Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-02
THIS Weeks NOTES ON The. FARM

in the impetuous Colorado style. This
was In line with, the mysterious change
of climatic habit. Tho rain came down
gently and did not flow on the ground.
But at last the cloud bursts filled the
many big reservoirs which for years
had been standing empty. Some of
them are now holding almost enough
water to raise the coming years crops.
Thus the year 1921 is memorable in
many ways.
SO now bear in mind and tell the
world that the south half of Colorado
is the best country in the country. II
we do not blow our own horn nobody
will. No newspapers except those of
southern Colorado give publicity to the
remarkable agricultural evolution
going on in this favored region. No
other newspapers say anything about
the wonderful and persistent extension
of Colorado agriculture to higher and
higher attitudes. creeping up and up
year by year till potatoes and cauli-
flower and head lettuce by carloads
arc profitably grown within "A stones
throw of timberline. out side news
papers make casual mention of the
governments forest lands but are
serencly unaware of the thousands of
sheep and cattle pasturing all summer
on tho lscious Srasscs~that cover tho
iado-an automatic self-fattening sys-
tenn FREQ of all expense to the stock
owners except a federal head tax of
a few cents.
A totally different spirit prcNadcs
the newspapers of Kansas and Colo
RADIO tho the two states lie side by side.
In each state the editor thinks he is
acting loyalty to the interests of his
constituents, and maybe he is. But
mark the mile-widc diffcrcncei In
Kansas the native press, from the To-
pcka dailics down thru all the Cappcr
publications TO the smallest shortgrnss
weekly the spirit 10 that OF discomfort
close akin To bristling anarchy-a
fault finding petulcnce worse than that
of the Debs Socialists because 1t con-
trivcs to keep within the law. In Colo
RADIO the entire outfit of ncwsps pers.
from the Denver dailics down to those
plucky little wccklics out on the Bsca
prairie and down in the remote canons
of the san Juan, overflow with hope
fulness. their continual mention OF
schemes of Improvement being sand
wichcd with real :arm news items such
as tho achievements OF the beet grow
crs. dongs of the sugar and alfalfa
mills. shipments of potatoes and hogs,
preparations for the next local fair,
movement of herds or carloads of cat
of the boys pig clubs and the Parent
Teychors association. Tho good roads
and tho hot politics got what space is
left.
These observations on 1921 have not
attempted TO go far into 1922. All we
can say here IL to echo the hopeful
spirit which the newspapers and FL
nancicrs arc descantiug OF, But how
can We stick up for higher prices on
livestock when in the snme breath II
means high priced steaks for our neigh
hors here in town, the railroad mon
and the iron workers? What We most
need is n weather man able to fore
cast rlN months in advance. who can
tell us whether tho marvellous change
Of climate Of the last six years is to
continue thru nt less, one more sea-
son. 1t ia not the financial end Of
the farming that worries us so much a
the prospective amount of precipita-
ton. viii 1t he 20tI in la22 or will It
drop back to IL?
But which ever IT is. mark YOU, the
f,r-.cTs of Colorado are not half p-e-
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