Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-08-09

Colorado will. during the month OF
August. be Held OF hattie. The can
NON roar will bs the eioluence Of gift
.i anu learned men: their ammunition
'l- beautiful tiowers that adorn the
earth. and the easus bciii the question
as 10 what OF all tho American wild
how-rs Will be selected as national
Hover To 30 with I'll. eagle aud Uncle
sam as enbiematicai adornments Of
our beloved Stars and Stripes.
Ihe sounds OF the skirinishing al,
ready NIL the air. Away hack in Bos.
ton the hrst hostil. demonstration has
appeared. II comes from "a society
formed few years ago for the pur-
pose or proIiasnilns aud cuitiyating the
columblr.. Now III. faithful OF that
hand have thrown on the mask and
nr- seeking To max. the coiumbine the
national flower. but the coiumbinc
they select is the beautiful red and yei.
low sp-cics that inhablt III. cliffs OF
tn. New England hills and mountains.
Colorado Is nt once ON the defensive.
tn. columbinc lovers OF th. centcn.
ninl state an Willingness. cascr-to
have their stat. Hover the national
emblem. but they viii wage iisht To
| III. death with any claimants other
ani OF the blue and white columblnc Of
the Rocky mountain region. To that
end coioradoans have bccn preparing
FOR the issue and In defense OF their
position Will battle To III. end.
The accepted battle ground. the time
and the arrangements will bc In the
Association for the Advancement OF
Science convention during August, In
| Denver. At that time section q OF the
| parent body VIII open Its meetings To
the mcmbcrs OF the Botanical Society
OF America. Then the delegates VIII
discuss, aud by their discussion hight
out. the issue.
The blue and white coiumblnc Of
Colorado has many aud earnest cham
pions. Chief among them Is frofcs.
sor Byron u. IIals,.nd. professor Of
botany In Rutgers College and prcs!.
dent OF the Botanical Society Of Amer.
lcu. Side by side with him Will iish,
other OF the lcadin: bc,anis's OF ihc
country. In all the ssirmishlnE up to
this time the Rocky mountain coluti-
blnc has the lead In every way. All
that il required to make the ASSURANCE
pf victory complete Is the rallyinS OF
Colorado fighters to the standard.
| Professor George l.. Cannon OF Den.
/
umblncs than any man In the country.
lie has lived with them. stullcd their
habits and fought for them. lie Is at
the head OF the army who Will battle
with the eastern enemies. Up ut Boui'
der the other day lie was told OF the
coming battle.
The movement for the adoption OF
the coiumbinc ms our national Hover.
said Professor Cannon. perhaps hnd
Its IuccptIon In this state. although
nm not certain that those whose desire
the selection OF the columbinc have In
mind the species that has been selected
ms the state flower OF Colorado-thnt
Is. the AquilcGia cocrulca or the biuc
| and white coiumbinc OF the Rocky
mountains. 1t Is not impossible that
they have IN mind the pretty red ana
yellow columbinc OF the cliffs OF New
England.
"During the first years Of the last de-
cade several states adopted tTcnernily
by the votes OF participants In Arbor
| Day exercises some favorite state
flower rs a state emblem. Following
this example. N. B. Coy. state snpcrin-
tcndcnt OF education, asked those tax
ing part In the Arbor Day exercises OF
1891 to cast ballots for state flower
and return the results to his office. As
one OF the few that had given any con
| siderable attention TO the Towering
| plants of Colorado l was asked to
make a number of public addresses
on the more important plants or the
state and to prepare an article on the
same subject for the state press.
I'm our choice we were troubled by
an embarra ssment OF riches. Dozens
| of species OF Towering plants would
have made suitable cmblems In state
| less blessed In floral riches. Notwith-
standing the abundance of candidates
one plant was prominent In the minds
of nearly every one for Its grace OF
form, beauty of coloring and for Its
wealth Of associations. OF the total
number of votes cast and received by
Professor Coy there were HIT Tor
the columbine. Its nearest competitor
was the Mariposa lily. 1.15T votes; for
the cactus, 1927, and for the yucca,
960 votes"
Professor Cannon probably did more
by his eloqucnce and his reasons FOR
the selection of the columbinc than
any other induccment, Including the
perfcct appeal of the beauty OF the
Hover for lis selection. His first argu-
mcnt was to demonstrate that the blue
and white columbine grew only in the
Rocky mountains and therefore was
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We are now hearing good reports,
saws Field and Farm, about the yields
of winter wheat when sown on land
fertilized with sheep manure from the
feeding corrals. In Otero county one
man harvested Il splendid crop OF
wheat from field of forty acres
which yielded fifty-five bushels an acre
and of excellent quality. Much of this
fine yield is due to the fertilization Of
the sheep pens. 1t is his inveriaDle
rule to plow the ground Immediately
aftcr the wheat is removed to the
thresher. This opening up of the SOIL
TO the sun and air increases the yield
five bushels an acre. The fertillzation
from the sheep pens adds ut least III