Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-03-02
THE FARMERS FORUM.
Doings of Otero County Husbandmen in Their
Annual Farmers Institute Briefly Told.
WEDNESDAY MoRslxo SESSION.

WEDNESDAY MoRNMo SESSION.
Wednesday mornings session Of the In
sttute was almost wholly given up to tho
discussion Of what was called on the pro-
gram New Thoughts on Cantaloupes."
There were some new thoughts and MANY
old ones. revised and rsvampsd BY the
speakers. But the old subjsct Of eanta-
loups raising 10 ever new with Rocky
Ford. then there are . good many new
eomsrs 70 the country bstwssn institutes.
who are interested y learn what they
can about our cultivation msthods under
irrigation. So the debate was listsnsd to
with interest
o. J. Baxtss peopoundsd The scheme Of
bringing the eantaloupss from the field to
the shipping shsds Tor packing and In
spsetioa. instead Of he present plan Of
Grating h The hsld. He presented .
drawing Of . doubls-dssksd wagon sug-
gsstsd for uss Ia gathering tAs eants and
bringing them 70 The shsds. Ths practice
ability Of The sehsms was evidently IN
opsn question with the meeting.
Senator Crowley was crowded for tine
but talked briefly on his assigned sub
jset Of ~Ths Home Fruit Garden" Thsa
hs and the bunch Of college msn made .
break for lunch and the 1877 train for
Aanxanola. whsSs they were sehsdulsd
70 hold brief institute In the afternoon
and evening.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tho afternoon session was opened with
the topic Of The ornamsnsasioa Of the
Home" The chairman said the things
that are beautiful are not necessarily ex-
psnsivs. and costly things were not al
ways beautiful. Tho beautifying Of tho
home was subjees Of interest TO every.
boiy who loved 4 homo. He introduced
Mrs.S.S. Bailey who reada brief but very
pertinent paper on tho ornamontation Of
lawn and flower garden. Sha suggested
tho kinds Of flowers. vines ard shrubs
adapted TO tho soil and climate o! this
locality.
Mrs. o. o. Wiley followed with \ paper
on tho history and cultivation Of the
dahlia.
Mrs. Ls,,ie Smith followed up tho or
namon,A,ion theme after shs had taken
rise out ef tho men folks. and did some
pseas morslixing by tho way. taxing her
ailogofy from tho flower garden.
Mrs. Harder; said tho pcopls Of tho
Arkansas Valley did less than mos, com
muni;ies In tho way Of flower garden Of
nsmen,s,ioa. We wora all going 10 do
something when We 60: ;ine and gus cur
homes paid for. Hsre. under irrigation.
Il was necessary 70 have oao's grounds
arranged and prepared for tho watering
beforehand In order 10 80, OF; shrubs
and flowers In keeping with tho rules Of
harmony and good taste. She hoped the
timo was coming when wo would have
something besides our eanialoupas and
bee,s.
Mr.. Kount< complained Of tho difficulty
o! getting flowers 70 grow In this locality.
PIX. Blinn said tho rcd spidor was tho
pcs. ,ha, made sweet pea cultivation such
a failure sbou. hero Of late. He recon-
mendsd spraying and ,hon told Of tho
variety Of roses that did well hero. Dark
rads-ne,aor. Souvenir: whi,as-Kaisor.
Pearl dos Jsrdin or Marshal Neil.
Mrs. Blinn added to the lis;-.ho Clio.
tho Bridesmaid and tho La France. The
Madam Abel Cha,ney Is good in this
climate. as also the Jseauamino;, Climb
ing roses. tho Crimson Rambler. Seven
Sisters and Prairie Queen.
Mrs. David Bss, said fow portinen.
things abou. tho farm fron.-door yard
and tho country high road. She wished
tho wives Of Otero County would say
something TO their husbands tha. would
stir them Up to a little more pride In their
homes. She said il seemed as Il tho only
question wo asked OF, hore was will |,
pay7"
Er. Babeoek said tha. time was no.
eesssry to the development Of homo
surroundings. We were a new eommun-
i,y yet.
L. w. Babeoek followed with a paper
on The Importance Of tho DairyinE In
dustry." The point he nado was the i'm
portsneo Of maintaining tho fertility Of
the soil by keeping ind using tho fodder
on the farm.
o. j. Baxter. in the absence Of ap-
pointed speakers. gave talk on the i'm
portaneo Of interesting tho people in the
creamery industry.