Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-01

pasture and let tho ewes feed ON hny.
The other plan is TO pasture both II
you do not have moro than ~ per cont
loss by this method You will DO doing
we'll. But il il risky. because of I'll.
The alfalfa IL not pasture
grass. ns blue grass Ia. The alfalfa plant
does not bear constant cropping. blue
grass does. and sheep pasturing will rap
idly run il out. Tho fourth plan ~ To
handle lambs by usin. alfalfa as cnsil.
ngc. But feeding We. food ont doors
in winter Is not desirable. So the new
plan IL TO use alfalfa cnsilaIc nv n sum.
m.r fred for sheep. Hc claimed tia,
ons-half the ordinary loss of alfalfa WAS
prevented by putting Il into ih. si'o ani.
and the usual loss, as hc pointed ont. was
greater than commonly supposed.
Whether the cnsilass plan was generally
adopted or not Il WIS practically sure the
tho tendency here must inevitably b-
toward som. method Of intensive feeding.
Growing Potatoes
BY J. J. Guthrie. thoroughbred Irish,
man. Mr.. Guthrie said his soil was n
sandy loan. Early In spring lie ploucd
the land aud got !, raising good crop OF
weeds. Later hc plowci a.nin. very
deep. mud put tho seed rish, ia tho fur
row. He never left row uncovered to
20 to dinner. Seed must bc covered
quickly. Hc turned heavy fnrrow and
icv-ling back narrowed the patch both
ways. He planted IN early ns the 9th of
June. When they were III bloom lie
wnicrcd them thoroughly. IL. let th.
winter run until the moisture from the
two bitches mot below tb. surface. The
Il. Il Ia.
after they bloomcd. The early potatoes
high.
j. +. Pollock: Have trici Mr.. G.'s
method. but Ind no success because %!
different soil.
l. ID. Hale (adjoining Mr.. Guthrie:
Did not have equal success. Mr.. Gn'h.
ties soil specially adapted TO the potato.
W. n. Randall: Does not the nation.
ality Of the grower have something to do
with tlic raising OF Irish potatoes. Hc
Ind heard that man had TO he Mt least
30 per cont Irish to grow good potatoes.
Mr.. Guthrie: One hundred per cen,
wouldn't hurt him.
The afternoon session closed with n
piano duet by Miss Irvine and Miss Goss
FRIDAY MORNING.
Chairman Ebber. prcfaccl tho work Of
the day by some remarks upon the cX.
prcssivencss OF slang ut certain times.
Sugar Becis-Their Relation to the
Farmer md Feeder
was discussed by Prof. Cooke OF the
Agricultural college. He touched upon
the following points: Ability of the beet
plant to stand frost, the best times for
planting, the proper distance for plant
ing, with discussion OF the methods cm.
ployed mt different places. The closer
the rows tho more tonnage and the richer
the beets, but in an irrigated country lS
inches was the narrowest practicable.
Grand Junction used 20 inches, Lehi
from 20 to %, Eddy. n. Nj, an alternat.
ing distance Of q md II inches. He
said the most trouble with the beet crop
would be that Of getting n stand. He
spoke OF three different ways in which
the moisture might be employed for this
purpose. The question OF getting n
stand will vary in different localities and
also upon adjoining farms. The farmer
must study this for himself Rolling was
somtimes employed to break the crust
that forms on the surface and also rs an
aid in thinning. The roller should be
or 4 feet long and weigh about 800
pounds.
Prof. Cooke said that most of the lii.
ernture upon subsoiling came to MS from
rainy countries. He did not consider il
applicable to this country very much,
He could not see where any benefit, COM
mensurRte with cost, would result in this
valley. The first irrigation would close
the soil to its original position. Only
upon adobe soils, or those with an i'm.
pervious subsoil, would the subsoiling be
beneficial.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
President Ebbert made few remarks
congratulatory upon the establishment
oil sugar factory in our midst.
The Cultivation of Sugar Beets
was the subject of u lengthy, compre
hensive and most instructive address by
Wm. Winterhalter, chief agriculturist of
the American Beet Sugar Co. The full
text or Mr.. Winterhnltcr's valuable nd.
dress will bc found on an inside page of
this issue.
Irrigation as Applied to Sugar Bcets IN
the Arkansas Valley
was the title of an instructive and we'll.
written paper by p. X Blinn, eX.superin.
tendent OF the experiment station. the
publication OF which is reserved for n
future issue.
MIR. Weitzer followed in few remarks
upon the sugar beet industry and nsked
Tor the experience Of farmers in the grow
ing OF beets. A few responded by giving
their methods employed in getting a
stand, etc.
Prof. Cooke then took up tho subject
Feeding Dairy Stock on Waste Sugar
Factory Products.
He had expected the molasses would
be considered waste product, but had
learned since coming here that the fac
tory VIII utilize this. This being the
case there remained but two products Of