Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-22

teriaiiy increase his tonnage by late Wat
ering.
Mr.. NANNY reported the case Of an
other grower Who got a guad crop this
year lay late watering. In his 0En case
he believed l,is recent crop had besn
helped by late watering. lie would
also water early to get his thinning doae
before Others.
Warren Blinn 60, abon, two tons more
beeis per acre from late watering as
compared Will, ground not waIered late.
The sugar test Mas about lhe same.
K. 4. Koans told Of his great success
with beets on soil planted previously To
COW peas and oats. This crop ~as har'
vested in June and he then irrigated and
Plo~ed and planted to Cow peas: took
them of In September. Next year lac
planted this land 10 beeis and got big
results: the biggest where the largest
erop oi green stuff Was turned under aIyt
,le heavies, watering Mas done. Hehid
come TO the conclusion ,liat tlie man ~lio
grew one acre of beets needed r~o or.
even better three aIees oi land. in order
To rotate his crops. lie Mas satisfied that
good crop oi turnips turned under after
things were inss,ed sas tle best al treat
menI for beet crop. Rye Was apt To
sour the ground. Cow peas and yeIchrs
were both good.
The mex, theme Was experience Ni'h
"CuTiey Top
Mr.. Konus started this talk by ssyin.
that on the south acre al the fiVe lie had
spoken ul. which Produced 70 tons. Ihr
"Curley Top worked through part oi
the acre aud there stopped abruptly At a
giyen line as straight as Il tic line had
been un for II.
"Curicy Top" Il Mas agreed was too
mUel, ol puzzle To wTesile with. bH, in
the brief diseussiun two instance, were
cited where early started hccls escaped
CuFlry Top. while later bce;s along side
them were affected.
Mr.. Robb asked Il there were any In
stances where there was Curlcy Top
~I,l,ou, the presence Of the ehineh bug.
MIR. Pollock said yes. he had curiey
Top ~iihou, the bugs. lie thought, from
his experience tia, the cause was eiima-
tic. Where his ground was shaded there
was the ieas, blight. This was also Mr..
Manny's experience. Warren Blinn con.
iinncd this expcricnee~i,h shadedsround
Mr.. winicriiaiicr had visited :.soo
fields the past season. His candid opin.
ion was tia, the climatic conditions Of
last spring and summer was the Cause Of
the trouble. The Curlcy Top had visited
the growers ono year In California. aud
all the inquiry OF farmers and all the in
vcsiigation OF experts showed nothing
,ha, accounted for II. but climate. a like
climate condition next year might brin.
repetition OF the trouble. but they had
had the trouble once and only once in
California. The insect pes, always at
tackled chiefly the weakly plant. Tia; per-
haps accounted for the chineh bug on
bligh;cd fields. He had field Of hccis
surrounded by cottonwood trees. and con-
trary TO the experience oi Others his bcc,s
died ou, first and worst within the slad.
ow Of the trees.
Answering Mr.. konus Mr.. Win,crlial,cr
said yes. land needed more water after
two OF three years Of bee, producing.
He urged the. value of MIR. Kouns plant
ing Of COW peas MS humus crop and
told of his large returns from the turning
under OF rape. He thought the whole
crop of COW peas should be turned un-
der, not simply the stubblc.
a very interesting session was ad.
journed at ten o'clock.