Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09

The Enterprise recently re-
ceived n letter from w. NJ. Wiley
Of the Great Plains Storage Co.,
Holly, enclosing the following
communication from L. NJ. Lyon,
Of New York, of the firm of Lyon
Bros. of that city, one of the
largest aud most successful COM
firms in the country.
Lyons Bros. are backing the
Western Poultry & Game Co. i'll
their deal with the farmers this
year, and the suggestions coming
from New York business man
and successful fruit merchant,
will prove of vital interest to the
growers of the Arkansas valley.
The letter contains many sugges-
tions which our farmers and gar
deners should carefully consider:
New York, Feb. 18th, 1899.
Mr.. w. NJ. Wiley.
Holly, Colo.
Dear Sir,-I wish to thank you
for the several pleasant interviews
I had with you during the time
we were together at Rocky Ford
and La Junta, and feel sure that
the outcome of the contract with
the Western Poultry & Game Co.,
will prove advantageous to the
whole Arkansas valley, and that
the net results of the whole season
will surprise and please the grow
ers. AS you are aware, had
personal interviews from Fowler
to your section with many of the
experienced growers, and was very
much surprised at the immense
advantages which the Arkansas
valley has to offer to small settlers,
that is, to farmers or gardeners
who would cultivate from five to
twenty acres under the great and
water privileges which
they have assured to them. l
will take up the different fruits
and vegetables it struck me could
be cultivated and raised to n very
profitable result:
TOMATOES,
A canning factory should be
at suitable places
which could afford to pay tho
growers about 80 per ton for the
tomatoes delivered at the factory,
and If man had ten acres at his
disposal he could plant, say two
acres in tomatoes, and under the
positive supply of water there is
no question but what a large crop
would be assured him. d,
CELERY
Is another vegetable which can
be raised to a very profitable re-
suit in the Arkansas valley, as the
soil is we'll adapted to producing
the very finest grown on the face
of the earth. From the inquiries
1 made personally. without any
dissenting voice, every one stated
that the celery he raised was of
the large, white variety, brittle
and sweet, and if the different
growers at the different shipping
points would organize themselves
under the same plan as they have
for melons, and plant to produce
celery for the October, November
and December markets, and if
they could do SO as to plant to
produce late, which could be held
in the ground for the January
and February market, they would
find that buyers would be ready
to contract for their entire crop at
prices that would pay handsomely
for the labor expended, and it is
my impression that the Western
Poultry & Game Co. could take
hold Of the celery and market it
for the account of the growers in
the various markets OF the Y. ..
to very satisfactory result. In
California the celery this last year
sold to the speculators at Is to IL
cents per dozen roots, and as the
freight rates from Colorado would
be much less than from California,
and without question the quality
of the celery hundred per cent
better, we believe that the Colo
RADIO celery would demand a price
equal to an average for the season
of 25 cents per dozen roots, and
that there would be no question
of your ability to CONTRACT ahead
for the entire crop up to five car