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Colorado Wool, Dairies, and Irrigation Rise in 1888
Notes of Farm Dairy and Stock predict Colorado wool output to rise by 3.9 million pounds over 1887 as flocks grow and new breeding improves stock. The Platte river valley shifts from range stock to orchards vineyards and dairies with alfalfa and clover supplanting hay. Denver to become a major wool buying center. large irrigation and under irrigation plans loom. sugar and corn profits noted. postal law changes outlined. local politics, finance and a dancing master in Ireland described with notable detail.
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Colorado
O. Barnes
Fort Collins
Barnes
Boston
Boulder County
Denver
Ftock
New Mexico
Utah
Fred Mason
Running Creek
Arkansas
Pueblo
Kansas
Fort Morgan
Platte
T. C. Henry
Henry
State Forestry Association
State Horticultural Association