La Junta tribune., 1910-07-02

,zad ON those crops. For instance.
10 give one or two examples, one man
near Mission realized gross this year
on onions over $4,000 from twenty
four acres. net profit OF over $1,000
one crop of cane yielded over fifty-
run taus aad the price realized was
a. 80 par ton. was In this field this
week and think 1t will yield as
much this year
met the Grove brothers from
Otero county. on a farm about i've
miles from Brownsville They rails
I'D large quantity OF cabbage, net
ting them some $4,000 to 5000 from
this one crop alone. They sold cab
rage as high as $40 per ton. They are
happy and prosperous. One OF the
boys, Bert. has just returned with a
new bride from Rocky Ford. and
Charles and his wife are now at
Rocky Ford. or should be, as they left
Brownsville Tuesday morning for Col
orado. Mrs. Charles Grove was Miss
Austin and taught school at La
Junta for txo or three years and has
many friends In La Junta. ] met Mr..
and Mrs NJ l. Anderson also. who
ar from Rocky Ford They own one
Of the finest farms In the vicinity Of
Brownsville, as the crops now grow.
ing one the land prove. Mr.. Ander-
son is manager OF the Indiana Canal
Company and is prosperous and they
told me to tell their friends they
we're pleased with their new home.
Land is high. selling from s75 to
$50 per acre In the brush and with
out water. Water is high. What
would the Colorado farmer say II he
had to pay from 81 TO $40 per year
Tor water-<i for corn and cotton. So
for cane and $40 for truck? This is
out the regular price. One canal
charges 81 per acre for each irriga-
ton. aud as they farm the year round
10 means as much or more than the
other rate. The Indiana Canal Com.
pauy, however, Is cooperative
scheme. aud the price here is but s.
per acre per year. In selling the land
one share Of stock in the canal is
conveyed with each acre sold much
the same as our Colorado lands.
There are some advantages in this
country and some disadvantages The
greatest advantage TO my mind Is
maI this is the furthest point south
100 the United States and commands
.ln earliest marke;s II is also, for
the same reason. the best place east
~ the mountains to try the growin-
uf citrus fruit. The government, how
ever. does not encourage the hope
that this will become a citrus fruit
country The greatest disadvantage
is that the valley Is liable to alkali
In fact the government declares IN
It's report that this entire vale,
where not drained, and this is almost
all OF Il. will become alkalied Tn,
farm occupied by the Grove brothers
has shown a large and lady alkalied
tract this year. land that produced al
immense crop heretofore The alkal
is spreading saw farms turning tC
alkali where the ditch vas built only
five or six months ago. This alkal
Is largely salt and differs from IN,
Colorado alkali There must at one,
be Installed a large and complete sys
TEN Of drainage. This viii b. diffi
cult and costly. In many parts. eas.
and not so difficult In others. Anoth
er drawback is the cost OF the water
Al thess systems are pumping sys
TENS, although one canal claims to b,
gravity system, Some OF thes,
canals have TO make two and thre.
separat. lifts and this means add
tional cost When properly drained
the country viii b. fine. rich ant
productive country. aud land viii b.
valuable. Land that needs no drain
age Is worth generally all that 1,
asked for T. aud will continue to In
cr.as. In value. The land is yer,
spotted. so to speak. aud one mus
know well wha. Kind OF land h,
buys, for some of this land Is worth
less or almost worthless. There ar,
the long seasons tha, enable tn. far
m,r la raise. A. In other places o.
the south. two or more succcssis,
crops and this adds to the value o.