Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-02-23

the Institute played for full half
hour with op~n windows. and still u
Was only slim audience that greet
ed the chairman at the Opening srs-
sion Of the Farmers Institute. Mon
day afternoon. That IL. Il would have
been slim audience u Jim Naioh-y
hadn't got there when he did. And
then Billie crabb- dropped In later.
Chairman Eshberi. In his opening
adtirvss reviewed. the history Of past
msstings OF these farmers Institutes
He credited the Rocky Ford country
with being . good place To farm In.
and he also credited the success and
development Of tho country to the
hsuad. AreGr~aaiv~ and enersrtie'
leader. who had settled In the valley.
senator s~ink had aaid to him some
ycaFS ago that he was not 20 much
surprised At the unm6~r Of people
coming into the valley ss he was as
the character Of them They w~fr .
more Intelligent and industrious class
than common. This was without
tributed tlsr wonderful development
that the years had witnessed. A com.
munity that organized and united on
questions pertaining to their aGhicui-
turai welfare was the community that
made progress. These farmers In.
promoting this progress. He then
uttered a few timely criticisms Of the
splrit OF commercial brixandnse and
graft now abroad. and expressed his
atronR disnpproval Of the incubation
d, In the minds Of Inc rising generation
ambition to get rich. at any odds.
which had been ~ much In. spirit Of
recent teaching by leaders OF public
thought. There was now on foot mn
extensive movement for the purchase
Of the lcadin. press Of the country
by the agents of predatory wealth:
Els.R
that indicated the subsidiSinK of the
pulpit. Other Influences. too. were nt
work for the purpose Of wnrpinK pop
uinP Judgment and binding the pub
lie mind to the schemes for promoting
special interests. More than ever In
people to be watchfui and thouxhtfui
seeking to To Ift out the true from
the false ns Il Ii presented for our ac-
ccptnncc In the press and upon the
platform.
Libcrnl applause followed the con-
clms,on OF the npcnkcr's sentiments
The orchestra favored the audience
with another selection and the chair
then called upon Mr.. q. w. oliver TO
present the irrt topic. How To Grow
a best Crop He advised prompt
narrowing. following the piSwing. and
careful ievclins Of bert land. The
first week In April tsc best time. he
thought. fw planting beet seed. Use
tho spiders IN cuitivatinE " ther. is
a crust. II no crust. use the straight
knife. Cuftivntc before thinncrs go
into the field. Set the thinning knives
an inch apart: Az TO 'rrisnting. the
soil In this wiley varies 40 much that
no general rule can be given: but cx-
anime the son md irrigntc before II
gets too dry. Don't irrigatc too often.
There is danger of this. The sugar
factory people could always tell
~. N.Ns.
OF bsets. but the farmer knows little
or nothing about what II costs to
produce n ton Of sugar. The farmer
ought to know more certainly what
the cost OF production and mnnufnc-
turc is. Then they could act more
intelligently In presenting any claims
they made about the price of beets.
The farmer ought to have his special
newspaper dealing. with these mat
tiers.
II. c. Amend offered what he called
few random shots on this same
subject. Mr.. Amend said Mr.. Oliver
began by saying first prepare your
land. He would say before that. first
get n good piece OF land to prepare.
He said there were two things needed
to raise beets-luck and pluck. The
fellow who raised bects by luck was
the fellow who sat in the Office and told
how to do It. The fellow who raised
beets by pluck got out In the field to
do 1t. There were 80 many varying
soils and conditions that II was simp-
ly impossible to lay down cNnct rules.
In n few weeks they would be getting
the problem. Then they would learn
how II was done. He didn't know
where he would land when he started
out to make his speech and he thought
IL he quit now he would be better sat
isfied with himself than If he went
on.
But before Mr.. Amend could get to
his seat. ]. c. Crowley held him up
by saying he had not told anything
about how to grow beets. Mr.. Amend
went back again to the platform, but
he only emphasized the uncertainty of
all rules for growing beets, by relating
some personal experiences
Geo. L. Bryant next took the floor
with a good story suggested by Mr..
Amends random shots. He said he
was acquainted with "A young fellow
just married. who took his bride for
n wedding trip to Harson's lake to
shoot ducks. He saw them on their
return and asked them what luck.
Neither of them had any ducks but
the bride explained her situation by
saying she was only just shooting at
random. a young foreigner Bryant
had on the ranch asked what she
meant by random" Being told, he
SHlu, on. 1 lnpuGHl sn' Iithlt MS
cause she came very near getting
me-"
Mr.. Bryant said there was good
deal of random about growing beets,
but there were such wide differences
of soils in this valley that 1t was
about impossible to give any definite
rules for growing beets. II you have
piece of heavy land plow 1t as dry
ns possible. Then irrigate 1t and run
the water through 1t as quick as pos
sible. Then harrow 1t. Don't get
on 1t while 1t is too wet. You want
n good seed bed. That is always true
in regard to any crop. A well pre-
pared seed bed Is Important. If you
do not have moisture enough to bring
up your seed, put your shovels In and