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Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
Presentation OF
GRAZING ARGUMENT
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therein for all the people.
In my opinion. any attempt to
commercialiIe the National Forest is
wrong from principle, and the only
one who will be benefited is the No
mad.
Therefore, this section should not
be part of the new manual for it
would lead to great dissatisfaction.
We highly approve of the adoption
into the new manual of the ten-year
period for permits. This will stabi-
liZe the stock growing business Re
ferring 10 grazing fees as now collect
ed, the government has shown great
hberality with the money from
grazing fees, returning n large per
cent TO the states that have National
Forest territory within their borders.
In Colorado, according to our law,
this forest money is proportioned be-
tween the school and road funds. In
directly the owners of livestock that
Craze on the National Forest pay a
double taxation on their livestock for
schools and roads, having already
been assessed and levics made for
these funds by the county. Any in
crease of grazing fees would double
up on TINS UNI lr lsNallOn- fuTtner,
We would like to call for your con-
sideration in the regulation and fix
ing of the new grazing fees that il.
high attitudes, as in Gunnison county,
and the Western Slope of Colorado,
about one-half to one-third of the
heretofore value of National Forest
grazing for which credit and
pay was made, has been due to the
unoecupied public domain, lying ad-
jacent 10 the National Forest. These
lands are now rapidly being taken
under the Grazing Homestead Act
fenced, therefore, deductions should
in the present grazing fees be made
accordingly.
Stoekmen can no longer strike out
blindly but must have facts and
figures to support their contention of
whatsoever nature. II, in fixing a
commercial value Of the grazing, con-
sideration is to be given to the
amount earned by the stock grazing
thereon, we would ike to submit the
following figures, which have been
prepared by committee of the Gun
nison County Stock Growers Associ-
alton, as the value Of the forest graz
f, ing for the past two years, figuring
one hundred head of dry stuff, in
Guiding yearlings and COWS, different
ages, the total value Of the 100 head,
| $500.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
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SUMNER SUGGESTIONS on
GAZE OF DAIRY IUTENSUS

Agricul.lEal College News Notes
IL j. more or less difficult to give
adequats care to the dairy utensils
during the summer months. This il
due 10 the fact that hot or scaIding
water. gr steam Is more troublesome
TO o. ain. In the production
Of hIEr grade milk. il is
neoessa that all utensils be thoroly
cleans for II any Organic matter Is
left in any Of them, il is almost i'm
possiblr 20 produce the desired quail
~ OF u l.
II t. utensils are cleaned with
water -st as il comes from the well
or tap. some bacteria will remain,
which u multiply very rapidly dur
ing the warm weather Of the summer
months The utensils should be stern
lized. ard this is done by exposing
them 20 live steam for several
minute In the cleaning of tinware
they should be frs; washed with cold
water and then with hot water and a
washirg powder tina; is alkaline in
natur, Ordinary soaps are not sat
isfactOTy in the cleansing of dairy
utensi. After the tinware has been
thoroly cleaned il should be sterilized.
StenliEation is the most important
factor % the production of high grade
milk.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
FOREST FIRE RAGING ON
Blue MESA DOES MUCH
DAMAGE TO HoMESTEADS
Nor rose Press

Mon rose Press:-
Tho fores; fire, which started on Blue
mesL 4 week ago, has been famed in
to activity again by the high winds
aus fears are being felt that still
greater damage may result.
The fire started on the Starr Mel
son homestead, Z or miles south
Of the Half Way House, and east of
the Little Blue. The high wind last
week famed ii to a regular forest
FIRE and il, swept down over an open
park over the bunch grass as fast as
a horse could travel Ii presented an
awesomc spectacle. Il jumped canon
and entered patch of timber, doing
considerable damage to il.
Stockmen were summoned TO en-
dcayor TO get their cattle out of the
stricken area One boy named Wright,
tried 10 ride into the spruce to drive
out some cattle, his horse was
overcome and both horse and boy had
n narrow escape
The hull in the winds Sunday KEEP,
the blaze from spreading and it was
thot to be under control. However
the logs continued to smoldcr and the
high winds of Tuesday and Wednes-
day night famed il into action anc
If broke out again. No direct reports
are available as TO the damage done
during the last outbreak.
During the first period it spread
from the Nelson homestead to that OF
Kenneth Nesbitt, which is practically
all burned over thruout the 40 acres
including some valuable spruce.
The high winds, together with dry
season and the dry bunch grass en-
abled the fire to spread over many
hundreds of acres of land. Some cat.
tie are reported TO have persisted a
well. The loss viii be considerable
The fire in places was a mile wide
and famed by the high winds, spread
into the tall timber, was terrific
confagration-
Clouds of smoke could be seen from
this distance towering over the Blue
during the last few days and would
indicate that the fire is spreading.
More help was summoned from the
valley this week, but as everyone is
busy making hay, little aid could be
secured.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
OUR COLORADO RANCH
MEN MOVING TO TOWN

The movement Of people away
from the farms In Colorado has more
than equaied the movement Of people
from other states and from Colorado
cities 70 the farms IN the past twelve
month";, for the first time in many
year,. Reports Of county assessors
70 the State immigration department
show that fewer farms are being OPP
Grated IN the state this year than last
year and perhaps fewer than were
operated IN 1921
The decrease In farm population in
this state since the 1920 census is
not nearly 20 great as surveys made
by the L. S. Department Of Agri-
culture indicate il has been In older
agricultural states. Until this year
this movement has been fully count
erarted by an influx OF people from
other EtAtes to occupy Colorado
farms, In the past twelve months.
however, the movement Of settlers to
Colorado has been very light. while
the movement away from Colorado
has been heavier than for several
years. The movement away from the
farms has apparently been due TO the
same causes that brought Il about in
ed somewhat By uHfavorablc crop
conditions in some parts OF Colorado.
The prices Of farm products have re-
manned low, while wages IN the cities
have, In many cases, been increased
substantially in the past year and in
no case have they been reduced since
1919 in the same proportion as the
prices on farm products have been
reduced.
Complete reports from eighteen
counties show l2T6S farms reported
as being farmcd this year, compared
with 1858 farms reported IN the
same counties last year, a decrease
Of 775 or ST per cent II the de-
crease prevails at the same rate for
all counties il will show 5000 fewer
farms being operated in the state
this year than last year. 4,
Tho decrease Is heaviest in the nom
irrigated districts OF eastern Colora-
do, especially where the season vas
unfayorable FOR crop production last
year In the southeastern part Of the
state, temporary abandonment OF
non-irrigated farms has been especi-
ally heavy, though not nearly so
heavy As following previous periods
Of unavoidable weather When It Is
undcrstood that this temporary
abandonment Of farms is largely due
to financial conditions that have had
similar effect in all sections Of the
country. II appears that even the
most severe drouth that ever visits
the state will not again cause the
same exodus OF farmers as was caus-
ed BY the thoughts of 1911 and 1912
and the equally severe droughts Of
1898 and 1894. Il is also worthy Of
note that many Of the farms that
have been temporarily abandoned
had never produced any considerable
amount of livestock, poultry or dairy
products
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
A Pound of Pure
Goodness.

and since these have been constructed
the condition Of the calves has been
much better.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29

Mr ana Mrs. Earl Carpenter and
children were visitors from Cebolla
Saturday.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
WHITE RACE CAN'T SURVIVE
WITHOUT DAIRY PRODUCTS

tRy Harold Lacelles, Fieldman, State
Dairy Commission.)
Herbert Hoover is quoted as saying
that THE basis of child welfare Is
health and physical development, the
foundation Of child health lies in the
proper feeding of children. In its
broad aspect the proper feeding of
children revoives around public
recognition of the independence of
humans upon dairy cattle. The white
race cannot survive without dairy
products
Even so, is the importance Of our
industry. The thinking public today
is considering more than ever before
vital problems such as this. Each
DAY people are becoming more and
more acquainted with the need for
dairy products in the food Of their
family.
To meet this growing need the
dairyman must supply the kind of a
product suitable to feed to the future
generation. We cannot hope for a
greater consumption Of our products
unless our quality is increasingly
better; especially is this true IN view
of the fact tina. our foreign market
Is materially CIIppicu- Sohs
home market. IL is the dairyman' S
privilege 20 feed the people of his
own country the best and most vital
of all the foods used by man.
Let Us make it better us we are con-
stantly making better our herds, in
ereasing our productivity by increas-
ing the quality of our stock
In the dairy business there Is no
hope for success by using scrub COWS,
scrub bulls or scrub men Neither
does success come thru producing
poor cream, tainted and iil-fiaSoreo
milk from cows afflicted with tuber-
culosis-
To the man who keeps his herd
clean. who produces clean milk from,
good COWS, who exercises all the prin-
ciples of right and fairness to him.
self and the people with whom he Is
dealing, to him, for me, say: Keep
faith IN the dairy cow she is the
safest farm investment today; but
to the other man-the Stacker who
keeps Stacker COWS IN . slovenly way
having no regard for the health OF
happiness of his own family, even
to HIM is due the failure that cannot
escape hiua.'
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
MRS. WILLIAMS OF BEDROCK
HURT IN FALL OF HORSE

News of a serious accident which
befell Mrs George ID. Williams,
formerly well known resident of
Grand Junction, has been received by
friends here. She is helpless as a re
suit of severe injuries received when
she was thrown from her horse few
days ago, says the Grand Junction
Sentinel.
Mr.. and Mrs Williams are now
making their home at Bedrock. in the
Paradox country, and at twilight a
few days ago. Mrs. Williams went off
on horseback to bring back cow.
Without any warning her horse SHE'D
and bucked, and aitho she is an ex-
perienced horsewoman, she was
thrown to ground Her cries brot
her husband and she was removed to
her home She Is reported 10 be Sc
verely injured not suffering much
pain, but is altogether helpless Mrs.
Williams has been victim of sew
eral other serious accidents, and her
friends here VIII hope that she VIII re-
cover from this one, as she has from
others in the past
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29

Reports from the Biological Survey
OF tho United States Department OF
Agriculture from the Elk Refuge at
Jackson Hole. Wyoming, state that
during the winter approximately
400 elk 800 at headquarters and
200 at the German trRct-wcre fed
At the refuge The feeding. which be-
gan on January %, continued for
about three months. Two calf cor
rails were built to separate the calves
from the older animals when feeding,
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29

Credit by gain in weight is est
mated at 5000 pounds, while on tn
forest at cents per pound. s450.0
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Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
SWIM PARALYSIS DUE TO
DEFICIENCY IN THE RATION

Agricu ,ural College News Notes
Tn. swine paralysis is due either
to a mineral or vitamip deficiency
seem 10 be matter OF general
agr.e ut. As TO minerals that may
be gs.ru with the feed or water, the
follow * has been recommended by
sever. Of the experiment stations:
air-s,aacd lime or wood ashes and
salt, lal parts by weight; air-slaked
lime, ono meal and salt, equal parts
by ~ parts bone meal or ground
rock lhosphate, ! part tankage; wood
ashc. 10 parts; acid phosphate, 10
part and salt, ! part by weight.
The ingredients are all easily OBJ
tainrl A few ounces OF either Of
the. mixtures with the feed once a
day So III be sufficient.
IT, Illinois station does not recon-
men the use Of air-slaked lime, but
9TH stations do and the results APP
pea TO be quite satisfactory.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29

GOLD RAND BUTTER
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Loss

Loss 71-30
According TO those figures, which
believe are fairly accurate, the gov
eminent owes the stockmen of Gum
nison county for grazing on the
forest
As a class, the stockmen are hope
full of the best and inclined to look
for the bright side Of every situation.
1t startled me somewhat to have a
stockman who had been more or less
successful in years of ups and downs
in the cattle business, say to me that
a man Of sense would not be in the
ranch and cattle business. II seems
to me however, that only men with
both sense and experience can posi-
bly, hope to stay in the game very
long under present conditions.
Therefore, it would probably be
wise for the administration Of the
National Forest to not go on the theo-
~ that the Meat Packers of this coun-
try seem to cling to, that sucker
is born every day and that the pro-
duction OF cattle will go on regardless
of the low price. II it is the ultimate
intention Of the Administration of
the National Forest to make un-
reasonable increases in the cost of
grazing to excessive 100 to SOC
per cent, they might find that pro-
duction would cease We feel that
the final adoption Of the new manual
should rest and be considered after
the new rates for grazing have been
determined BY your department.
That the adoption Of the manual now
might prejudice the case against the
stockmen if grazing fees are fixed
at what they would consider an ex-
cesSive arnouat
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29

To aid in making provision for de-
crease in the range thru demonstrating
and shortage from drouth and other
factors, agricultural experiment sta
tions OF states IN the range region
are studying silo and silage problems.
according TO reports to the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Over forty different studies are be-
ing made, including tests of silage
crops, such as sunhcwers. kahr, beets,
vetch. wheat artichokes and a number
of native forage plants: silage max
ing methods and feeding tests with
both cattle and sheep Of silage made
from different crops.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29
MONTROSE SPUD ACREAGE
DROPS IS PER CENT

According to complete figures gath
cred by the deputy assessors of the
county, with the exception Of the west
end, the spud acreage las dropped Sc
per cent from last year. The total
acreage, exclusive Of the west end, il
s%55; last years 15.0s7. Few pot
totoes are grown in the west end, 20
that there viii be little change in the
hgures.-Montrose Press.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-06-29

County roads in the vicinity Of
Marble are being put into shape I'M
der tie foremanship Of Joe Fanssone,
who has gang OF men working
toward Caxbondale-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

Montana has two successful cow
Testing associations, neither of which
have been in operation a year and
yet they have both demonstrated the
value of such organizations to the
farmer and dairyman so ~conclusively
that four and possibly five other
counties and communities in the
state are ready to organize cow test
ing associations, according to j.. O..
Tretsyen, dairy specialist at Montana
State College.
Mr.. Tretsven points out that the
farmers are beginning to understand
that a low-producing COW is an ex-
pense and a handicap and that the
cow testing association is the most
practicable and least expensive means
in the long run, of wedding out the
inferior animals and for determining
the best and most economical feed
combinations for a community. This
latter purpose of such organizations
is often overlooked and yet frequent
ly turns out to be the most import
ant.
That this country has much room
for improvement in the way of i'm
proving the milk production per COW
is illustrated by the fact that the
United States milk production per
COW is only half that of the Neither
lands. In this country the produc-
ton is less than 1000 pounds of milk
per year and in the Netherlands the
yearly production is almost 5000
pounds. A comparison with Montana
is even less satisfactory because of
the large number of cattle that are
MIXED for a short time during each
year and then turned out on range
to dry up.
There is NJ aso why the produc-
ton cannot be doubled, Mr.. Tretsven
asserts, and points to the COY testing
association as the means of accom-
plishing this purpose. Five more as
sociations as planned, in Sanders,
Lake, Silver Bow, Yellowstone, and
possibly Lewis and Clark in addition
to the two now in operation in RAJ
valli and FIathead counties will start
Montana well on the way of putting |
the average dairy COW on a profitable
basis.
Mr.. Tretsven will organize the
new organizations, assisted by w. S.
Murdoch of the Western Dairy Divi-
sion of the United States department
Of agriculture.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
EVERYTHING MACHINERY

judging and other livestock work. AS
one interested on-looker remarked:
eff the boys can't get the right ideas
with stock of that kind to guide them
then I guess they can't get them any
where"
Montana State college winnings are
all the more striking in view of the
fact that the Pacific International is
one of the strongest fat shows in the
country, and all premiums won were
in fat stock classes. Frequent hopes
we're expressed that the entries that
did so we'll at the western show would
be sent to the International Livestock
show at Chicago but in view of the
expense of such a trip it is not likely
that it will be possible. All exhibits
of college live stock so far made this
year have paid their own way.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
DECIDE TO HELP
DAIRY INDUSTRY
PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR WORK.
ING BASIS; BRIGHT FU-
TURE PREDICTED
Bankers and Business Men of Great
Falls Together in Movement that
viii Bring Prosperity to Farmers
of State.

Designed to facilitate the expan-
sion of the dairy industry in the
Great Falls territory, a working basis
for a program was decided upon at a
meeting here of agricultural agents
from Cascade, Teton and Pondera
counties and Great Falls business
men.
G.. C. Bower, who has been identi-
fled with the dairy and livestock in
dustry in Montana since the early
days, was elected president of an or
ganization that will have as its main
purpose the making of a survey to
determine farms on which d~airying
can be consistently introduced or en-
larged. The organization will not
have any part in the actual financing
of dairy COW purchases, it's function
being that of gathering data for those
who will furnish cash where loans
are desired.
Makes Loans Direct
All loans on dairy COWS will be
made direct to the borrower, those
interested in the movement having
decided definitely against the ~associa-
ton plan of financing. The decision
to form the organization was reached
the announcement of Sam
Stephenson, president of the First
National bank of Great Falls, that
money for dairy COW purchases would
be available at eight per cent.
Work or the survey will be begun
Immediately following a meeting to
be called by President Bower, at
the personnel of the working
force will be named.
Covers Wide Range
The discussion at the recent meet
ing covered a wide range of subjects
relating to the dairy industry, a re-
agreement providing that a
blanket policy of financing purchases
and charging the dairy COW populasl
ton cannot be successfully adopted.
On information procured through the
association, each applicant for a loan
will be considered individually and
arrangements made to fit his parti-
requirements.
In the main, the survey will dis
,over farmers who desire to expand
heir dairy herds, although it is an
icipated that some farms will be
iound on which dairying can be con-
'istently launched as a new enter
Location, facilities for caring
and feeding COWS and the exper-
of the borrower in the dairy
BUSINESS will be matters especially
o%nsidered in making loans.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
State Cattle Win at Portland

With only five entries Montana
State college took six places in the
Hereford and Shorthorn classes at
the Pacific International Livestock
show just closed at Portland. The
Hereford winnings were first in fat
junior calf spayed heifer, second jul
nior yearling steer, second and third
senior yearling steer and first in
group of three steers. The only
shorthorn entry from the college won
second in the steer calf class.
Visitors at the show were impress
sed with the showing of the state col
Iege animals, especially when inform
ed that the stock exhibited was bred,
raised and developed primarily for
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

for the holding of meetings but in
this cas- Mr.. Lantz has succeeded in
developing the community center
idea to the point where the schools
are being used for the purpose of
holding local cor shows. Almost all
of the rural schools in this county
held corn exhibits of this kind, said
Mr.. Lott, and in those places where
no exhibits were held students were
sent around to select desirable ear
types from the various farmers.
These types were then used to il
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

lustrate the desirable qualities to
look for in corn.
Thus the country school becomes
indeed the local center, the common
gathering place, and in this case, not
only is valuable information brought
directly and efficiently to the farmer,
but the assembling of the best ears
of corn in each community in this
way, provides exceptional opportuni-
ties for selecting the best possible
samples for further study and for ex-
hibition at the larger corn shows.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

Butte-Claude T. Callow, 81, son
of Alderman John Callow of Butte,
was found dead in Pittsburgh a few
days ago. An Associated Press dis
patch claimed there was a bullet hole
in his head, a railroad ticket from
Baltimore to Butte in his pocket and
500 in cash on his person. There
was a pistol by his side. The body
is being shipped to Butte.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
cow TEST SHOWS
ANIMALS VALUE
TWO SUCCESSFUL COW TESTING
ASSOCIATIONS OPERATE
IN STATE

Much Room for Improvement Shown
by the Fact that the Milk Produc-
ton Per Cow in United States is
Only Half that of the Netherlands.