Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-09-10
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ROCKY FORD SPECIALTIES
Profits From Small Tracts

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Chamber Of Commerce,
Rocky Ford. Cello.
Gentlemen
In reply to your request for a letter on
the subject The Twenty Acre Tract"
will say that purchased my twenty
acres three years ago. at S225 per acre.
have about eight acres in fruit, and the
balance have been farming to canta-
loupes and beets. The first year my
beets went 26.55 tons per acre and |
expect fully that much from them this
year. have cantaloupes this year
which feel confident will make me 5000
per acre. Of Of TX acres of cherries
picked llz5 gallons which sold at
55 cents per gallon. or about S5sz and
from the same trees the first year
farmed the place harvested 1900 gal
Ions. expect from my apple orchard
from 500 to 600 bushels of apples, al
though do not have a good crop. My
place is not for sale. but if it were Slo.-
900 would not buy it.
Yours very truly:
WILL WEST.
Chamber Of Commerce.
Rocky Ford, Colo.
Gentlemen
As you requested in your letter. give
my report on the 20 acres have farmed
for the past FIVE years. which purchased
for 5000 an acre and which is now
worth at least $500 per acre. have
planted eantaloupes. beets, potatoes and
garden truck and have raised alfalfa
where it was necessary to build up the
soil and have had some experience with
bees and chickens.
First will say the best ever had on
eantaloupes was SIPS per acre and be-
lieve the average was about Sloo per
acre for eantaloupes. The best beets
ever produced was 22.5o tons per acre
with an average Of about 20 tons for the
FIVE years. have raised some potatoes
and will say the best potatoes ever
raised was on my 20 acre tract. al
ways cut my alfalfa four times a season
and get about u tons per acre each
cutting. One year when kept account
Of my returns on my chickens sold from
$50 to Se5 per month in eggs from $50
White Leghorn, from the middle Of Dec
ember throughout tho winter and spring
months. II this letter is not jus. what
you want. il you will come out will give
you any other facts you may wish.
Yours truly.
J. JoRoEssos.
Chamber Of Commerce.
Rocky Ford. Colo.
Gentlemen:
beg leave % submit my report as per
your request on 20 acres tha. purehas-
ed 6 years ago for $500. will say in
answer TO your question that my place is
not for sale at any price. consider it
worth $4,000. but unless knew some of
the real estate agents could sell me an
other place in this community Just as
goo3 for less noney. $4,000 would not
buy il The best record ever made on
eantaioupes was S555 per acre for the
melons shipped and the seed sold and the
lowest price ever received was Sl46.
My beets have averaged % tens per
acre and my alfalfa tons per acre for
the years have farmed the place. |
have 81 acres Of cantaloupes this year
that ought to make $500. have ten
acres OF beets from which expect to
harvest 26 tens per acre. have 515
acres Of alfalfa and acres Of my 20
acres are taken up by buildings. orchard.
corral. etc.
Yours very truly.
c. v. RYAN.
Chamber Of Commerce.
Rocky Ford. Colo.
Gentlemen
In compliance with your request for
report on my 10 acres give the follow
ing:
! purchased my place three years ago
and from 9acres Of bssss in 1907 pro-
duced Se2s wor:h Of crop. Two ard |
one-half acres CT eantaIoupes in 1908 |
brought me $500 and FIVE acres in 1907 i.
brought me $1,000. have 8 acres of
eantalouPas this season from which ex-
pect $500 per acre. have 5H acres
0F ben.e tb.s on l