The Holly chieftain., 1901-05-10


Colorado. such being the case st,epe
can be no obstacle IN way Of the pros.
psrity of every farmer who tntslli.
gently devotes a portion Of his time
and acres to the cultivation OF this
tssAt money making crtp. Sugar
Ctr Herald.
8. ". Sihsheimer. ithe pioneer man.
sf for ths Oxnard Construction Co.,
- i18ckt Ford, now has on hands Y
nizniisr proposition NJ Holly. Near
that pyint The Arkansas Vailsy Sug.
sr Beet and irrigated Land Co., has
Immense holdings Of lands and reser
voits The company will " once be-
gin bringing in settlers To cultiustc
beets, Each settler will have ~ acres
Of which Ton acres will &c devoted to
beet culture, four year rotation OF
CROPS keeping the soil NJ its preseut
fertility. Az soon " 10000 acres Of
beets are contracted for. the company
will pegin tJbuild large factory "
some point near Holly, which Il ths
railway station for the greater par of
Its lands. Until this IL done, the
company will proyide y market for ite
settlers' beet crops 1T The Rocky
Ford factory. The factory will prob
ably = eesrtAt IN dime for work On
the ctoR ef lnA Rocky Ford Enter
: prise. ~,
- - - "a "a. n, u n ~ ~
~ sJust becn put thr0..sh. whidh u Ut
special interest to the Beet sugar in
dustry. The Oxnard Construction
company have recently completed the
purchase Of something like l25,G0O
acres Of land, situated in the Arkans-
u valley. which Is the most beauti ful
valley lOcated in Southern Colorado.
This land is all Of the finest quality.
and adapted especially To the culture
Of sugar beetS. cantaiOupes, alfalfa,
fruit. etc. and the crops grown there
are absolutely assured. owing to the
perfect system Of irrigation supplied
By old and reliable bitches aud reser.
ydirs, 10 that An excessively or unusu.
slly dry season there In no possibility
of running short 0f the necessary wat
es TO irrigate the land. the reservoir
system, being one Of the most elab0r-
ste and perfect Of itx kind.
The intent uf the company IL to az
pend u large SUN Of money at once 10
the erection OF neat and comfortable
houses, stables etc.. t., provide for
the i.lc0ming termers, who are now
slrcady hockinR TO that locality, and
viii make specially Of producing
suasr beets OwinR to the remark
able SUCCESS that has been demonstra.
ted there. aud the perfect system, VI
irrigation, CROPS are assured, and sug-
sfbeets in particular can be raised
with heavy tonnage, and they are rich
10 ssccharins matter. Many farmers
in this valley last year raised " high
10 tons per acre containing from IL to
81 psr cent sugar. The lands owned
BY the Oxnsrd CONSTRUCTION company
under this purchase, extends from
Lamar TO Holly and the outlook 10 Of
such an encouraging character that It
Is believed by the oxnsrd Construc-
tlon company that they win be able
TO commence tie erection of their
first factory next fall to b ready for
the crop Of 1902 The purchase OF the
Oxnsrd Construction company Ia.
cludes telephone line OF l20 miles IN
length, " we'll rs all OF the water
rights irrigatina bitches, reservoirs,
ETC., The outlook Ia Colorado for the
Rocky Ford factory II most fas0rsbly.
farmers last year, who contracted
for bsets did 20 With certain, degree
Of hsaitsnov, while this year thsv are
dolnk % With sbsolote conadencs,
and ths vosk that thsv are doing II
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