La Junta tribune., 1898-04-27


the world owes them q living. and
that out OF the sunshine and the
rain, Providence will provide for
their wants.
The barbarian, when first he feels
the quickening touch of civiliza-
tion, drops his bow aud arrow and
other implements of the chase, to
engage in pastoral pursuits. from
which his next step is the growing
Of cereals. AS he progresses along
the scale Of advancement his in
telligence tells him that it is more
profitable to grow the things which
everybody cannot grow. which re-
quire skilled labor, favorable con-
ditions, involve agricultural ma
chinery. thought and study. When
the Pyramids were building, the
Egyptian Fellaheen plowed the
lands adjacent to the Nile with an
OK and wooden plow. Times
effacing finger has been laid upon
the massive monuments of the
ancient Egyptians, but the Fella-
heen to-day, after the lapse OF
thousands OF years, cultivates the
fertile valley of the Nine with an
OK and wooden plow--so far has
he progressed.
1t is hard for the farmer Of cereals
to change his calling, because GUS
tom or habit is very difficult thing
to overcome, and, when this Gus
tom or habit has the added force
of from three to ten generations.
it is almost impossible to overcome
its force. except by the most radi
cal measures.
A gentleman, who is one OF the
largest growers of beans in the
southwest, was bewailing the low
price at which his crop could be
sold, and said that in all the years
that he had been engaged in this
business he had made but bare
living. having accumulated moth
ing. Being asked why he continued
in such an Improbable business,
he said: ~ don't know, except
that | am bean farmer" The
country is full OF just such men.
Municipal bonds, bearing inter
est at 3H per cent per annum, in a
small city in Massachusetts,, sold
the other day in Boston for 1909.
1t is only matter Of time until
the farmers of the United States
will have to content themselves
with moderate interest income on
their lands.
Sugar-beet growing is simple. 1t
requires a great deal of labor and
intelligent watching. Good beets
should have CO. o-efhcient of purity
of 30 or over. There is vast
amount Of such land in Otero
county. Beets can be grown upon
almost any soil, but lands which
harden and crack, or lands which
are so full of moisture SO that beets
grow to great size, are not adapted
to their culture. The amount OF
beets raised upon an acre will vary,
as will the richness Of the beets in
sugar and purity of juice, with the
character of the land and the care
in cultivation. 1t is not unusual
for pieces Of ground which are ex-
tremely fertile, and which are well
cultivated, to yield thirty tons Of
beets to the acre; and. on the other
hand, lands not so fertile, or SO
carefully titled. fall as low as
twelve tons to the acre, though
this is extremely rare. Nothing
grown responds SO profitably to
care in cultivation as the sugar
beet, and it is the history of every
sugar-heet growing colony, that,
As the farmers come to have =
greater knowledge Of what is neces-
sary, and : greater experience 10
growing that product. more and
richer beets are produced.
The profits upon an acre Of beets
will vary from SIS to $50. The
profit the FIRST year will not be 70
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