UPLAND FARMING. 
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UPLAND FARMING. 
In every community through which I have traveled, ex* 
cept small areas near Idalia and Vernon, stock raising is 
considered the principal part of farming. Other communi¬ 
ties are in various stages of transition from grain to stock 
raising. 
Cheyenne County —All given over to stock raising and 
practically no grain raising attempted. 
Kit Carson County —I divide into districts as follows: 
1. All south of the Rock Island railroad and nearly all 
west of Claremont given over to stock with but little grain 
raising. 
2. Yale, Wallet, Goff, Ashland and Burlington—Stock 
raising is considered first by practically all the settlers. But 
some plant grain hoping to harvest a crop if the season is 
favorable; but if the season is unfavorable, they expect a 
crop of forage from the grain fields. 
3. Valleys of the Landsman and South fork of the Re¬ 
publican—Nearly all occupied by stock men before the wave 
of settlement came. Still given up to stock exclusively, ex¬ 
cept a few places near Seibert where men have obtained a 
foothold and are developing horticulture on a small scale. 
Alfalfa-growing is quite general wherever there is water 
enough for irrigation. 
Eastern Arapahoe County : 
1. Lindon—Given up to stock exclusively. 
2. Thurman—Grain is sown quite extensively. There 
is some threshing done nearly every year. When the season 
is unfavorable for wheat, it is a good season for Russian 
thistles. The wheat and thistles are cut for hay, and make 
good feed when used together. 
3. Kirk and Fox—On the border line between a stock 
raising district and a grain-growing district. Here we find 
that nearly all are still raising grain; but all are get¬ 
ting into the stock raising business as rapidly as their means 
will permit. 
4. Friend, Idalia, Logan, Lansing and Bolton—This 
district is devoted to grain growing. But there is a strong 
sentiment in favor of stock raising exclusively wherever 
large areas are available for free range. 
5. Vernon—This district is devoted to grain growing. 
Some people own cattle which are kept in the sand hills 
during summer and brought in to winter around the straw 
stacks. Many around the edges of this settlement favor 
stock raising exclusively. 
