, 1923-08-19

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September.
Farmers and stockraisers
ence in order that Natrona county may
be properly represented at the state
competition and show at Douglas.
Mr.. Penley will gladly aid owe Of
fruit. grain and grasses In selecting
the most suitable exhibits.
Since high grade stock will have
paramount place at the fair and will
attract the most attention. It is urged
hat owners of purebred animals
around Casper will present prize-win-
ners in the Natrona stalls next month.
DR.. H. r. Lathrop has already ar
ranged to show a number of the pure
b1ed cattle from his fine dairy herd.
Added to the medley OF neighs. low
ings, grunts and .~bleatings will be the
cackles of chickens and quacks of
ducks and geese; and because old ro-
tund biddy seems TO hav given more
wealth to the country thar all the
gold mined in the United States or its
territories in the last 40 years. h will
make no mean nor Insignificant ex-
hibit. The poultry fanciers of this
county IRE therefore specially re-
quested Il make prominent at the
lair their different breeds of fowls.
Among the outstanding features Of
the state fair will be the demonstra-
ton on home economics given by the
girls from all sections Of Wyoming.
Sethryn Seibers and Vera Bartlett,
both OF East Casper comprise the team
from this county. The winning team
will secure as its reward a trip to the
annual stock show at Denver during
the January of 1924. where an inter
state competitive demonstration be-
tween the championship teams from
Colorado. Wyoming and New Mexico
will be held.
In view of the extensive prepare
lions now being made to gather togeth.
or the best and finest exhibits for the
1929 state fair, consideration Of the
wealth of Natrona county from a
purely agricultural and s~tockraising
standpoint is more than pertinent at
this time. The county is found TO be
already immensely rich in this re-
spect. Assessment rolls for this year
show 24o 900 sheep. 22.b9s cattle, "a
mules and 212 hogs. These figures
fail however to indicate the fun pos
sibilities here, and that only a mere
beginning has thus far been made
is shown by County Agent Penley.
who says:
HNatrona county is not what we
term an agricultural county. as the
word agriculture usually implies the
meaning of extensive crop raising; but
still in a broader sense 1t is an agricul-
turaI county being extensively err
gagged in stockraising. particularly of
sheep.
"Only along some Of the few creeks
and rivers of h county is 1t pos
sible to do any irrigation, and here
wonderful crops of alfalfa, sweet clio
yer, wheat. oats. corn, fruit. and flour
ishing truck gardens can be found
but by far the greater part OF the
county is a rough rolling sage'brust
land which is favored only by n very
moderate supply of rainfall. n condi-
ton which makes dry farming in
average years o very doubtful enter
prise. However, there are some 10
calities in the county where dry.farm-
ing can be made fairly successful II
the best farm practices are resorted
to. Our lands in Natrona county are
quite rich in all the necessary plant
nutriments and wherever irrigation
water can be applied to the land there
is no limit to the cropping capacity Of
the land.
"On this wide expanse Of range
land. as 1t is today. a be found
thousands upon thousands of sheep
and cattle, and we can boast fairly OF
being the greatest mutton and wool
producing county in our great state
and one of the greatest in the United
states. Our feed m climatic cond-
tons are well adapted for growing
fine wool and big fat lambs. and by
far our greatest agricultural revenue
at present mt from this source
Cattiemen in many places of late years
are stocking up with sheep in prefer
ence to cattle, having found that sheep
are much more profitable. With this
condition existing and tho closer at.
tention and interest which is being
shown by our sheepmen In their breed
ing, Natrona county will be even more
famous for her mutton and wool pro.
duction in years to come.
'But of late years we have other
agricultural enterprises which are