Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-03
AN EXPERIMENT FARM OPENED
NEAR TRINIDAD.
MANY VISITORS ARE PRESENT
Witness Operation Of Large Traction
EngIne-Treated to Picnic Dinner
Banquet and consratuiatory Speech.
es at Trinidad.

Enalne-Treated to Picnic Dinner
Banquet and consratuiatory Speech
es at Trinidad.
Trinidad.-The dry farm. located
some ten miles east of Trinidad. was
officially opened Wednesday.
President Donohue of the Campbell
Dry Farming Association arrived from
Denver. and. accompanied by twenty
five business men and members OF the
local chamber OF commerce. drove out
to the farm In n tally'ho. A large num-
ber OF Trinidad citizens also went in
private conycyances. Arriving at the
farm they found waiting them nearly
all the ranchers In Suniowcr valley.
The wives of tho ranchers had pro-
yided an old,fashioned picnic dinner.
Immediately after lunch tho visitors
repaired to the scene of tho opera
tion OF the plow. A massive traction
engine, designed and built especially
for plowing, was drawing two large
roiicr.cuttcr plows. piowing over twelve
feet OF ground Mt one time. These
plows were followed by 4 packer and
ihiE by n harrow. The steam engine
and piow went over three acres OF
ground an hour. The land IL not being
seeded to anything Mt the time. II VIII
bc prepared for that later on.
President Donohuc is enthusiastic In
regard to prospects for successful
farming here. Tho land Ia exceedingly
rich, and upon breaking IL found to
have n good adobe foundation. which
will retain moisture well. lie Is OF tho
opinion that II will prove even more
successful than their experimental
farms mt Bennett and Ault. because OF
tho superior character OF the soil. Tho
entire body Of land OF GO acres VIII
bc plowcd up this season and every
nartIclc OF II will be utilized ncSt year
for the growing OF crops.
A banquet ut tho Columbian hotel
was given under tho auspices of the
Chamber OF Commerce last nigh, and
plates were laid for l:s.
Senator r. ~. Patterson OF Denver.
Professor NJ. a. Carlton OF Washing
ton. Professor A. II. Lcibich OF inc
governmental experimental station IN
Texas and President J. l.. Donnhuc OF
tho Campbell Dry Farming Associa'
tion. were the speakers.
PrcsIdcnt Sol Jaffa of the Trinidad
Chamber Of Commerce opened the ban
ouct with n short address and intro
duccd President Donohuc OF the Dry
Farming Association. who spoke on
tho wori, already accomplished.
NJ, A. Carlson Of the Agricultural
College Of Washington. who In conSid'
cred ono Of tho greatest 5cmi'ariu cS'
merits in the world. followed Mr.. Don
ohuc. He said II was for Colorado pco.
plc to learn how 10 farm under small
rainfall and to raise crops that are
ndnptcd to this climate and soiI. hc
yaIi IL was for the farmer to study
conditions here and learn what tht
tcs, results will be from dry FARMING
Professor I.cibich stated that the
whole problem Of dry farming depend
cd on the rainfall and that Colorado
must learn this thing as Its first lesson
in dry farming. The selection OF crops
for this country was another feature
of tho problem that was advocated.
He was followed by Senator Pa,'cr'
son. who spoke OF the wonderful future
,bn: ia in store for Trinidad and the
state of Colorado II the dry farming
experiment prove success,
..Thirty.two years ago when ] vis'
I,c,I this place" he said. Il came on q
stage coach and made nm address that
wns necessary to be Interpreted by
sneaker OF Spanish. II has been with
measure that I have noticed The re-
mnrkablc progress OF this city and sur
rounding territory. Nothing has inter
csted mo more than dry farming. II
seems to me that II holds n prospect
for homes in the future to the thou
sands of people who arc coming TO our
country daily.
~ desire to say to the Chamber OF
Commerce that II II demonstrates that
crops can be raised here without irri.
cation more has been accomplished
FOR Trinidad than n dozen smciters or
machine shops could do. II II proves
success you have done more for the
state than the mines or mills or shops:
J.orns do more to give IN. world GOOD
citizenship than any other industry