Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-03-28
SDUT NOT your trust In princes"-
l. Nor In the bards that sing,
Nor several dozen other
Harbingers of spring.


i Nor in the bards that sing,
Nor several dozen other
Harbingers of spring.
In helping home enterprises we
are only helping ourselves.
-Ellingwood & Hauck recently re-
ceived a car load Of wagons, buggies and
farm machinery.
1t is with pleasure that the officers
of the Woodmen announce that there
will be no assessment for April.
Those fine radishes which the guests
of our hotels have been enjoying for a
week OF two past were from the hot house
of B. q. Dye.
For the fine display in Maxwell
Bros. show windows the firm is indebted
to the skill and taste Of Mrs. Harry Max
well.
Tho Star livery stable has just added
two new buggies aBd two horses to their
stock, besides rspainting all buggies on
hand.
The outlook for the friends of silver
has certainly improved very greatly in
The civilized nations will be forced soon
to take action in behalf of silver.
"A. G. Conner has been doing consid-
erable business in the shipment of hogs
recently. Last week he shipped two car
loads to Denver, which were sold for the
satisfactory price Of f411s cents per pound
gross.
Road .Overseer Hale has recently
completed four bridges on the new roads
in Patterson valley, thus giving needed
facilities for travel in this rapidly devel-
oping portion of Otero county.
This is going to be the greatest
alfalfa country in the world-this Arkan-
sas valley. Perhaps it is already. An
enormous acreage is being sown to the
precious lucerne clover in these busy
months OF early spring.-Chieftain.
The Catlin Literary Society has an
evening, March %. The Society are 60
ing to great deal of trouble to get up a
first-class program, and they should be
we'll patronized.-Catlin Fruit Grower.
Hogs should be kept off the alfalfa
fields at this season of the year. The
dormant crowns are the only portions Of
the alfalfa which are visible and they are
greatly relished by the hogs. The fields
should have chance to get q start in
the spring.
Geo. Daring is anxious to get
through with tho carpenter work on
Gross barber shop so that he can begin
labor on his fve-acre ranch. He will
this spring improve the property by
building brick dwelling and putting
out much more fruit. The tract will be
largely planted in cantaloupes this sea-
sou.
Mrs. J. J. Elser completed her du-
ties as teacher at the Nichols school two
weeks ago. The spring term Of school is
being taught by Frank D. Voorhees,, late
of Grand Junction. Mr.. voorhees, is
we'll pleased with the Arkansas Valley
and will doubtless become a per manent
citizen.
Yesterday J. W. Jones moved to his
new store room. The building he vacates
Of groceries, and queensware may be add
ID. Their business has outgrown their
present large store room which makes it
necessary for them to occupy two
buildings.
The Woodmen social last Saturday
evening was attended by interested
guests enough to fairly fill the Masonic
hall. F. A. Huntley, the presiding Off
was followed by a recitation effectively
by Mics Ida Inness, "Reveries
Of Woodcraft" by D. W. Barkley and an
excellent humorous selection by I. B.
Johnson. telling of Biddy's experience in
, Woodmen's camp. The exercises were
pleasantly interpersed with q solo by
Mrs. g. M. Hall, a duet by Mrs. Hall |
and Mr.. Bolles, Mrs. VIM. Irvine furn-
shing the instrumental accompaniment. |
After the program the company ad-
journed TO the Swink hotel dining room |
where ice cream, cake and fruits were |
served.
Tuesday the Enterprise and wife |
paid visit to Mr.. and Mrs. 8. L. Lester
living 81 miles east of Rocky Ford.
Since our last visit to Mr.. Lester's his |
farm has been improved by the building |
Of new dwelling occupied by his son-in- |
law, X. L. Mumford. Mr.. Lester's spring |
plans include the setting out Of 5 acres
more orchard, which will be largely win
Ter apples. He is, however, giving the
most Of his attention to hogs and has
some ideas and methods in that line that
Last fall he built substantial adobe
house far his sows and foored it with
tone. It is partitioned into l3 pens and
we'll ventilated. In order to keep the
right for the brood sows
turing the extreme cold weather stove
was used to heat the building. This
,are enabled Mr.. Lester to carry through
The severest weather 80 of the finest pigs
% be seen in Otero county. He has that
number all of one size and they are in.
Iced handsome Iot-in-so-far as hogs
possess elements of beauty. These pigs
1e expects to market in December,
that the most profit in hogs Is
o be obtained by not carrying them over
he winter. In an adjoining pen are 40
Inc hogs which are being fattened for the
he May market. In the pens Of both
ho young and fattening hogs may be
een boxes of a mixture of lime, salt and
Iulphur which is convenient for access at
III times. This preparation Mr.. Lester
9 confident is quite valuable in keeping
he swine in good physical condition.
The stone floor Of theShog barn enables
lin to keep that perfectly clean and
wholesome at all times, which, in con-
lection with a supply Of pure water will
doubtless assure immunity from all di-
ease. The hogs are not allowed to wal
ow in the water. A stream is kept run
ling through the pens (and through the
llfalfa pasture during the summer) but
he drinking places are 30 arranged that