Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-23
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
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returning 70 some comment on the LABOR
problem discussion. He waEted to re-
pudiate the statement made by Mr.. Eb-
bert that the relation between the Sugar
company and the growers had been the
position Of master and servant. He want
ed TO say that he had done everything
possible to bring the growers and the
company together and TO be friends. He
cited the Indifference Of the many growers
TO the efforts made by the company te
help the grower to get labor. and said
that IL the company had been as indiffer-
ent also. the growers Of the valley in the
past two years would have been serious
ly in the soup. He had undoubtedly
made some enemies in the position oi
agriculturist Of the company. but tina,
was inevitable and inconsequential. There
were some rich men who were not gen.
tlemen and some poor men who were not
gentlemen. but in this country every man
ought to be and should be gentleman
whether rich or poor. tApplausel The
company had no trouble with the intelli-
gent and painst aking grower. It was the
grower who was careless in his cultiva-
ton and Indifferent TO his own best in
tarests who went about complaining and
Matching up grievances against the COM
pany and against the men who drew
more salary or lived in better houses than
he did.
Mr.. Winterhalter's remarks met with
the evident approval OF the meeting In
general.
Mr.. Bailey asked Mr.. w. whether the
grower should pay tho beet topper on
gross tonnage or on the net as shown by
tho factory returns.
Mr.. w. said It had been pointed ou,
that paying on tho not tonnage was the
proper way. But tho laborer generally
complained that no could not wait for his
pay until tho factory report on the ne,
tonnage was furnished. and SO the grow
ers had generally boon found paying on
tho gross tonnage.
To second question Of Mr.. Bailey's
Mr.. winterhaltar expressed tho belle!
that tho plan Of establishing pormanen,
communities Of laborors near tho bee,
growing areas was tho very besi plan.
In answer to Mr.. Nanny no told wha,
progress had boon made in inven,ing
machinery TO lift and top boe,s. Blu,
thus far such machinery was not poffee,
and was too expensive for tho individual
grower.
Tho frs: question from tho box was
tho bost way TO feed boo, tops in winter.
Mr.. win,efhaltsr said ono bcs; way
was TO feed them to tho stock on land.
not haul ihom oil 10 tho stock yards. A.
TO how 10 feed them ho said tho sliced
tops wefe far better than tho dry tops.
and TO mix them with palp-when you
can get tho pulp laugh;ori-was tho bos;
way Of all.
c. W. Feniason advised ration Of tops
after the morning feed Of hay. and an
other feed Of hay a; night He 60, good
results ,ha, way. He did no, like feed
ing tops in tho field. a; all events no; 10
milk cows. |, nigh, do for range cattle.
Mr.. Boar; Of S~ink 60; good results
from feeding tops To young pigs. and
strongly advised feeding tops on your
land To 60. tho manure.
Mr.. win,srhsi;af gave figures showing
tho fof;ilising value Of 1000 pounds Of
boo; tops 10 be s5 cents. Tho feed value
Of tops depended some~ha; on how much
boo, was lo., on tho top. He had seen
tops on which tho whole boo; was caro-
lossiy left.
Tho question boz unesr;hed tho query
whether tho landlord should share with
tho tenant grower Of beoss in tho 20
cents pef ton extra paid By tho company
for sliced bea;s. A number spoke. Mr..
Conner taking tho position ;ha; tho siloing
.s - h.. s.sa.Ls s.a II - 49,
raising and one-tour,h Of !; should go TO
the landlord as for tho res, Of tho labor
product.
Mr.. Crowley took tho position ,hs, siIo-
ing was special ineiden, Of boe, raising
for which the company made special
payment, and as tho tansn; did all tho
work Of siloing he ough; 10 have all the
pay for Il.
The meeting evidently approved Mr..
Crowley's view. and motion was adopt
cd declaring the 20 cents 10 belong TO
the tenant.
After debating the question Of cos. and
value Of artificial fertilizers for local
lands. and deciding ,ha, they were too
uncertain quantity TO be fooled with by
our beet growers. the Institute adjourned
until tho evening.
EVENING SESSION.
Chester Johnson opened the evening
session with talk on the Planting
feature Of bee, culture. The methods Of
beet cultivation have como to be pretty
generally understood by old growers in
the valley and Mr.. Johnson's method was
mainly tha; in common use, bu; interest
ing and valuable.
Emory Robb had nothing he thought
important to contribute on the subject Of
Thinning" though he was down on the
program for that phase Of beet growing.
J. p. Pollock was down for eonttibu-
ton on Cultivation" which in this sense
mean, strictly the tlling Of the crop. He
said he had no paper prepared on the
subject and proceeded at once to deal
with the one point Of preventing evapo-
ration. which he regarded as most i'm
portant where water was so often scarce