Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-01
INSTITUTE

on the tulntp OF tOuS insteuu Ot WuIuh'
loads. AMI presented u scheme whereby
he thought II could bc accomplished.
Another thought was that every man
Inns the same right aud expects the
same treatment.
MIR. W. Blinn then appeared with n
payer and touched upon the foiiowin.
points: Irrcgularity In delivery: the
scnlc capacity not equal To the demand:
the failure To supply the pulp Ia
proper time and amount another loss
To the farmer.
The speaker was Of the opinion that
the farmer should bc paid for the frnc.
tlonnl per cent. and that the price of
iscts herr was not proportional To TINT
cl-cwhcrc.
An animated discussion followed. In
which Mcssrs. wcitxcr and Winter.
halter explained to the farmers some
OF the difficulties under which they In.
/, iporcl la rivin. orders for delivery Of
i.cts. They said the farmers should
pay more attention To instructions.
They wished to cooperate In every
way with the farmer and always ut.
tempted tn do what they thought WIS
for his benefit. Their aim In ordering
by wagon loads was Ia indncr tile
farmers tn get heavy wagons for the
purpose Of economy.
The discussion was of much hnciii.
both to the farmers nnd the represent
ntivcs of the company. and Of much
amusement To many listeners.
Friday morning the session "lsn'-i
with Chairman i.ockhari presiding.
| Music furnished 10y Dr. Meyer ani
MIR. Woodbury..
The first number on the program was
J.. II. Iockhart's paper on Prevention
Of Blnck Leg" The speaker stated
that his experience dated hack to 1ss..
hut the disease did not occur much
In the South. He attributed the dis.
ease to wcnninr and putting on drv
feed. and while the loss on feed IL much
greater tiinn the loss OH the range, yet
he believed the Feeder c:s...: keep even
with the range man. Many remedies
were t:fc,s thnf had been used. III
.elu,lin. scfoninr and vaccinntinr. hut
lie had never found mn effective rem
! c,;y. His experience IL that when In
fcction takes place that II cannot bc
cured. Some benefit can be secured by
changing to poor pasture. His obscr.
yations were that the disease was not
caused by n germ: that he had fed
many head where death had occurred
and the offal remained and lost none.
and again he had lost many In yards
where black leg never existed. He
thought the cause of the disease was u
,!isor,icrcd stomach.
Mr.. Rabcock was the next speaker
He had u carefully prepared paper In
which lie treated OF the selection Of the
COW, the food. care OF the COW and
handling the product.
Mr.. Il. W. Bell followed with u paper
on the same topic. This was u well
written and carefully prepared paper.
| 4. tt,... nrt
nnrc Of looking well TO the "indiri,lu.
nlitv Of the cow
The hour was so late II was nc"rs.
sary TO pass these papers without dis
cussion.
Or. W. +. Ucaddcn Of Fort Collins
was the next speaker. his topic bcin.
How Plants Feed" The plant cannot
grow without air and from this the
plant gets its carbon and most Of the
nitrogen. The roots develop to the
greatest extent where the food Is In
greatest abundance and the root has
the power of rendering the food solu.
bic. The roots of beets dccomposcd
insolublc feldspar and appropriated II
for use. The amount Of the elements
that Il plant takes from the soil de-
tcrmincs its draft upon the soil. He
gave figures to show what draft Ger
tain crops were upon the soil and
showed what u rank feeder sugar bcets
were and the necessity for liberal fer
tiization.
maintenance of Fertility" was then
taken M by II. II. Griffin. who went
on TO show the natural conditions OF
our soils. what practice. experiments
and chemical analysis showed them TO
contain in quantity. That nitrogen was
the fertilizer demanded. and how to
= ta.t
| names of plants that have been under
trial for the purpose.
oThp discussion took wide range,
much being said on the effect of fer
tilizcrs for bects.
The meeting Friday evening opened
with song by uunriettc. followed by
n recitation bv Helen Doll.
Professor w. Paddock of Fort Col
lins then presented Il paper on Con
trnsts in Fruit Growing Between the
East and West He went on to show
1 the difference in age of fruiting.
amount of fungous and insect trouble.
manner of pruning. manner of pack
| ing. etc.
| A musical trio was followed by an
| address by W. II. Ebbcrt on THE
Farmer as He Is" He stated that the
farmer always added to the sum of
| the worlds assets. The farmer stands
before the world without any apology.
the Foundation of all things. .f
The influence of the farm was gentle
and wholesome and It was the nations
nursery. pride and hope
The Young men left the farm for the
city not for work but for employment
Common labor. so-called. was not com
mon nor degrading.
The farmer was essentially n home
builder and his habits make him
/ thoughtful. more than talking. man, He
is nm honest man. n loyal friend and a
man of strong convictions.