Merino Colo Ranch Promoted For Beets and Crops on 2650 Acres
The Corona Cattle Company offers 2650 acres near Merino twelve miles west of Sterling for sale in twenty acre tracts with easy terms. The Pawnee ditch serves the land, water depth is shallow, and altitude around 4200 feet. Beets and other crops yield high profits. 40-50 bushels wheat and 75-100 oats per acre are reported.
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HE Corona Cattle Company
Merino
Colo
Sterling
U. P
Brush
South Platte Valley
Pawnee
Propst
Greely
Sugar beet boom drives South Platte Valley profits
The South Platte Valley sugar beet industry is thriving with new factories and continued construction. Local farmers report harvests of 20 to 40 tons per acre on beet fields near Sterling Merino and surrounding areas, with contracts offering a per ton price for beets.
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South Platte Valley
United States
A. E. Warren
Sterling
Cost of sugar beets at Love land institute session
At the 20th annual Partners' Institute in Loveland Colorado on February 1 W H Fairbrothers presented a cost study on sugar beets. He claimed a viewer raising even a five ton crop could cover hand labor wages and team expenses and a fair farmer could net about 5 per acre equal to 35 percent return on investment. the South Platte Valley region's potato fame is noted with Ton J Powell of Solid near Sterling producing 400 to 800 bushels per acre and high profits from the crop due to large yields and steady demand.
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Partners' Institute
Loveland
Colorado
W.H. Fairbrothers
Phute
Ton
J. Powell
Solid
Sterling
Wheat and Beet Crops Drive Valley Farming Profits
The valley sees strong profits from wheat with 50 to 70 bushels per acre in good years, onions such as Bermudas, and alfalfa thriving as a perennial cash crop. Alfalfa fields yield for 15 to 20 years, with roots reaching 15 to 20 feet and harvests of high tonnage per acre.
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South Platte Valley
Land Prospect in Colorado Valley Near Denver
In the Southlatte Valley near the Union Pacific line is a favorable tract ten miles east of Denver and twelve miles from Sterling in Logan County. The parcel includes a townsite Merino, water rights, and rail access with growing hotels and stores. Prices range from 850 to 0 per acre with six percent interest and a paid up water right for every twenty acres.
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Southlatte Valley
Union Pacific
Denver
Sterling
Logan County
Colorado
Merino
Mering
South Platte Valley Livestock and Poultry Prospects
The South Platte Valley offers abundant feed nine months a year on adjacent government ranch land and ample winter forage. A ready market for poultry exists with strong Denver and mining camp demand. The ideal irrigated area supports cattle horses and sheep with high yields and good prices for home use and sale.
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South Platte Valley
Denver
Matte
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S.C. King
W. L. Henderson
Lee Prewitt
Prewitt
Sterling Sugar Company
Merino, Colo
Bermudas
Schneider
Corooa Cattle Company
Atwood
Alfalfa
Harvest Scene
THE
Corona Cattle Company
J. P. Faber
Plattsmouth
Neb
Merino, Colorado
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