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THE CORONA CATTLE COMPANY own a tract of land near Merino, Colo., twelve miles west of Sterling, five miles in length and under one of the best ditches
in the state. Merino is on the U. P. railroad. The ranch consists of 2650 acres of choice lands, and is ready for the market in tracts of twenty acres and upon easy
terms. The land is located between two beet sugar factories one at Sterling and oik- at llrush and splendid loading facilities right at the station of Minim.
The South Platte Valley is developing more rapidly than any other part of the state and with the sugar factory to handle the output the land is as valuable as in
any district of the older portion. This particular body of land has not been offered before in small tracts. The soil is rich and fertile, no alkali nor gumbo, and lies nicely
for irrigating purposes. It is especially adapted for beets, potatoes, oats, spelts, alfalfa, wheat or anything you wish to raise anywhere. The depth to water is but a ; hort
distance in most places only eight feet. As we have said, the Pawnee ditch is one of the best in the state, with f00 shares and seventeen miles of length. The ditch
heads on this ranch. The company owns W shares, or one share with every twenty acres sufficient to irrigate same at all times. The ditch has a capacitv of JIT cubic
feet per second, and one-sixth of it surely ought to be sufficient to irrigate any or all of this land. The altitude of the land is about -IJiH) feet above sea level and on that
account is very desirable for people wishing to live in a high altitude, yet not too high as it is further up the valley.
The sugar industry last year was immense in this immediate vicinity on both sides of the river, being the best growth in the valley. Mr. Propst, who owns a farm
across the river from this land, "raised 28 tons of beets per acre, and many have raised from IS to 25 tons per acre. At the price of 5.00 per ton this makes an enormous
earning for this land. Many have made as high as S75.00 per acre.
The sugar beet industry in the South Platte Valley is in its infancy, the first factory having been built only last year. Land in older countries, where factories IkIvc
been established a number of years have rapidly increased in value and has reached the high figure of from S200 to i00 per acre, with no better facilities than has thisland.
On this land this year there will be about 600 acres of beets, wheat, potatoes and other crops raised as a test of what can be done here. Beets are sure money makers ami
easy to raise. Potatoes can be raised equally as well as in the Greely district. Alfalfa has been raised here for twenty years and has yielded some enormous crops, and the
same is true of spelts and barley, and for vegetables, such as onions and cabbage, there is no better place. Hogs are profitable stock and not subject to cholera; they grow
and "et fat on alfalfa in summer and with a little grain and sugar beets easily fatten in winter. Wheat averages from 40 to 50 bushels to the acre, and oats from 75 to 100.
SOME FACTS
About Products of the South Platte Valley
It is beyond all doubt that the sugar beet Industry In the South Platte
Valley Is a complete success, with Us new factories in operation and still
others (joinir up. Eastern capitalists would not Invest millions of dollars
If it was not a certainty that this particular valley was the best produc
ing country in the United States. The farmers that have made tests the
last five years have come to the conclusion that forty acres of beets will
make more clear money than KiO acres of corn raised in the eastern states.
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Ditch Scene Near Merino, Colo.
Mr. A. E. War
ren, living three
miles northwest
of Sterling, has
grown sugar beets
on same ground
for the past three
years and the av
erage each season
was from 20 to Z
tons per acre.
S. C. King, six
miles northwest
of Sterling, found
his first crop to
run lit tons to the
acre, this being a
general average of
his 40 acre Held.
Wheat
While the tendency now Is to loolt more to the small tract fanning
in the production of sugar beets, potatoes, etc., yet the wheat production
In the valley Is very profitable, .ro bushels per acre is not excessive, and as
high as i;o and "0 bushels have been raised, and there Is always a ready
market for this product. It Is a paying proposition even for a man that
farms on a small scale.
Corn
This is r.o't considered a orn country and is not advertised as such,
fur the nights are too cool for this particular product, but at the same
time as lugh as ."ii bushels of corn have been raised to the acre in many
instances, whicii is e-iua! to the amount raised in the corn states, hut we
don't consider It profitable In comparison with other crops.
Onions
( mloiis are a success especially the Ilennudas. Mar.y crops have
averaged over 5oo bushels per acre. A crop of 1200 bushels was crown on
the Schneider ranch, eight miles west of Sterling, adjoining the Corona
Cattle Company ranch, and sold for J.o," per hundred pounds F. ( . 1!. at
Atwocd, Colorado, which was the nearest shipping point.
Alfalfa
. This is the natural home of the alfalfa plant which for years has
been one of the standard and best paying crops grown in the South Platte
Valley. It can be seeded on plow land or disked in the sod and produces
from three to four crops every year without resettling. Some of our best
fields were planted l. or JO years ago and are still yielding heavily. The
roots go down l. or '.'n feet, and as high as i tons per acre have been har
vested in one. season. It Is fed to cattle, hogs, horses and poultry.
In Conclusion
let us say that this tract of land Is one of the best In tie Sooth l'latte
Valley, located as it Is on the I'nlon I'aclllc railroad. Ilii) miles east of
Denver, 12 miles west of Sterling, In L"gan county, Colorado
Every train stops
ut Merino for the
convenience of all
passengers. Wa
ter for Irrigation
is assured, also
the best of water
for domes! ic pur
poses. The town
of Merino Is situ
ated In the cen
ter of this tract
and new buildings
are going up In
the way of hotels,
dwellings, store
buildings, etc.
The prices of
tills land range
from .."() to 110
per acre on easy
terms at six per
cent Interest and
Exhibit of Crnin and Crass Crown in this Valley
With a Paiil-Up Water Right for l-vcry Twenty Acres
W. L. Henderson, two miles due east of Sterling has HO acres of
beets in one lield this year. Ills tonnage Is heavy. Last season !o acres
of this land produced over 40 bushels of wheat to the acre, and W) acres
produced a heavy yield of beets.
Mr. Lee Prewitt In the vicinity of Merino, had a 30 acre Held of
beets which made 2 tons to the acre. Mr. Prewitt, it Is said, refused
000 for his crop two months before harvesting, the party making the
offer agreeing to stand all future expense of the crop.
The Sterling sugar company makes alt-year contract with farmers,
agr. ring to pay them per ton for all the beets they can raise.
Cost of Raising Sugar Beets
At the 24th annual session of the Farmers' Institute held at Love
land. Colorado, on February is, Mr. W. II. Falrbrothe.r read a paper on
the cost of raising sugar beets. Among other things he said that any
grower, even if he should be unfortunate enough to raise but an s-ton
crop will receive suillcient therefrom to fully cover not only the hand
F labor, but allow
himself wagesand
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Hauling Bocts to Factory at Sterling
Potato Raising
The tame of the Colorado potato has been heralded the length and
hrerlt f t land tin South l'latte Valley Is pa.tlcularly l.Ued for
their n o. i ti. the yield helog i.ln.osl Incredible. One 40-acre tract
, i 11. J. Powell of lc!il).eastof .Merllug, last year produced
from lo'i to ' liushels to t he acre of the very best potatoes, averaging
e to live rounds in weight. There Is a large prol.t in potatoes be
cause of the enormous yield and the over ready market.
That a farmer
having land In a
fair Mate of culti
vation, who vlll
lopk after his crop
properly.can w ith
a fair certainty
count on a net
profit of ?:'." per
acre, or ;.' per
cent interest on
Ids Investment
based on a valua
tion of 10" per
acre
Live Stock
The live stock Industry In the South Platte Valley has I ten too
well advertl.ied to reijulre much mention In this advertisement. It is
well known that cattle, horses and sheep find plenty ( f feed there nl
least nine li,' i. fl.s In the year on the free government ranch adjoining
the valley, and that more than suillcient winter feed Is grown In the val
ley during that time.
Poultry
A ready market for poultry is found at extremely good prices sup
plying the I kmver markets and also the minors. Tills Is an Ideal place
for raising turkeys ns well as other poultry.
Vegetables
Everything of this kind does well en Irrigated lands, and lu re in
the South i'iattc Valley they arc of splendid form nnd delicious iLivor
and the yield Is astonishing. Everybody can grow plenty for home use
and a surplus for lenver people and the mining camps, if so Inclined, and
at very lucrative prices.
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Haying Scene Wear Mcr'no
At this point we want you to stop and con-oder H"- v a in- of Mils
land. The (UK) acres that are In crop this year nr.- all l.'Uvd in Creely
people who have lived there in that com. try tor cut and thev :t--e pay
ing a cash rental of tin per acre'.
Can you ffnd any land in the east for double
the price we are asking for this land
with an equal cash rental value?
We can substantiate everv word wesav In tl.lt advi.ri ; ."it, jtnd
can convince you by showing von to. land A Ih.oh m 4' rn'i- "f Ibis
land lseiual In value to P;o in-res of penile l.n.d uu-t depend
upon rain for your crops.
The market facilities :m n good Ho wb-" o. n.e.' :ii'' the
amount that yau produe.' oif n foiiy ace tract of i.n-l n -ii cr'uig loany
one who is not acquainted with tie count . y
Let us show you this properly, and if you don't say its tlic beat piopcrty
for the money yo:i ovor saw. wo won't expect yon '.ob.iy.
Take the Union Pacific at any point and buy a ticket for Merino, Colorado, near where this tract of land is located. All trains stop there.
Excursion Rates first and third Tuesday of Each Month
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