The Delta independent., 1911-02-17

season will be very wet or very dry
It too often happens either one wa.
or the other with a resultant short
age of crop.
The Colorado ranchman or farmer
after getting his land ready for the
seed, puts his bitches in good re-
pair ready to run the water when
needed, with the full assurance that
when the crops require moisture,
\ all he has to do is to raise his gates
and apply it, covering five to forty
acres, and sometimes a hundred
acres at time. when he retires at
night he does so with the satisfying
certainty of full harvest. When
moisture is applied to crops scien-
tifically the produce develops to full
size and of best quality.
/ Those who have become accus-
toned to he irrigation process,
would have no confidence in growing
crops without being able to apply
water when needed.
Because of the many inducements
offered by Delta, this county is de-
veloping very fast. Many thriving
little towns are springing up in dif-
ferent localities. Delta, the county
seat, is situated in the southwest
ern part of the county. Hotchkiss
is in the center of the North Fork
country, Paonia is in the upper part
of the valley. Crawford is on the
Smith Fork river. Cedaredge is near
Grand mesa, andA ustin on the lower
part of Surface Creek, in the Gun
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surrounded by beautiful orchard
homes. The soil is rich, red vol
canic ash, so admirably adapted to
fruit growing.
This is the place for the small
farmer, the vegetable grower and the
orchardist to locate.
You will feel welcome in this land
of sunshine and socialability. The
, people of this district represent the
very highest type of citizenship.
/ They are intelligent, energetic, re-
sourceful and refined; who. by their
scientific methods. have added i'm
mensely 10 the wealth of the state.
| They have demonstrated the abso-
Lutte certainty of agriculture and
| Horticulture by irrigation.
1t would be erroneous TO suppose
that exceptional results can be at
tained without effort. This is not
! fairy-land where miraculous effects
are produced by merely waiting
magic wand This is a wonderful
region, but great results require spe-
cial care and some hard work. The
work, however, never becomes a
/ 4 h1,- faSriu aTinp nllrSlir
of scientific research.
1t is strange with what tender So
| licitude the growing orchard is tend
ed by experienced orchardists. To
them the trees take on the attributes
of human nature The young trees
are as growing children, who speak
their needs to those who understand
My trees always tell me what they
want" said a Delta County orchard
list recently.
Pick up a report of any Western
horticultural meeting; notice how
many anatomical and pathological
terms are used by the speakers. This
is striking evidence of how closely
the worker becomes attached to his
work. How different is this industry
from the hum-drum life of city oc-
cupations,
To successfully conduct an or
chard in an irrigated district re-
quires a higher order of intelligence
and more discriminating Judgment
than is necessary to those who
have to depend upon rainfall. If
the newcomer does not possess these
nualities m a sufficient degree he
soon acquires them. by association.
This is the region of splendid
achievements. This is the land where
the big red apple is king and the
Elberta peach is queen; where short
winters and cheap fuel make living
inexpensive: where climate is ideal
and epidemics are unknown: where
Startling Scenic Grandeur joins
hands with Great Fertility, while
smiling Nature holds the horn of
plenty. and graciously invites you
TO accept her bounty.