housewife won't have to fret
and stew over where to store win
ter and summer clothes, also bed
and bath linens. In addition.
there is a full basement which also
can be used for storage II SO de-
sired.
Tho living room is featured by
. corner fireplace and in the
kitchen the sink and drain boards
are directly under the window
thus eliminating to q large extent
the drudgery of dish-washing as.
given a lovely view to look upon
while doing some homely task and
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
MEN CHASE WHALE
FOR 2 JFEEkS, MISS 1T

southampton, N Y. Jan. s.-Threc
boat loads of men who for three weeks
have been chasing whale up and
down tho Long Island coast today
came into contact with their quarry
harpooncd 1t and felt the swish OF its
tail but failed to bring it home. cap
tain Mortimc Cooper In charge select
cd for the job because his grand uncle
was noted whalcr did the harpoon-
ing Sils Edwards one of the crew of
boat No. was carried into the sea
when struck by the whales tail but
was rescued
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

competition upon butter can be under
stood but why II was that eggs also
showed visible weakness is a real puz-
zle. 1t can be ascribed perhaps to the
mysterious commercial kinship that
has always attended butter and eggs.
We have never seen any lucid eNplana-
ton, but certain II Is that the two
articles are seldom far apart in stand
ing and price. But there Is also an i'm
precision that the hens lay more eggs
In winter than in old times. especially
"A mild winter. The reason Is that they
are given better shelter and care. and
requisite conditions for successful poul-
try industry have made progress.
Potatoes In cellars on the west slope
arc reported not keeping well. Loss
OF around % per cent Is reported and
frequent sorting is needed to avoid
arc forced to pay strict attention to
the requirement OF Certified potatoes
for planting this years crop in order
to dodge the affliction OF fusarium
wilt. Prices just now are very low and
sudden jump Is expected before
many weeks.
While We are boas,ing of the unprc-
ccdentcd amount OF 2017 inches OF pre-
cipitatIon at Pueblo we may pause to
note that the amount was 29.02 A.
Colorado Springs. II was the tremen.
dous rain fall around Pike peak that
changed the name OF Fountain creek
to Fountain river.
Approximate average yield or crops
In Otero county in 1921 was: Alfalfa,
three tons per acre. corn, IS bushels
per acre. sugar bccts, l3 tons per acre.
wheat. 40 bushels per acre. canta-
loupcs. l20 standard crates per acre.
oats, 55 bushels per acre. cucumbcrs,
220 bushels per acre. barley, so bushels
per acre: Honey Dews. 1875 crates per
acre; watcrmclons. IL tons per acre.
This is n grand report. Tho otcro soil
may be guilty of seep and surplus Of
nitrogen and other sins but It is evil
IDENTIFY all there.
THE legal weight OF tho bushci OF
wheat is go pounds in every state In
the union. That OF corn on the cob is
20 pounds in all the states except In
diana, where 1t is 6S pounds: Mississ-
ippi, - pounds and Ohio. S. SO say
the agricultural statistics. But We
do not want any bushels in Colorado.
The bushcl is n useless old British
relic. Stick TO the hundrcdweight, the
intclligiblc square deal.
Condition of winter wheat about
Brandon. down on the Missouri Pa
cific road, is 10 to 25 per cent better
than at this time year ago, according
to the local newspaper tho News. Acre.
in best OF condition by the December
SHOWS. Similar report could probably
be made for the entire region down the
valley including Baca county.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
NEVADA FARMERS FIND MELONS
MORE PROFITABLE THAN ALFALFA

than when II was not done. early
melons sold for 50 a crate; later ones
brought 81. which was very salts
factory price. Melon growing was I'M
mediately placed on the program OF
work for the county.
The successful experience OF this
county is a demonstration of what
can be done thru the cooperation OF
extension agents and farmers Is estab-
fishing new industry. 1t is also
a fine example OF the need for special !
growers associations In growing and
marketing a special local product.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
Monte FiStd's Show
-ind List OF officers

Monte Vista Journal states:
The High order of Gruuts held an
election OF officers Tuesday night at
the Commercial club rooms. Charles
Akors. president: A. II. Webster vice
president, and George B. Boutwell,.
secretary. were reelected by unani-
nous vote.
This election was held In order that
the officers and the executive board
may have ample time in which to
complete arrangements for the next
annual stock show. a keen interest
is manifested in the coming event.
which will be held February 3, ana
10 and this feeling generally among
the farmers and stockmen insurcs a
bigger and better show.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

Potatoes of fine quality have boon
coming out of San Luis valley this
year. The second annual San Luis
Valley Potato show. held at Center,
demonstrated that farmers generally
are paying more attention to good
seed. The idea back of the show IS
the building up of the potato industry
In the valley thru the growing OF bet
ter tubers. of more uniform type and
free from diseases
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
sssyAJo.sS7Shc .orSyxNE-vSa

Jarring ana rougn nanulng Wn"n at
low temperature greatly Increase the
damage to potatoes by freezing, ac-
cording to Investigations made by the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture. 1t was also found that potatoes
freeze moro quickly when exposed to n
rapidly diminishing temperature than
when the temperature dImlnishes slow
IL
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
Big Convention AT Springs
Is Dated For This lECct

Reservations at Colorado Springs
hotels indicate that tho crowd which
viii attend the American National
Livestock association convention this
week will he n record, not only for
the organization but FOR the city.
Convention sessions will be held at the
America theator. The cowboy ball
at the Broadmoor will be the chief So
cial affair.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

From Montrosc:
Lamar Il Bell Of Delta shipped a full
car load of poultry from Delta, the
first car load ever billed from the west
slope. They were preparing to send
out another full car this week These
shipments go to Los Angeles.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

Daniel Burger a well known farmer
Of the Wiley district died of pncu-
was 65 years old, and was a native of
Indiana.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
n. e.. WELLS. AUTHOR,
SIIL.S ZOE ENGL.IND

New York. Jan. s--H. G. Wells
British author and publ!cist, who came
to America to attend the armament
conference sailed for England. Sutur-
day.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

Fifty-four stockyards In almost as
many cities thruout tho country have
been posted as coming within the pro-
visions OF tho Packers and Stockyards
Act Under that law the Secretary
Of Agriculture exercises supervision
over transactions In these utoekyards.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09
Contracts Being Madc
For Melons This Year

Local cantoloupc growers have
been busy making contracts Tor the
coming year. Two new firms are now
In the field of buyers and from indi-
cations the business in this country
will be pretty well divided up. The
growers at Hasty and McClnvc have
contracted with Crutchficld Il Wool
cut Of Pittsburg while the Cornela
and Rixey growers will sell thru
Stapchfield & Kelly Of New York.
These growers are largely Japs. Quite
an acreage will be put in by Ameri-
can growers-Las Animas Democrat.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

Canada's apple yield for 1921 is 1897, =
200 barrels British Columbia Increased
its production to 100000 barrels as
compared with 5oi5i0 barrels the pre-
vious year. Total value of the apple
crop in ali Canada ia placed at $50, ,OO0.-
coo.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

According to the monthly report of
the Colorado Cow Testing association
Ray Gilbert of Lamar had the highest
ranking dairy herd in the state for one
month and the Model Dairy ot Holly
had the highest individual cow
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-09

The depressing effect OF foreign
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-04-06
ORCHARD NOTES.

Although the time for spraying
for San Jose Scale on fruit trees is
practically over for this season, there
is yet important work to be done.
The borers in the trees, which
cause the gum at the top of the
ground, should be gotten out at once
if they have not already been re-
moved. This pest does great harm
to peach trees and should, by all
means, be gotten out before the
trees make very much growth in the
spring. This work should have been
done during the fall and winter, but
it is not too late yet. The following
practices are good to follow in this
work:
Digging Out the Borers:
Previous to worming, the earth
should be removed from around the
crown of the tree to a depth of OF
5 inches and all gum and loose dead
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-04-06

not reporting some existing evil he
will say, II can't afford to betray a
friendw Now, can we make him see
that true friendship consists in help
ing his companion confess his guilt
and turn from it, even though
slight punishment should follow?
What is really betraying him is to
keep silent, thereby encouraging him
to repeat the offense, he goes, on
from bad to worse until eventually
he becomes an outlaw.
Our young people naturally want
to be popular, they want to be on
the side of the majority. 1t requires
courage of high order, an unselfish
dveotion to principle to sustain the
heroic few in the battle for right.
This same thought has transcribed
the halls of time for many centuries,
but it is the many that are led to de-
struction through the broad way.
oh, that this thought could be writ
ten in burning gold:
"They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three;
They are slaves who dare not speak
For the fallen and the weak"
(The above paper was written and
read by Mrs. S. E. Hodges at the
January meeting of parent teachers
association and unanimously endors-
ed, and requested the same to be pub
lished in the county papers.)
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-04-06
Illinois Central System Shows Railroads
Are Growing Safer Constantly

excellent fatalities The
be found the fac
other othenh the mf
fatalities The al
sion
Thoughts
comparison wth1n
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-04-06

bark removed. Use knife, wire or
some ohter suitable instrument and
trace out the burrows made beneath
the bark by the borers. be careful
to not cut too much of the live bark
from the tree. When cuts are to be
made, they should be made length
wise instead around the tree. After
the worming is done, replace the soil
around the tree and mound it up on
the trunk 8 or 10 inches. The
nlounding will probably prevent some
of the borers, which may be over
looked, from coming out in the
spring when they are transformed
into the wasp like flies which lay
their eggs on the trunk OF the tree
for the next years crop of borers,
also forces those which come out and
lay their eggs to lay them on the
tree several inches higher than if the
soil is not mounded. The bark is
tougher and smoother at this height
from the ground and when the eggs
are Matched there will be fewer of
the borers to make their way into
the tree. In November when the
soil is leveled down, the borers will
be above or near the ground level
where they can be easily removed.
This work requires little time and
trouble and will certainly be great
help in protecting your trees against
borers.
+ Spray Your Orchard.
Spring is upon us and the time for
the first spraying, which is very i'm
portant, is close at hand. The peaches
should be given the first spray when
three-fourths of the blossoms have
fallen. Ask your County Agent or
write the State Fruit Specialist for
"a Mississippi Spray Calendar, which
gives the sprays and time of applica-
ton for our common fruits in Missis-
sippi.
If you are interested in orchard
work and wish to have your name
placed on the mailing list at A. &
M. College for information on or
chard work sent out from there,
send your name and address.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-04-06
Ton Miles
Total Fatalities

the Ylrosc t
reader
coaches woldma
cd to
injured
during the
the ome fatalities the
in
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-04-06

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