Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-29
OTERO COUNTY
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
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turs and always late IN ripsnins up . crop.
Ths sticky sediment somstimss carried in
our dischss was not snTiehins 70 the coil
in his opinion.
Ths subjsct of commercial fsstilissss
vas again taken up and . representative
Of The Armour Packing Co. talked On the
subjses- He ssid With view 70 MARKET
ing their fertilr1sss In The valley The AF.
nsous eoaessn had made Q number Of
analyses Of THE coil. rhey found 4 Fea-
sonshly veil supplisd vith nitrogen. also
poSAsh. but quite deficient IN phoeports
acid. Ths tsss Of thsir fsrdlissfs On this
phosphofie seid. He defined the COM
sss and pointed out their application 10
specific esops- He suggested he visdom
Of getting . fertilizer lsw paced In Colo
rsdo 90 % 70 guarantee the farmer in the
character Of the fertilizer hs purchased.
He gave the analyses Of the fsstliSsr used
on sanssloupss here last year a. 2 per
cent. Of nitrogen. Q 70 !; per cent phos-
phoric acid and I per cent Of actual pot
ash. All the samples sent out here were
SPECIAL formulas Tor eantAloupss and u
was one Of thsss applied on eAntaioupss
BY Mr.. Bursll that brought such large
results.
Mr.. Burrsli rshsarsed his sxperisnee
with the Armour fertilizer and showed
photographs Of his test hsld. showing me
marked advantage In the seftilifed ground.
both as TO yigor OF plant and eafliress OF
fral,iny. Tho only difference in the treat
men, Of this test patch OF ean,aloupes
wa, the application OF the fertilizer. He
used I, a. the rate OF $50 pounds TO tho
aero. The soil did not cfus, around tho
!ertli.sd plants as it did tho unser,ilixed.
Before adjournment Mr.. Nanny moved
for tho aara!a;rnent OF a committee OF five
on proyrArr for mex. years Institute. u
was carried and the aes,ing adjourned.
Friday Evening SessIoa.
nr. vsndsnburg opened tho evening
session Friday with with talk on BUD
ding aud Grating"
Mr.. Crowley occupied the chair for the
evening and explained TO tho audience
that tho subjce; did no, have reference 70
the kind Of grating done In Denver. bu;
tho grating OF the arborculturist- But
Mr.. vandenburg succeeded in making tho
topic very interesting, especially 10 tho
company OF school children present as he
told how tho nurseryman changed Ben
Davis apple treo into Winosap. or vice.
versa. and how tho expert could tell every
enc Of hundred varieties OF apple trees
toll tho faces OF his friends one from
another.
Mr.. VS. story Of tho process Of grating
was supplemented by Mr.. Crowley. who.
though somewhat acquainted with the
methods Of political grating. kept TO the
agricultural phase Of tho subSest.
Prof. Gillette followed with = stsrsopti-
can lecture on insects and flowers. He
said there were no such things As weeds
in nature until man begun 70 disturb the
natural order and INSIST on certain kinds
Of plants growing In certain places. In
scots he defined as simply ono OF the
many kinds Of creatures intent on getting
a living and perpetuating their species:
There wsre two views OF tho origin OF
plants and insects. Ono was that each
kind was created by fiat for a specific
purpose. Tho other was that each plant
and creature had slowly struggled up
from lower forms. Those that wore ablo
to struggle successfully lived and thrived.
while the woakor persisted. II this last
view was correct IL was easy to see tho
ultimate interdependent relation OF all
plant creatures ono 70 another. II was
not that these plants and creatures wore
originally designed to live upon ono anoth.
or but tho destruction or erowding out OF
one plant and creature by another was a
means Of keeping balance in nature and
preventing any one kind from taking en-
tire possession. And while each plant or
creature was intent on taking eareof itself
Il served tho purpose Of another plant or
creature In SO doing. The cherry tree
wanted to perpetuate its species and to
get this done Il surrounded its seed stone
with juicy pulp that invited the birds.
and the birds in search Of food carried
and scattered the seeds. The cherry tree
did not care for the bird nor the bird for
the cherry tree but in serving themselves
they served each other. This rule ran
through nature and served to maintain a
balance. The lecturer then put upon the
screen pictures Of a variety Of flowers and
insects to illustrate more fully the won
derful adaptions in nature OF means to ends.
His instructive talk was listened to with
close attention and occupied SO much Of
the evening that the whole program could
not be carried out. A brief talk on the
nature and habits Of the coddling moth.
for the enlightenment Of the apple grow
or, closed the session.
+ Saturday Morning Session.
The Saturday morning session opened
with the reading of paper by Secretary
Of Agriculture Wilson on the subject Of
forage plants. This paper is ono OF
marked Importance to our local farmers,
and will be given in full in an early issue.
Mr.. Crowley said some people might
think there was good deal Of buneombe
about this matter of inviting Secretary
Wilson to attend this Institute, that some
sarcastic remarks had been made along
that line, but he was convinced that this
correspondence would do the country and
Rocky Ford good.
Mr.. Fenlason said the committee on
program thought they might be considered
cheeky in sending this invitation to Secre-
tary Wilson, but they were ready to take
the criticism on the chances Of calling out
not visit from the secretary Of agricul-
ture. perhaps. but something such as they
had in this letter, and which he viewed as
Of great Importance to the community. !.
Mr.. Nanny moved that resolution OF