davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
R..pb.rrIe. and Blaekberrl..

The Cornell University agricultural
experiment station has been carrying
on some experiments with raspberries
and blackberries and has arrived al
the following conclusions:
/. Black raspberries can be made a
profitable farm crop when grown for
svaPorating purposes, and gathered
by the aid of the berry harvester, re-
gardless Of proximity to markets. An
average yield with good culture is
about rs to so bushels per acre.
2. An average yield of red ras2 Der
ries is about I'd bushels per acre. An
average yield of blackberries is about
100 bushels per acre.
3. A majority of growers find low
summer pinching of blackberries best
for most varieties.
I, Growers are about equally di-
vidcd in opinion as to whether red
raspberries should be pinched back at
all in summer. If pinched, 1t should
be done low and early. The canes
should be made to branch low.
5. Evaporating red raspberries has
not yet proved profitable.
6. There seems to be no immediate
prospect that blackberries can be
profitably grown for evaporating
purposes.
Z. Berry canes which made their en-
tire growth after July stood the
winter as well or better than those
which grew during the whole season.
S. Removing all young canes from a
plantation bearing its last crop OF
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
Tho Irrigation Congress.

file Third National Irrigation Cod
gress has been called to meet in the
city of Denver, September 3rd. 1t is
certain to be the most interesting and
important convention of it's kind ever
held in this country. 1t will mark
tie elimination of years of effort in
organizing public sentiment in favor Of
comprehensive plans for the reclama-
ton and settlement of the arid lands.
Tie people of Denver and of Colora.
do. says the Irrigation Age, are doing
everything in their power to attract a
IL rye and representative attendance,
and they will go further in their ef-
fort to make the event profitable in re-
suits. and pleasing to those who par
ticiratc in it, than any community has
attempted to go before. The rivalry
for the honor of entertaining the con-
,ention was sharp and earnest. Dem
yer was chosen because of its favor
able location, railroad facilities and
hotel accommodations, but the people
of Colorado as whole see in the event
an extraordinary opportunity which
may be turned to their advantage In Il
legitimate way. They can well af-
ford to spend money and time to make
the most of IL as n means of putting
their advantages before homeseekers
and investors.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
fruit materially increases the weld.

fruit materially increases the weld.
0. Raspberries and blackberries car
be successfully grown under glass, but
require artificial pollination and q
comparatively high temperature.
10. Under ordinary conditions, thin
ming the fruit Of raspberries and
blackberries, other than that done by
the spring pruning. does not pay.
II. Cutting off the bearing canes
early in spring docs not induce autumn
fruiting Of raspberries.
1a. Frequent spraying with water
throughout the blossoming period did
not interfere with pollination and sub
seqhent fruit production.
10. The only remedy for red-rust is
10 dig up and burn at once every
plant found to be affected. Cut away
and burn all canes affected with
unthracnose pits and spray the planta-
tion with Bordeaux mixture. Root
gals weaken the plants, causing them
to appear as if suffering from poor
soil. Removing the plants and burn
ing the roots is the only remedy.
IA. The dewbcrry of the Pacific slope
is Rubus vitifolius. This species otter
bears imperfect or pistillate flowers.
The Skagit Chief bore pistillats
flowers with us and was therefore in
fertile with itself
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
PLANS FOR COLONIZATION.

Need for More Study of the Conditions
Necessary for Success.
The colonization problems of the arid
region demand more intelligent study
than they have yet received. The col
onist is as essential to the success of
an irrigation project as water or land.
Much stress has been laid upon the
need of educating the public to under
stand the value of irrigation securi-
ties. 1t seems very plain to us that
time. money and effort could be more
wisely devoted to educating the public
to understand the advantages of homes
on irrigated lands. When it is pos
sible to guarantee the speedy settle
ment of land with industrious and
thrifty families 1t will be much easier
TO sell irrigation securities. No enter.
prise can earn profits for the investor
unless people are found to purchase
the lands and utilize the water supply.
Nearly every failure we have had thus
far has beer due to the fact that lands
have not been settled after tens of
thousands OF dollars have been ex-
pended in the construction of works.
There are many reasons why they
have not been settled. In the first
place, the public has not yet been made
to understand the advantages and
charms of life in region of small
farms intensively cultivated by the
best irrigation methods. If we can
ever get this idea thoroughly well
known to the American people every
acre of irrigated land will be in speedy
demand. Then irrigation enterprises
will pay. And as a natural conse-
quence irrigation securities will be in
lively demand. There are companies
that have spent money very literally
to secure settlers. but there are few
companies or individuals who have at
tempted to do anything worthy of their
opportunities in illustrating the possi-
b,Iities of irrigation farming and its
attractions both from an industrial and
social tandpoint.-Irrigation Age.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16

building, from blowing off of the tops
during severe wind storms and from
waste that comes from handling these
stacks in the winter, many farmers
having from one to five stack buttons
covered with snow or wet with rain
during the latter part of the winter
season. The remedy for all this is the
hay shed. A hay shed 26x4o will hold
from 35 to 40 tons of hay, depending
on the care with which it is filed. 1t
can be made cheap or expensive
structure, as suits the taste of the
builders. Whichever it may be it
will insure the crop going to mar
ket in good condition instead of at q
discount of several dollars per ton,
caused by exposure.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
PETE M.AsTERsON.

II was night. and the storm had abated,
The rain over Denver that poured
To hear The ..conS shout ..Aii aboard"
Though madly the torrents were flowing,
The throttle was pulled without fear
BY one who possessed without knowing
The heart of a brave engineer.
Soon out in the darkness appalling
The train To our vision WAS lost
While lightly on ear drums kept falling
The sound of its trembling exhaust.
Four miles out of Denver a trestlc
The dry bed OF Sand creek towers Ger.
But that night compelled 1t to wrestle
'Gainst ten feet OF water or more.
by, force Of the cloud burst terrific.
That formed such torrent below.
The train the Union Pacific
Was saved by a sacrifice blow
The headlamp the farther shore lighted,
As brightly. almost as the day,
When Engineer Mastcrson sighted
span of the bridge washed away
Who knows what his thoughts when the
Flashed clear to his brain on that nightf
Can one he TO terror stranger
When knowing and doing the right:
Does any. one think it appalled, him
Inc sst thought ,h Of fhiinr1n nrn ,,sh ahn hin,
"Quick! Masterson, jump for your hfe!
With air brake and throttle and lever
He stopped that long train In II breath,
Bnt more was fruitless endeavor-
He went with his engine to death.
We write of the heroes that bsttled
'Gainst Beaurerard. Jackson and Bragg
And fell where the minie ball ratified
Defending our national nag.
Each year a memorial token
Is placed on the graves OF these men,
And hearts that were years ago broken
Are started to bleeding again.
I would not detract from their daring.
Nor spare the poor need of our tears,
But while for these heroes we're caring,
Let's think of cur dead engineers
Who died as Pete Masterson persisted,
To save lives by losing his own:
His memory ought TO be cherished.
His resting place honored aud known
His deed was unselfish as any
Recorded on history's scroll;
His poor life went out to save many
Sweet rest to Pete Masterson's soul.
"A. L. BINBY. in Lincoln State Journal.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
re.a. Fever and Anthrax.

Farmers will do well to heed the ad-
vice given in q recent bulletin from
the Delaware experiment station 1t
says:
If it is customary for drovers to
use the public highways, farmers
should satisfy themselves at the un-
loading station on the railroad that
strange herds have not come from ter
ritory prescribed by the secretary Of
agriculture If live stock dies under
suspicious circumstances, notify your
experiment station, detailing symp'
toms. In Texas fever, all of the indi-
cations of an ordinary fever will be-
come visible. The sick animal will
leave the herd; if in milk, the flow
will cease; if water is accessible, ii
will be sought as standing place.
At times steers and cows affected with
this trouble, show tendency to
charge upon men who enter the field.
The animal becomes constipated, the
urine in many cases is high colored,
almost black, but if it is voided into
water, its true color will be found to
be that of blood. If slight cuts n<e
made into the skin, little blood will
flow, and it will be noticeably thin,
light colored and watery. Ticks will
be found on the uddcr, on the
esctcheon and oftentimes along
the milk veins. The custom
of opening bodies of animals
which die under suspicious c1rcum.
stances is one which should not be en-
couraged among farmers, unless
proper precautions are observed. If,
however. this post mortem work is at
tempted on Texas fever carcasses, the
color of the blood, the enlarged and
yellowish liver, the enormously en-
larged and congested spleen or milt
will attract attention. AS autrax has
occurred in two sections of Delaware
during the past two years, it is neces-
sary to state that danger of confusing
it with Texas fever exists II the
blood of victim is found to be thick
and black instead OF thin and light
red, go no further with the examina-
ton, and telegraph at once to an ex-
pertinent station for assistance.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
In thc pepth. of Ml.ery.

Though endowed with wealth ''beyond the
dreams of ayarice," the wretched sufferer
from chronic dyspepsia is plunged In the
depths of misery from which he or she sell
dom energies even for n day Mt stretch.
There is n way to down the imp. Invoke
the aid of Hostctter's Stomach Bitters ana
he departs. Keep using the medicine, ana
the relief you promptly experience hhaiis
becomes permanent and thorough cure Is
effected. Heartburn, fatulcnce. uneasiness
and sinking at the pit of the stomach. ner-
yousness insomnia-these are symptoms
first relieved and finally cured, with their
cause, by this ineffably reliable specihc.
Liver complaint and constipation, brother
tormentors of dyspepsia. are also sent to
limbo by the BitterS. So are rheumatism,
malaria and kidney complaint. Use this
helpful medicine Systematically, not by fits
and starts,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
liay Sheds.

The current range of prices for farm
the farmer should use economies such
as he has never practiced before, says
Hay Trade Journal. In fact, in this
enforced economy lies one of the
sweetest uses of adversely. Men and
nations that have been compelled to
use economy before they were too old
to learn are uniformly prosperous,
while those who have developed with
out such lessons usually have rough
road before them. One of the great
est wastes on the farm is that of hay
after it has been cut and stacked. The
waste is in many directions. The
waste in stacking is reduced to the
minimum where farmers stack as they
do in the older countries, where the
climate is such as to render large
barns or hay sheds impracticable.
Under these circumstances the stack
is built with a skill such as few
Americans possess, raked as no Ameri-
can will take the time to rake it, and
then matched as no American
will ever thatch. Under our con-
ditions hay can be put in large
barns of almost any size, al
though it is dangerous to put clover
hay in barns over twenty feet high
Ito the squure) on account of spontan-
eous combustion. AS ordinarily
stacked and especially in the prairie
country, the stacks suffer first from
the damage by the deposit of moist
ure on the outside during the heated
period, a damage which has been esti-
mated by scientists of not less than 12
per cent 1t suffers from insufficient
rnking, from leaning to one side or
the other on account of unskillful
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
The ruturs of Wool.

That the crisis in wool and sheep
husbandry is conceded, and perma-
ncnt progress is now developing in the
change to mutton breeds, and the
abortion of the improved breeds with
improved care and management A
correspondent of the Wool and Cotton
Reporter says: 1.-The crisis actually
existing on wool is not to be denied,
but it is not as real as apparent
ard is not to be Of a long duration,
that is, prices as low as those of to-
day are not to last much longer. In
looking at the always increasing con-
sumption of that material over all the
world. one may easily perceive that it
is near an advance in prices What
are the causes of such uneasiness and
such depression? Pessimists will
argue of large stocks and over produc-
tion. Such is not at all the case
Let us figure the comparative
quantities of stocks and pro-
duction in balance with the consump-
ton over all the world. What are the
100, 900 bales more from Australia and
River Plate of these last yearsP 1t was
needed to compensate the always
diminishing quantities produced in
Europe. Over all the civilized world,
always increasing are the aspirations
and wants for comfort aud luxury; it
has invaded all the classes. Many in
dustries are now requiring the use Of
wool, glovemakers, hatmakers, shoe
makers, etc, besides clothes for mems
wear. dress goods for ladies, hosiery,
upholstery, etc. Some minds are sadly
impressed by the stocks of the sales to
term in Europe, but it does not amount
to even loo, 600 bales, while the con-
sumption of the world is monthly of
200. 900 bales. In favor of rise in
prices is the actual Sheapness, making
the use of wool attainable for many
lines saeculntors will get on to it
as soon as confidence is restored, and
fabrics have been lowered from % to
| 20 per cent. and in csrt@ln lines even
more. The actual effects of this legis-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation;
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
net with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
cning them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
nfac.ured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
-ccept any substitute if offered.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
suB.IRR1eAr1oN IN Hot HOUSES

SUB IRRIGATION In Hot HOUSES
Ordinary 2L or 3-inch drain tile is used
for irrigating. These tile are laid on
q level crosswise or lengthwise the
beds, the rows being about two feet
apart. At the end of each row Of tile
an opening is made in which TO intro
duce the water for irrigating. The
tile are covered with the ordinary
depth of soil, Ihich is commonly about
six inches. When the beds are to be
irrigated, water is poured quickly into
the ends of the rows of drain tile
SO that it will run the entire length of
each row at once, and soak out slowly
and uniformly through the adjacent
soil. Watering is TO be done as often
US the plants require it, and their
needs are learned in the same manner
as by surface watering. but the appli-
cations need not be SO frequent Is by
che old plan.-ohio Bulletin,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
from their extremities, and a. thsss

from their extremities. and a. these
extremities push out, the root growth
behind sends off lateral branches that
divide and subdivide until the whole
soil is occupied for several feet If
the rows were nearer together these
roots must pass each other and inter
lace. This might be of advantage II
it resulted in the more complete occu-
pancy of the soil. We have NO evil
dence that it would, and if we had, it
would not furnish proof that their
power to secure nutrition would be
increased. for at this point we arc met
with the relation of the sun to the
corn plant
CORN LIKES SUNSHINE
Corr is . well-known lover of warm
weather aud wa rm soil, its roots cling
ing to the sl-iace of the soil Expert.
l1ients at the Utah station have shown
that the center of the row is warmer
than the lines of the rows of corn, or
it is warmer in the space between the
corn rows than in the hills. As the
average of several depths and methods
of planting, it was found at this sta
ton that the temperature Of the soil
in the hills was :7.5 degrees, while the
temperature between the rows was
SIS degrees, or the astonishing differ.
ence of lis degrees. When the bulb
was planted to its depth only the tenn.
perature was found to be s6.7 degrees
in the hills, ard when it was placed in
the rows at the same depth it was LOT
degrees, or o difference OF 21.5 de-
grees, q most astonishing difference.
This fact can scarcely be without its
influence on the growth of the corn
plant
EXPERIMENTS.
Experiments with distance of plant
ing rows has been made by but few
stations with the corn crop, but for
tunately these trials have been very
complete, notably that of the Kansas
station, to which alone in regard to
yield reference will be made. Bulle-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
The Man. the Goat, and the banana.

A big gray goat walked the other day
down Whitehall street. When lie came near
10 vender's cart which stood, piled with
bananas- by the curb on the east side Of
The street, he paused and surveyed the fruit
Of countenance- A man who came alon.
as the goat stood there stopped and bought
banana: he stripped the banana and hand,
eel the peel to the goat Then the man and
the goat both stood there and ate-the goat
with undertaking gravity. the man with n
rising smile. When they had finished the
man went on his way, the smile still playing
on his features: the goat passed on with u
sountenance of unbroken woodenness.-Ncw
York Sun,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16

AT this season of the year parents have to
decide upon and select the educational III
stitution which their daughters are to at
tend for the coming years. In this conncc-
tion we desire to call attention to the e!lu-
cational announcement in our advertising
Heart. st. Joseph. Mo. Their buildings
and grounds are attractive. locality health.
full, teaching in all branches thorough. and
terms reasonable. Parents fortunate to Sc
lect this school for the education OF their
daughters will. are sure, he fully salts
fed For further information, address
Mother Superior, Academy of the Sacred
Heart, st. Joseph. Mo.
A preacher having married a couple In
the church the other day, unfortunately
gave out as the very next hymn 'Alistnkcn
Souls That Dream of Heaven
A California man choked himself to death
with n tape measure. The coroner verulct
was that he died by inches.
GEYSERITE-Best and cheapest of toilet
soaps. cures roughness of the skin. CURES
ECZEMA. For sale every where. Manufacture
ed by the GEYSERITE SOAP CO., Denver.
A workman is known by his chips and Il
barber by his shavings.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
Educational.

Attention of the reader is called to the
announcement Of Notrr Dame University In
stuother column of this paper. This noted
Institution of learning enters upon Its fifty
first year with the next session. Parents
and guardians contemplating to send their
boys and yolng men away from home to
school would do well to write for partlcu.
lars to the University of Notre Dame. In
diana. before making arrangements for their
education elsewhere. Nowhere In this broad
land are there to be found better facili-
ties for cultivating the mind and heart than
are Offered at Notre Dame University.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16
DI,,auco Ap.rt OF Corn Rows.

q Experiments by Prof. King and by
others have shown that roots of corn
occupy three or more feet
of the soil, and therefore are pastur-
ing upon it, says Hirror and Fermer.
This being the case, may IL not BIZ
that these roots are as able TO secure
tho nutrition as they would with rows
placed nearer together Roots ieAa
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16

latin on German trade, am not pre-
pared to state. but l know that the
step is hailsd with joy by tn, British
manufacturer who is Germany's only
serious rival"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16

tin 80 of the Kansas station gives the
result of planting five distances in the
row for three kinds, making fifteen
duplicates of the trial. The corn was
planted in distances beginning at 142
feet and increasing by half foot at
each increase in distance until four
feet in distance was reached. The
crop increased up to three feet for one
variety and up to four feet for an
other, and where the corn was listed
the greatest yield was secured at q
width OF row of four feet. 1t should
be said, however. that the increase re-
ferred to was in corn, the fodder de-
creasing as the rows widened. Looking
at the question wholly from the ste nd.
point of the grower of corn for its
fodder it would seem from the figures
of the station, which are too full for
review, that it would be better to plant
close or, at least, not over three feet
in the row.
RELATIVE TO QUALITY.
But there is another side to the
question that is brought ont by the
Connecticut station, that touches the
question of quality. 1t has been seen
that narrow rows affect injuriously
the relation of the parts of the fodder
to each other, thus manifesting q deep
influence as the moving cause Will
this cause stamp its influence on the
nutritive value of the food? Where
one stalk was put every -four feet the
protein was 81 per cent; where the
talks were put every two feet or two
to every@wo feet the protein was rs
per cent; where the stalks were every
foot the protein was GA per cent;
where the stalks were every six inches
the protein was s.. per cent: where
the stalks were every three inches the
protein was SO per cont; where the
stalks were every inch and q half the
protein was SO per cent The ratio Of
protein to other materials constantly
decreased as the plants approached
each other. This being the case, the
assumption is not q violent one that
the other materials were affected and
that the organization of the materials
of nutrition were more imperfect with
narrowing distance. The problem is a
complex one, and each must judge, SO
far as they are accepted, from the data
of the system that he will pursue. We
believe that close planting will give
the most nutritive matter per acre and
we plant three feet aparts
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-08-16

The .Cold Miner Is the name Of new
I6-page monthly paper recently started IN
Denver. 1t aims to give a condensed re-
port and summary of all the principal paninI mil
attention to the new gold strikes. The sub
scriptlon price is but 30 cents year sam sam
pie copy furnished for five cents In stahps'
Address Gold Miner. Denver.