The daily sentinel., 1907-02-26
A GROWING
INDUSTRY
Few Grand Junction People
Realize the Extent of the
City's Newest Manufac-
featuring Plant.

There is mn Industry in Grand
Junction. a most important enter
prise. the Importance and extent OF
which but few people realize. Owing
TO the fact the company has not
done any blowing" but has just
worked ahead quietly It's presence
in the city and It's great value to the
valleys leading industry, the fruit
growing industry, are not generally
known
The Colorado Chemical and Spray
Manufacturing company was orgnniz-
cd less than two years ago and is
backed by some of the best known
and most substantial citizens OF
Grand Junction. 1t was organized
for the purpose of manufacturing a
spray peculiarly adapted to the horti-
cultural interests OF the Grand Val
ley and at the same time OF such q
high grade and class to be most sue
cessful and more than competes with
spray material manufactured any
where In the United states. A spray
that can be used with the greatest
success in every fruit raising section
of the country. Thousands upon
thousands Of pounds of spray ma
terlal are required in this valley each
year aud the local men interested in
this company saw no reason why such
n popular commodity could not be
manufactured and prepared right
here at home and save 10 the growers
the heavy freight expenses and at
the same time do away with any
doubt as to quality and freshness of
the spray.
In this pamphlet of information
mailed out this scuson the company
says In part;
In introducing our arsenate of
lead to the fruit growers Of the west
orn slope II is not our intention to
foist an mtried experiment on them,
In regard to our arsenate Of lead
thoro is no question but what 1t is
one of the best sprays now on the
market as we have manufactured 1t
for the last two seasons (about six
thousand pounds in 1905 and $4,000
pounds In 1900 with the very best
results.
at is not our intention TO try and
mako market for our arsenate OF
lead by running down "A competitor
product for there is no question but
arscnate Of lead Is the only practioa
spray now on the market. and 1t Is
being improved from year to year al
results In this valley 20 TO prove. anS
It is only question Of time wher
every Intelligent fruit grower win us,
no other spray for the Goblin Mott
worm.
The analysis of the arsenate O
lead manufactured by this company I
as follows:
Lead Oxide ..Gi.7o per cont
Arsenic Aciad e7,74 per cent
Moisture ......... l.S9 per cen
Organic ......... scr per cen
In the arsonatc of lead as sold t
the trade the arsenic runs from 1 4 &
Is per cent which means about on
and one half pounds of arsenic to te
pounds OF our lead or to 200 gallon
of water whereas the grower thg
uses the old Kod1ie formula or on
pound OF arsenic. four pounds of 81
soda and one gallon of water the
uses one gallon of the mixture to 20
gallons OF water is only using oi
pound OF arsenic.
Last season was the company
frat season and although late sta
was necessarily gotten by the cor
pany great amount of material vi
manufactured and the demand Tor
far exceeded the supply 1t east
jumped to the first rank IN the loo
market and It was proved beyond
doubt that the fruit growers OF Il
Grand valley wanted the product
tho Colorado Chemical and spr,
Manufacturing company. In prcft
encc to any other. In this mann
was the permanency OF the entcrnri
fully established and it is here to st
ms one Of the leading manufacturii
concerns OF western Colorado. ccrta
to grow in strength and certain
widen It's territory from season
season
The following statistics compil
from the annual report OF Manager
II. Grimth. viii give an idea Of {
business for last season. the first 81