Show Tho New Alrthod of Panning There is so much interest ill irrigation now that the surveys of Maj Powell and the department reports prove that it is necessary in a third of our territory that Colorado items are timely Field and Farm of that state ij i enthusiastic over the increased product of corn and alfalfa These two leading products must necessarily be utilized reduced to money and the farmer can lind no better bet-ter way than by feeding them to steers Those who have not the cattle can buy them cheaply of those who have and hazard but little risk of making it pay At the present outlook there will be no fortunes in feeding but if the frmer gets a fair price for his hay and grain product with a trifle added for his time in feeding he should be content This can be done cheaply by good selection and judicious management Let us see for a moment A well bred twelve hundred pound steer can be bought these times for two and a half cents per pound which will be 30 Now if this steer is put to feeding by the middle mid-dle of the present month and kept feeding feed-ing until he has consumed a ton and a half or two tons of alfalfa and thirty bushels of corn he will have increased his weight 200 pounds when he should bring in the market at home or abroad from 45 to 53 This would give the farmer thirtyfive cents a bushel for his corn and 3 a ton for his hay To obtain ob-tain this increased weight in the steer he must be sheltered though and fed with an abundance must never be allowed al-lowed to go hungry or shiver with cold A few years ago we were jeered at for saying that Colorado would yet become a grand feeding and beef producing state Those who doubted then do not doubt now They have become the advocates of it It is patent that we have tHe ability abil-ity to feed and fatten large numbers of cattlecan do it as cheaply as any and at as good a profit as any of the western states It is being done In fact our farmers will soon be forced to feed or have no market for their leading products prod-ucts They have the best feed in the world and the best climate in which to feed It only needs the knowledge how to feed when to feed and the determination determina-tion to do when success will reward the undertaking |