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The Arkansas River valley is a
good place to raise alfalfa. The hay
is now bailed in huge bails and
trucked all over the prairie for
cattle feed. Several dairies just over
the state line in Kansas take
advantage of plentiful hay, and milk
thousands of cows each day. The
valley is also a great place to raise
thorough-bred horses.
Much of the valley farmland is
irrigated. "Above the ditch", farmers
raise winter wheat and milo. To the
south are miles and miles of ranch
land.
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Called the "Cathedrals of the
Plains," the grain elevators of Kansas
and Eastern Colorado can be seen ten
miles before any other sign of a town.
This year, our area is in the
second year of a drought (pronounced:
"drouth"). With an average annual
rainfall of only 14 inches a year,
this land is technically a desert.
Unless we see extraordinary early
winter moisture, we won't make 14
inches in two years.
Market prices are driven by the
law of supply and demand. As one old
timer put it: "When I have a supply,
there's no demand!"
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Little towns like Holly just
cannot keep up with the big city. In
some ways, we don't want to. But
amenities such as a movie theater
cannot do a profitable business.
A decade ago, when the proprieter
of the Holly theater decided to
retire, the Town bought the building
and leased it to a family for a
dollar. When that family decided to
give it up, the citizens banded
together. Three nights a week, a paid
projectionist runs the film -- while
volunteers sell concessions.
If you are running a little late,
don't worry. The movie won't start
until everyone has popcorn and a
drink!
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I hope you have enjoyed your tour
as much as we enjoy living here. The
one structure we could not photograph
is the Mighty LOADSTAR Tower. The
clear blue sky reflecting in the 215
stories of mirrored glass makes the
building virtually invisible.
Another theory is that a 215 story
skyscraper in a puny little town is
just too unbelieveabe. The eyes see,
but the brain refuses to comprehend.
We consider it a fairly good form
of security. On the otherhand, we
have been forced to open up the 20th
to 50th floors so crop dusters can fly
through.
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