Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
Farmers Short Course
FOURTH DAY
CONTINUED from Last Week

DullullS ana alter = nulng Deet
there proceeded to Ee il through
the test for sugar. 7 beets arc all
sampled at the deliver tation. There
is basket OF beets t. n from your
load of about three | $ and from
the basket is taken, T." beets OF
which we take longi;. ,inal section
color when first extrac: | from the
beet owing to the impur; IS contain
ed. Out Of the juice thee is about
8 per cent of impurities and oz per
cent of good juice. The beets of last
year averages for this factory about
i4I per cent Of sugar. The making
German chemist; ffty-two years Ia
ter the first factory was built by the
government and fifty years later than
this the raising of sugar became an
industry. Irrigate if possible up to
the middle of August or the first Of
September. After the analvsis of
the beet in the sehoo; building Mr..
Harson asked why the farmers could
not have q laboratory of their own
and they. too, make an analysis of the
beets the same as the companies and
the chemist stated that It would be
all right but that it would be consid-
cradle expense to operate It as they
had ten men employed in their labor
atory. and Mr.. Harson then said that
the school students who were study
ing chemistry could do the work for
them. This movement was sustained
by Prof. House who said It would be
impossible for the students to do this
work for the farmers were afraid to
trust the work to men employed by
81 he
folly to trust It to students.
Mr.. Blinn gave short talk on
Cron Rotation. in which he stated
that it would be we'll to plant alfalfa
about half of the time on any RrouI
where you expected to raise a crop
and get the best results; beets one
third of the time and eantaloupes
one sixth of the time; this to be used
where you are only going to raise
one thing at q time and not where .
person has ground enough to plant
al at the same time. He had speci-
mems of the alfalfa grown at the ex-
pertinent station and passed them
around for inspection, and extended
an invitation to all to come and see
what he was doing At the station.
The first lecture this morning was
On on Celery Growing, by Prof: F. ,:
"nue. FlfSt VIC uuSt nave tuc
RIGHT kind of soil, for the proper rais-
ally moist or that which will stay
moist. The soil may run in anything
from adobe to sand but too much
sand Is not good. The best ground
for the celery plant is a mixture Of
sand and clay. the crop is generally
irrigated once or twice a year, and
the outcome depends a great deal on
the man who handles the celery. The
best I have been able to find is the
italian and the second best is the
French, but il is best to raise your
own seed If possible. One plant will
make about one ounce of seed. which
will plant one acre of ground. Self
planted celery should be planted
about the first of March, having your
ground level. fine and soft. and al
ways keeping it moist on the surface.
First and second year blowing
should be about the ordinary depth
and the third year should be as deep
as possible. Plow the ground about
three weeks before planting. harrow
over again a few days before plant
ing. After the land is marked off.
sort out the best plants and throw
the others away as II will not be prof
liable to plant them. place the plants
close to the irrigation trench so they
can get water readily when irrigating.
as they are very slow in starting. 1t
is necessary to cultivate about once
| a week to keep the weeds out Break
ing the crust of Ground that has
formed around them does not do any
harm even if you knock them loose.
To bleach the celery: wrap paper
around the plant beginning at the
roots and wrapping to the top. leav-
ing only a few of the green leaves
exposed. This should be done abou'
ten days before marketing.
Prof. Gillette now gave an inter-
estinp talk on Plant Lice. He says.
"Ail insects come from parents; they
| forward from the head and with these
they smell the food or locate their
mates. Some plant lice have wings
and all have six legs. Whenever you
see ants crawling upon or around
plant you NAV make up your mind
that there are lice thercf or they work
in harmony; the old lice lay eggs and
| the ants take the eggs into their bur-
rows and they hatch there, but it
sometimes happens that they hatch
before the plant upon which they
feed is ripe. then the ant takes the
lousc and puts it on a smart weed
and at evening returns and gets il
and this is kept up until the ripenine
of the Ices particular plant. then it
feeds itself; the ant does this because
it depends on the louse for living
the lousc sccrctcs fluid on trees ana
plants and this the ant lives from a
Mouse is full grown when it is about
ten days old and may produce as
many as one hundred and twenty
young. They feed only on apple.
crab apple. pear and ounce. A good
remedy for the green apple iouse is
to take fifteen pounds of sulphur and