Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-14

tContinued from inside fuseD
Friday mornings session opened
with as good attendance as the prcvi-
Ous sessions.
Professor Hcadden first had the floor.
He said regarding fertilizing that the
endurance OF u soil depended upon the
ingredients II contained. If II did not
contain the right ingredients they must
le put into II. We talk OF Colorado
soil as rich. but Colorado IL large
area and soils differ. Even the
soils closely adjacent In the vicinity of
Rocky Ford would b. found to greatly
differ. The soil here was made up OF
debris from the mountains to the west
OF us. The potash In this soil Ii about
two per cent. but plants cannot take
up all the Ingredients In a soil. What
II does take up must he first brought
into solution. Fcidspar was the chief
source OF potash In our soil. II soaked
In water IL viii maintain Its conforinn.
ton II In large pieces. hut " ground
finc tn. water VIII dissolve II largely
md take out the potash. if carbon d.
oxide IL added to this solution We get
about fourteen times more potash than
In the simple water. Now th. question
Is how much cnn plant take up In Its
growth. lie did not lay inrI. value on
III. conditions OF plant ncti"a nnd OF
chemical action In the laboratory was
so different that one did not rightly
fudge the. other. One was actual NJ
suit and the other was possible result.
fcidspar Is the natural source of pot
ash In our soil and In proportion u. u
was naturally finc II was available Tor
plant life. Eighteen years of grain
growing around Fort Collins Ind 20
exhausted this natural supply OF pot.
ash us TO cut the grain crop In half.
bur cultivation brought with IL tho
waste products Of vegetation aud re-
ncwcd this supply OF potash TO some
extent. but what was put back Into
the soil In six years would probably t'
exhausted again In three. This made
| evident III. possible rnpidity OF soil
exhaustion ns to potash. Hut another
Important element OF food growth ts
nitrogen. Thi. wn. TO bc got through
Increasing III. humus In the soil. This
w'us got by iurn!u. Into the soil waste
vegetable matter. When the farmer
fed his cattle alfalfa the animal took
ou, only iiyc per cent. Of the nitrogen,
The other ninety. five per cent. was lost
II the farmer failed to get II hack into
| his soil. tf manure and waste vc-csn'
bi.. matter was left exposed ON top oi
| the ground II became worthless. h.
cause IL lost Its nitrogen. The iininr
tant point for the farmer To consider
WIS how hest to cunscrv. the fertility
OF his soil by getting this nitrogen Int.
the soil and freeing the potash and the
other mineral elements 50 ns to MAX,
them available for plant life. How
they should do this was for each farm
cr to determine for himself. II depend
cd ON what his means and resource.
wrrc as to what he would save for hi,
soil In this RESPECT.
Professor ucaddcn then went ON &c
the special matter Of the soil fcriiliz.
| Ing elements contained In the lime cake
and In the mo!nsscs waste Of q sugar
/ factory. and showed by the method oi
chemical analysis the extent Of this
waste. He estimated that the past
years crop OF bccts had In this way
carried OF enough soil clements to pro.
ducc another crop OF 10000 tons ri
brct.. The money value Of this waste
he put Mt $4,000 to $1,000. AMI asked
whether this was not sum that ought
| to he conserved.
The remaining time OF the morning
session was taken UP In hearing FRO.
fcssor Glover ON the subject OF The
Horses Foot" which was talk ON the
subject of the relation Of diseased an
imnl feet to public health rs well as
the comfort OF the animal. He gave a
very interesting discussion OF the cvo-
luton OF the horses foot. and said by
reason of the treatment the horse had
received Mt the hands OF civilized man
the foot had become the weakest part
Of the horse and the part most stisc.nti-
BILE to disease. His points were that
there was too much horse shocit.. done.
that much OF II was wrongly done. and
lastly that the shoes were generally left
on too long: and he gave some inter-
csiing reasons why.
The afternoon session was opened
with solo by Miss Goss.
Then MIR. Bunell came on with talk
on Market Gardening for Profit" He
said: To handle market garden "A
man has got to bc with his garden ev.
cry day: must know the daily condition
OF his plants and just what they are
calling for. II is better TO attend a
small garden well than n large one
poorly. You must cultivate your soil
by cubic feet instead OF surface feet.
You need to he very accessible TO the
ditch. aud make sure OF your water
supply. Deep cultivation is what gives
the hest results. Though your soil is
loose It must be- stirred Nitrogen is
the important element OF growth. and
frequent cultivation enhances the
amount Of nitrogen available to the
plant. Cultivation Is the important
thing. fulverizc the surface well W.
cultivate not simply TO kill weeds. \
weed Is blessing In Disguise. for
many of us wouldn't cultivate If 1t
were not for the weeds. But weed
is only plant out of place. and so
weed wants removing: but the soil
wants stirring. The seed bed well pre-
pared. put in your seed. but put 1t in
at the right time. Study the relation of
your soil condition to the particular
vegetable you want To grow. Don't
plant IN cold or sour soil. Seed should
he of the best. For instance. cnnta-
loupc seed should be taken from the