The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-05-10

the American Beet Sugar Company.
and are located at Rocky Ford,
Otero county; Las Animas, Bent
county; and Lamar, Prowers coun-
ty; all on the Santa Fe railway.
The Holly Sugar Company owns
mill at Holly and one at Swink,
both ON the Santa Fee. The Sugar
are owned by other corporations.
Following the establishment of the
seven mills. there has been steady
and wholesome growth of the val
ley, meeting the demand for beets.
and of added population for food
stuffs and other necessities OF life.
Contemplating the upper valley in
Colorado by counties. the great re-
sources and prospects may be Det,ei
understood.
Led the state
In the year 1909. Otero county
led the whole state of Colorado in
the value of farm products; a rec
ord of much magnitude consider
ing that Colorado fast is becoming
one of the leading agricultural
states of the country. In 1909.
the products of the soil of this
county were $5.93O.000. according
TO a compilation by the Colorado
Commercial Association. This great
value produced in SO small an area
,naaGs uaII for Intensive farming
OF this sum. the sugar beet was
the greatest contributor. The can
taloupe, watermelon, alfalfa. small
grains. and orchard fruits yield
ed their share. however. and honey
and dairy products added NO little,
In Otero county. the three sugar
mills besides paying large profits
per acre to the farmers. distribute
ed nearly as much by payrolls. The
Rocky Ford mill employs about
500 men, and has an annual pay
roll OF about $25O.000. The greater
part OF this stays in Rocky Ford.
Big and Fertile PrOwus
Prowers county. of which Lamar
and Holly are the largest towns.
also Is advancing by beet culture
and intensive tiiiage. Much new
land has been put in cultivation
this year, and new irrigation pro-
jects, now under way. will make
productive areas now lying idle.
As In the other two counties. the
n
IL, but alfalfa leads. and grains are
grown extensively. Intensive thiige
is spreading, but 1t Is county OF
tremendous area, irrigation canals
widespread over unimproved land.
and there is room for thousands OF
small farms outside OF the present
cultivated area.
Rocky Ford. by the culture OF
the cantaloupe, is the best known
of the towns OF the Arkansas val
ley. and the section surrounding 1t
has reason to feel proud OF the
lame which this succuient melon
has given to IL. For the ROCKY
Ford cantaloupe goes TO all the
markets of the united STATES. pee-
ter still. the production is growing
yearly, and the demand as well.
Last year 1000 carloads OF melons
were shipped out of Rocky Ford
This year the count will be great
er still
Some information of the money
made from farm products In thts
section are worth offering here.
Last year in the Rocky Ford dis
trict. scores of beet growers re-
ceiyed more than 500 per acre
for their crop. Catalogues MADE
AZ much. Many incidents might De
cited of larger returns. In Bent
and Prowers counties. sugar oeets
brought as much. and in some IN
stances more. A beet farmer ~no
does not produce more than 10
tons per acre may blame himself
However. It is great labor which
-. exce,lence. The average
will run a trine under Is TONS
-, - coming to Intensive