Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-02-01


up and give voice TO the great consen-
sus of opinion among the beer growers.
as IL has been heard daily ON our
streets ana amid the crowded congre-
cations of beet wagons
The relations between the American
Beet Sugar Company and the beet
growers of this valley through the sea-
son Of planting. cultivaiing and har-
vesIing the crop. have. as IA whole, been
very harmonious.
The company with nntlrinG energy.
fulfilled their promise. and completed
the construction OF this great enter
prise In time for the harvest of our
beeis: they met all their promises In
securing the necessary implements for
the planting and cultivation OF the
crop. AT very reasonable rates: they
also loaned all kinds of machinery at
moderate terms. TO such as We're not
able To purchase; and further, when the
rapidly sprinsing shoots OF the young
bects In all these broad acres. demand
ed nj once II great amount OF help To
thin and weed. and the farmers sud
denly nwoke to the fact that the help
was not In this valley. then we found
the company had anticipated all this.
and nj considerable expense poured
into this valley the necessary lnborers
TO help us OUT OF our dilemma.
As growers. We acknowledge our OBJ
legations TO the company FOR taking
such pains 10 give us the benefit OF
their study and long experience as To
the preparation OF the ground. sowing
the seed. cul,ivatlng. watering and
final harvesting Of the crop. ana by
frequently issuing circulars OF advice.
and by means OF II corps OF asrlcultur-
al Instructors. making the advice def
nit. and practical, and while II few. too
old Io learn or too wise To he taught.
resented this ndyicc and constant
watch care. the most of the growers
would ciccrfuiiy tender the company
u vot. OF thanks for the aid thus rem
dcrrd.
In passing we would refer To the fact
;liat there are In this state. and partic-
nlnriy In this valley. certain a'mos-
phcric and climatic conditions. which
ar- "a different from any found else
where that the Instructions OF the COM
pany In regard 10 getting the seed up.
securing stand and subsequent irri-
eating. although based on their for
mcr experience. l. called In question
Icy n lnrG. number of the old practical
farmers who hav. hnd long expert
cncr with the climatic conditions here:
hut IL l. quite possible that the expert.
cncc of the past season iins made th,.s,
facts evident to the agricultural man
ng.m-ni. aud no doubt the company
and the farmers viii work together 10
iind the proper solution OF these dis
puici questions.
hut now as growers We would r..
spccifully call the attention uf I'll" com.
pnny to some errors of Judgment In the
campaign Just closed. errors which
"a t..t Las, a..
less annoyance and unnecessary cN-
icnsc. And rs we hnv. listened nnd
proii'cd hy the advice II the company
So W. Ia iirn would ask I'll. sane IA
vur OF them.
The first mistake. which was. per-
haps. unavoidable. was the lack of -S.
pcri~. 10y which the tonnage of each
growers field could have been csiImn,.
c'i. Through nm Inadequate knowledge
Of the tonnage of the fields ordered
from. som. fields We're entirely cleared
of b.cis 10y the time half Of the first
weeks order WAS reached: u r.sni, III
manifest injustice.
The second error. which seems mere
incScusnblc. was In ordering the first
delivery In loads instead of tons: ma.
joTiiy OF the loads OF that first week
were In common beds carrying from
.,'.0 TO 3,:lS pounds: others having
heavier teams AMI larger wagons took
from i.:,D To 100 pounds.
II might have been supposed that
this blunhcT In ordering by loads would
have been corrected after til. first
weeks experience. hu, no, so: the sec
oni weeks order was more extensive
than the first. hut still In loads. The
growers. having learned the percent
age uf the first weeks delivery. now
saw that their hccts had reached til"
zenith Of yield and test. began to vie
with each other to see who could get
In the biggest loads. NJ they realized
that they might not get another order
for two weeks or more. Nearly all in-
creased the size nf their loads. and
some piled on 10 the extent OF from
iD.Sp to 13OOS pounds. As might have
been expected. there was such n con.
gcstidn OF hcpts before the rud Of the
second day that cry came ip through
the mountain OF bccis. stop. Enough!
No NOR. bcets till Wednesday," and
before the end Of the week the cry was
again heard. No more bccts till Mon
day.
Aud so these scenes were repeated
each week during the whole of the
beet campaign: the grower would no
sooner get his help together and teams
to haul before orders would come To
stop hauling: and thus the grower
must pay for all this array of help and
teams, although there was no work FOR
them to do. Stili the ordering by loads
went on. with no possible advantage
TO the factory people. bu, great cS-
pcnse and hindrancc to the growers.
and the marvel IN. why the factory
management so constantly refused to
correct this mistake
Again. the farmers believe that the
shed room and scale capacity are not
adequate even to the demands OF the
past campaign: the waiting of fifteen
to thirty minutes to weigh. both when
loaded and again when empty. and Of.