Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-11-22
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETS
FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION At
DENVER.

FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION At
DENVER.
Much Valuable Discussion Of Vital
Subjects by Members Of the
New Society.
The first annual meeting Of the Colo
RADIO Horticultural Society was held ut
Denver three days. beginning January
22nd. The attendance was good and
the papers and addresses OF great prac-
tical value.
President Faurot urged a great ex-
hibit OF the horticultural products Of
the state at the 81. Louis fair. The
beet sugar industry came In for =
share OF his attention. and he warned
the society OF the Efforts OF the sugar
trust to XIII II. Decisive and immedi-
at action. he said, would alone frus-
| traie the trust.
"whnt Is In the Mountainsy' was
the subject OF u paper read by George
II. Hutchinson OF Central City. Mr..
Hutchinson dlsproved the popular the
ory that the mountains were barren
from an agricultural standpoint. With
n farm OF scventy-six acres under cul-
tivntion. Mr.. Hutchinson last year
cleared $500 from the sale Of vsgs-
tables.
Secretary George +. Richardson. In
his report. expressed the belief that
the regular spraying OF orchards N y
necessity. and thinks that those who
are not willing TO spray might ns well
cut down the trees. He recommended
that they he sprayed every ten to four
teen days while the fruit IL setting. and
oftener II Il seemed necessary.
Mr.. Richardson advised the ngrnrinn
population Of the state TO stand togcth-
cr. and instead OF wnstin. their votes
on people not In sympathy with them.
TO vote only for those who had tho in-
icrcst OF their particular industry nt
heart. Standard measurcrs for fruit.
he thought. should bc demanded. for
persons using pony boxes and those
who rcpack berries for the purpose OF
cutting down the box. are productive.
he thought. OF decentralization In prices.
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o. d. Shields Of Loyelnnd addressed
the meeting In the interest OF wind
breaks for orchards. Three sides OF
aii orchards. he thought. should bc en-
closed by trees.
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Fruit eau bc grown In the San Luis
valley. according TO Il. q. Felt Of Dem
yer. Notwithstanding the fact II not
commonly known. The orchards there
will soon b. more numerous than the
wheat fields. he said. and the climate
instead Of bcins prohibisivc. add great
~ TO the favor OF ihr fruit. The nt,-
srncr Of insects Of all kinds. on account
Of the altitude. was one point he made.
]. II. Crowley Of Rocky fori. who Is
regarded as mn authority on the sub
ject Of cotiiins moths. gave valuable
points on this pest Of the fruit grower.
Mr. Crowley traced its history from the
time of fiiny. several hundreds years
Il. a., To the present day. lie believes
in both sprays and ianiaE-~ TO XIII the
insects The principal difference OF
opinion was In regard TO the bcst kind
OF spraying pumps. David bruthcE~
held that power pump. operated by
the motion Of the vehicle In which II IL
hauled. was the b~ss. whilc Mr. Crow.
Icy said that he wouldn't have ono
about the place. and that hand pump
and a stout Swc,ic were good enough
Tor him.
II. II. Grif!in said that American
transient labor IL Of no Use In the pro-
ducsion of hccis. claiming that the only
people who eau cultivate them succcsH-
fully arr the Germans. lie advised
growers to install one or two German
famiii-. on their farms during the
bcc; season. saying that they would do
more work than three times ti,cir mum.
brr Of American lnlorcrs.
- - a s2.rs -.
cultivate onions aud cabharcs. lie
oush, TO know. rs he !. called the cab
bag. king. Thirteen years ago Mr..
Scott went TO Greeley. secured n few
acre. OF ground. and took to raisin.
cabbage. in small way. Last year
Mr.. Scot, shipped to different parts OF
the West nearly 1.srDS head OF cab
baEc. occupying 100 cars lie II per-
haps the greatest individual raiser of
cab.agc In ,hc'worli.
A paper on the bcc industry by r. l..
Potter Of Aicott brought out the fact
that The bees Of Colorado produced
$4,000 worth OF honey las; year.
Small fruits were discussed by 4. T.
Carr OF BOULDER. who feared that the
discovery Of oil near his town would be
hard blow to the raising Of small
fruits. Mr.. Carr raised 10000 pints OF
raspbcrric. ON his farm last year.
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r. T.. Keim OF Denver. speaking on
THE Floral interests Of Colorado"
said that the thirty firms In Denver en-.
ploycd 80 men. and that the value OF
the annual output was s2i0.pO on nm
invested capital Of SlOo.oS. Flowers
valued at $4,000 were raised in Colo.
RADIO Springs during the year. He ad-
vocatcd the establishment, OF a botani-
cal garden in Denver.