Cañon City record., 1911-03-30
a hold on him and he tore out his or
chards, substituting vegetables for

them. Mr.. Goodnight commenced on
an acre of ground and he now has
thirteen acres under cultivation; sew
en- acres under the DeWeese ditch and
six and one-half acres under the South
Canon canal On one half acre of
ground he will raise this year, 5000
dozen of onions at 15 cents a dozen,
amounting to the sum of $3.50 for on
ions alone. Beans, which are to fol-
low the onion crop, will also bring
$3.50 and cucumbers and celery will
follow the beans. Truck gardening
seems to be an everlasting round OF
profit.
Mr. Goodnight has a very unique
hot-house of his own design and man
ufacture 1t consists of an acre of
ground completely covered with can
vas, supported on wooden frames,
made of red cedar. This somewhat
crude, yet very serviceable and bene-
ficial covering. cost about S1,S00 u
build Since it was completed the on
ions and radishes and other vegetables
which were planted about the same
time as those outside of the covering
are anywhere from five days to two
weeks in advance.
The rows in this enclosure are two
hundred and ten feet long and will
permit of about 300 rows. While the
cannot be regulated as
handily as is the case with Mr.. CAL
vert's hot-house, still it can be taken
care of sufficiently TO protect the veg
citation. Since the construction OF the
place the lowest that the mercury hls
fallen was 20 degrees below freezing
point and the warmest that it has been
was So degrees.
This pioneer of the Hot Springs ad-
Iitlon states that his sales of market
able stun this year will amount 10
about 5000 with a profit of about one
lalf.
Alderman C. T. Chapman. who very
iindly showed the Record man around,
owns five acres of very fertile Land,
.wo acres of it under the South Cam
IN ditch and about three acres undsr
he Deweese ditch He has over IN
acre seeded to radishes and has sew
sral acres of onions, alternating with
rows of beans. He is fast becoming
one of the prosperous men of the To-
cality.
Samuel Isabel, the other day. was
offered $4,000 for a little over two
acres of ground and he refused to sell.
He knows that his land is worth move
TO him than that. He also is the pos
SCISSOR of small hot-house. but he
specializes more in the growth #
plants, such as tomato and celery
plants.
j. v Blake, Art Woods and his father
Isaac Wood and Arch Tyler. are ali
small but energetic growers and it
is Just a matter Of time before thry
will be among the big growers of the
addition
One remarkable thing about the men
who comprise the owners of this sec
tion is that everyone is a booster for
the other fellow. They are all like
one large family and help each other
as If they all owned the properties
Jointly. Each one always has a help
ing hand for the other man and In this
way commendable spirit of unity
has arisen.
The little strip of land upon whicl
these men have settled is fast
becoming the most important in his
portion OF the country. Most OF the
produce is shipped to Denver and Colo
RADIO Springs and 1t certainly is in
great demand by the produce handlers
of those cities.
One advantage these truck growers
have over others. is the fact that they
can get their produce into the mart-