Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-31
100 INSTITUTES
NEARLY EVERY TOWN IN COLO.
RADIO TO HOLD MEETINGS.
BIG INTEREST IN LECTURES
Professors Of Agricultural Colleges 20
instruct Farmers on Best Methods
Of Raising Crops.

pFoTeetoFe OF AartcuWufdi SoIe0ee 70
Instruct Farmers on Best Methods
Of Raising Crops.
That the Colorado farmer wants to
know how to til his land scientifically
Is shown by the increased number OF
farmers institutes which will b. held
In this state during the coming SUM
mer. Already 100 institutes have been
arranged for and professors from tho
State Agricultural College will. within
the next three months. visit practically
every county In the state. Al no time
has there been greater interest shown
by the farmers In these Institutes than
now. This Is due In u large measure
I, the great number OF new settlers
who nre coming to the state.
Farmers who come here from Iowa.
lllincts. Indiana and other states east
az Colorado. ind many new problems
before them in the successful cuitivis-
tion OF Colorado lands. For example.
farmers have come here from states
where irrigation Is unknown and TIN
needed. aud have brought with them
grain which grew well In that climate.
When this same grain is planted On
drv farming lard q rill not brin. maxi
mum results. Even the seed must be
ncciimatcd before Il brings forth all
the crop that can be produced. II In
Just such conditions aS these that have
led tn the demand for the farmers In
stitutcs thai will be held this year.
Already dates have been made for =
scor. or more of meetings To bc held
during June. These meetings are un-
der the direct charge Of Prof. ~. ~.
COtircll Of the State Agricultural Col.
lcgc. He In assisted by professors Of
the college and others Interested In the
work. One series of meeting arranged
for In June Will be held In Routt county.
It. addition to Professor Cottrcli. Profs.
W. l.. Carlyle and A. Johnson and Sen
eior T.. ~. Ammons will comprise the
party Of instructors. Their itinerary
IN as follows: June eth. CRANKY. Juno
9th. Grand Lake: June 7th. Sulphur
Springs: June sih. krcmmiing: June
10th. Yampa: June 18th. S,"amboaf
Springs: June lith. Hayden: June
18th. Craig. June 18th. Maybcii: June
goth. Mcckcr: June ::d. Rinc.
Another party of Instructors tn 70
out during June will be composcd ot
DIR. George II. Glover. Prof. e, y. Gil.
lett and Miss r. Ammons. who vii
teach domestic science. According
To the Agricultural college authorities
this course In one Of the most sought
after. and they say that Miss Ammons'
services arc always In demand. The
itinerary for this party In IN follows:
June ilth. Scdaiia: June 18th. Castle
Rock: June l3th. iarkspur: June ifih.
Juno l7ih. Orlando. Juno 18th. Ia
vcta: June goth. Bucna Vista: June
ed. Gunnison.
In ali. nearly hfty meetings has~
been arranged for In the different
cities and towns nlon. the Denver d
Rio Grnndc. The points reached by
the Santa Fc. the Midland and all
other Colorado roads will nlEo be Wis.
iicd. A series Of Institutes have al
tcndy been held at the various points
reached by tho Rock Island. and. de.
spite the fact that these meetings were
held during seed timc the average at-
tendance Mt each institute was ninety
On this trip the professors Travelled IN
the Rock Island seed car. and Ncr. NC
companied by r. 8. white. agricultural
commissioners for that line.
So successful were these meetings
that Il Is probable that what are
known as short course schools will be
held mt some central point In this scc-
tion for the benefit Of those who wish
to make further study. These courrfs
were flrst held ut Delta and Hotchkifs.
Ate Delta 100 students had been guar
tccd the professors. These were
charged nominal fee. and instead Of
100 being in attendance 125 ~orc reg.
istcred. The farmers went to school
at 0 and kept at II until every day
for week. Evening lectures were
also given. Copious notes OF tho
lectures were taken. and tho course
was one Of the most successful ever
held by tho college