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Show B Beets in Colorado. H Whilf in Denver recently we H ir.et Peorge H. West of Greely, B who was here a few months ago B looking up the beet sugar indus- B try. By him we were introduced B to a number of prominent men in B Denver among the number being B Mr. Michelson of tiie Denver and B Gulf Ry. He stated that some 6f B the farmers along their road were B It experimenting with sugar beets B and lie would be pleased to have fl us visit them and look over their B J crops. We accepted his offer and B , left Denver that evening for the H ' .north. Afte leaving the city the B railway turns toward the moun- H tains and we were soon u whirling H long past the fine irrigated farms H which line the foot hills. We B passed through several prosper- B ous farm villages and after about B ;ui hour s ride stopped a few min- B utes at Boulder. Here 'is loc-ted B the state university and at present H the Texas-Colorado Chataqua is H in session here and their white B. tents and building can be seen in a B little cove in the foot hills. Just H before dark we arrived at Love- B land, a charming little country H " town of 1500 people, located in H the midst of a fertile farming dis- H trict. It has a number of nice B -buildings and has two newspapers. H Editor Thorndyke of the Repor- B h ter says he is running the only B S ' strictly truthful paper in the state B : ji ... and for that reason is under 12 H U indictments for libel. In the morn- B I' ing we were ready to see the B jw,,, farms and left the hotel in com- B pany with with Mr. West and Ed- B itor Harbough, who drove us B trough the principal farming dis- B tricts and showed us the beet B crop. These beets were to be B t j, n 'worked up by the Grand Island m , f factory and is an experiment to B determine whether this section is B ' t iy suitable for the crop. Our obser- B : vation showed us that the land B 'i would grow good beets but the B farmers had not given the crop B proper attention. It being a sort B of side isMie had been left until B "the lust and had not been prooer- B ly thinned or cultivated. In some B places they had attempted to thin BbB with a hoe, not thinning by hand to a single beet so the plants were too thick and not doing well except ex-cept ,on a few patches. They can raise some good stock feed this year but will have but few sugar beets. After a pleasant visit in Love-land Love-land wc left for Greely, one of the garden spots of northern Colorado. Colora-do. In the afternoon Mr. West and Mr. Sanborn accompaied us on a drive through the fields and showed us the greatest potato producing district in the world, We stiW field after field of 'spuds' with straight rows half a mile long and scarcely a weed to be seen. The most of these fielas will produce pro-duce 300 bushels per acre. They can also grow other crops for on all sides ef as we saw fine fields of grain and lucerne, all of which are irrigated. The farmers told us that they did not manure the land and though they grow such excellent crops the land is getting better each year. This is because of the rotation of crops in vogue, there. First the' plant lucerne and crop it for two yoars. I he third year this is plowed up in the spring when the lucerne is about a foot high and potatoes are planted. plan-ted. The next year grain is grown and with the grain is sown the lucerne seed and next year there is a good crop of hay, Thus they continue changing year after year because they say rotation of crops has made that district what it is one of the best farming districts dis-tricts in this country, The town of Gi eely contains about 3000 people, but has some of the finest buildings and loveliet homes of any town of its size we ever saw. There are no fences but the lawns reach down to the sidewalks while flower beds and ornamental trees lend to the beauty of the surroundings. In the center of the town is a pretty little park covering two blocKS where the people assemble in cool summer evenings and listen to the music of the bands. Just south of the town is the building of the State Normal schcol which is attended every year by about 500 students. We were treated so well by the people of this district that it will always be a pleasure to remember our visit-there. |