Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-02-14

Otero County Farmers Institute
A r1ost Largely Attended and Successful COnven-
tion of Arkansas Valley Farmers.

, best cnntnlouper, and the best cnnta.
loupes are worth % cents a crate. Es-
timating the quantity OF seed from u
crate OF cantnloupcs II will cost at
least sos per pound. Don't expect.
therefore. to get good cantaloupc seed
for 10 cents pound. When the grow
er thinks he IL getting good seed raised
by nm experienced grower OF Rocky
Ford for 10 cents pound he is being
humbusscd. lie didn't think TINT sort
OF thing could be done with n good con-
science. Don't buy cheap seed and ex-
pcct good results. He gave list OF the
vegetable seeds he regarded ns the
best varieties. ana said grow little of
everything and not too much OF any
one thing In your garden. then you are
not putting NIL your eggs In one has
kct. II one thing falls. you have the
chance Of making up on another. Plant
In this valley In cnntnlouIrs only the
Rocky Ford melon. and grade up in
your seed Of II. We have pride In our
cnntaioupc and we must keep up the
I quality. We can only do this ms We
| Improve Our cattle and other stock-by
! grading up. In n good small market
garden with n little Of cvcrythln. In II
the grower Inns the supplies for his own
table md something to take To the
| grocer In exchange for the groceries
| thnt will give him u good bill of fare.
lf man Il roin. To work his garden
alone four acres Is enough land to- keep
him busy. Coed soil. good seed. hnr,l
work nnd plenty OF water will make
good market garden.
In ans wcr io AIR. Pollock. Mr.. Buncii
said fresh lime or salt scattered over
cabbage would probably save them
| from the bugs.
Mr.. Bilnn busted his cabbage with
preparation OF lime and Paris green.
i Mr.. Berry rniscd his onion from
seed by planting In hot beds and trans
planting. He got iinc onions In August
| In that way.
Mr.. Griffin. superintendent Of the cx.
pertinent station. presented his paper
on Tomatoes in the Arkansas Valley"
This Ini-r viii appear In condensed
fora In arr columns later on. The sta
tion has given special attention TO the
matter ~ tomatoes, nnd Mr.. Griifin's
payer w.ii lie found valuable r~nding 10
the tomato grower.
Questions were called for. hut II was
agreed TINT Mr.. q. had completely COW
erred the ground. and 80 -. g. Knin on
Cherries aud Plum. for Arkansas Val
ley was called for. His paper Is To
In reproduced In these columns later
on.
]. II. Crowley came on next with n
Talk ON hi. experience In fighting the
co,iling moth. lie nmplificd his inter.
cstinriy written paper with good deal
OF illustration with sample spray noz.
zic. AMI drawings OF fruit blossoms.
The substance Of his talk Is to bc t.-
produced In our columns. II was given
before til. State Horticultural meeting
IN Denver.
Professor Gillette said the paper had
so ably summarized the essential points
on the Goblin. moth that there was no
need TO say anything except II was TO
emphasize the Importance Of what Mr..
G. had said. He recommended white
arsenic or Paris green ms the poisons TO
Use for spraying. shields Green" IA
also valuable. The important thing in
spraying Ia to spray before the cnyliS
closes. You must make sure OF thor.
ough spraying. The first spray ing
should he well done. hut second
seven days after will bc apt to make n
better job Of II. As to further spray.
Ing. make the tests FOR yourself nnd
note results. II is n matter on which
fruit growers differ yet.
Mr. Hassin said he had tried to fol.
low Mr.. Crowicy's method OF fighting
the codling moth. hut the moths were
L
thing would settle them but fire.
]. c. kain asked whether this meet
Ing should not take some cogniznncc of
| some differences between the beet
growers and the sugar factory people.
He said there was n discrepancy in the
factory weigh scales very apparent to
the farmers hauling pulp. The scep-
age OF water from the wagons might
account for II. Certain II was that the
pulp water In the roadwnys added ma
tcrially to the weight OF the wagons
and made difference In the amount
Of pulp charged up to the haulcr.
There was also the fractional per cent.
OF sugar which the company did not
allow for in the deal to the grower. and
this he figured out ns showing n
marked loss to the grower on each ton
OF beets. And then there was the
shrinkage OF sugar per cent. In the late
| deliveries of bects that was quite n
common ground OF complaint among
| the growers.
When Mr.. Knin had got along to this
point william Mathews rose to n point
Of order and objected to the bringing
into the institute meeting the matters
in dispute with the sugar company and
the beet growers.
The chairman ruled that Mr.. Kain
was in order. hut before Mr.. Knin got
his cue again Mr.. Crowley rose and
advised against the Institute meetinr
hcing used for the airing Of personal
Grievances with the company. This In
stitutc was FOR all agricultural interests
and not for beet growers especially. and
II would he In better tnste to call n
meeting sDecially for the purpose and
and let the sugar company people
have n chance TO state their side of
the case and make such amendments
or abatemcnts of the complaints as 1t
was possible TO do.
Mr.. Iassin got the floor next and
rather warmly asserted the right Of
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