Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-28

'i'N" |HI|N"N" NNtIHtI IMAM the inll-
iornia brand With The exceptionally
prlghl PROSPECTS for the canning Of
chile ana pumpkins. ana With toma-
toca, beans cabbQEc. peas and ca.
cumbers. nil having regular as
surod demand. q ~ cxpcctcd that tho
local factory win rapidly become one
~ tho best paying links in tho Green
chain
AR. Green cited Instances OF thr
large money made By growers b,
raising The different products 10 be
used ~ the factory. one farmer
made 1900 on y acre IN cucumbcrs,
ana the average OF cahbaBe ran from
Si0p % t3O0 per acre. Eleven dollars
q ton will b. paid for tOnhtOcs this
year as rcsuit uf the shortage last
year. ana right around $40 can pc eN-
pcctcd regularly The price Of &i1o
a hundred ou oucumherB for pickles
applies TO the regular size. while the
large uucumbers viii bring 80 cents
q hundred weight provided not more
thaR 20 per cent Of the tOiai weight
The establishment of the experl-
mental factoFy is due to the fact that
j, would be impossible 10 sign up a
sufficient acreage the firet year 20
supply a larger factory Hard. con-
aistent work ig necessary in the odu-
cation ~ the growers 90 Intensive
truck ralsing. and principally for that
reason ~ the subscription 81 $4,000
required. by the investment of this
amount Of local capital. dcsirahly
hall Of the amount among tho t8rm-
erE. each stockholder Is made "a
booster for the factory and. ms con-
sequence. a 90 easier to Induce the
farmers 90 raise the desired produce.
For the first year Mr.. Green stated
that the following acreage Is desired.
Tomatoes, 1870 acres sli ton: cab-
baEc, 20 acres, So cents the hundred
weight beans. Is acres. $50 the
a hundred wcight.
Ndt h also desired that good acre
no OF sweet potatoes be planted. but
as sweet potatoes are an experiment
with the Green company. the number
Of acres desired or the price 70 be
paid has not yet been determined.
And Il Is well 20 stick tack right
here. Sweet potatoes are expected 60
become the most important product
OF the local plant. II is impossible ca
raise them In Colorado, according 90
Mr Green. and sweet potatoes grown
81 this section are just about the best
raised anywhere IN the country. Mr..
Green received the greatest encour-
agemont from Wholesale grOcerymen
on sweet potatoes. David WELLER
manager OF the Charles Ilfeld com
pany OF this city. had particularly
urged Mr. Green 10 can this product.
Seen after the meeting. Mr.. Weller
stated that tho local wholesale houses
would be able 10 take care OF the on
tire product 81 the cannery, but that
they We're particularly anxious % se-
cure the canned sweet potatoes. Ac.
cordlng TO Mr.. Weller II Will be all
most impossible 10 supply the demand
for this product, an the supply Is now
shippod all the way from New York
state ana Virginia. BY hhvlng TO ship
the supply. from such q distance the
freight rs almost prohibitive. and the
iocas product could be marketed over
the entire western country ana as far
east as proximity 70 New York and
virginia would allow.
a considerable part Of Mr.. Green's
talk was devoted 20 the explanation
OF the stock proposition. II was cx-
plnlned that a subscription for stock
IS not N donation bun fRtbsirf q gopd
Investment The $4,000 Of local cap-
ital required secures preferred stock
In the Green company. controlling
seven factories and paying at present
seven per cent il Is not an invest
ment IN the local factory alone but
in the entire chain OF cannerles. or
che six factories now In operation an
bit one, Fort Morgan, Colo. are on
q sound. paying basis, The factory "a
Fort Morgan had trouble with the
water supply and has been laborlng
under a handicap. The water trou-
BILE has been adjusted and Il rs eN-
pected 20 pay Wei the coming season.
II was emphasized by Mr. Green that
the investment would pay we'll even
n the factory iR this city were 10 be
a dead weight the first year. the
earnings Of the other factories being
more than sufficient Ca support the
local ono. A. result OF Mr.. Green's
explanation Il Is expected that the
81 the stock win be sub
scribed Immediately.
The agitation intended 10 entirely
do away with on to decrease the
charge Of Is cents load made by
the forestry service to the natives who
gather the dead wood IN the noun
,ains and haul Il into this city Tor
sale was again before the club last
aisht. and District Forester a. =.
llngland on request by Secretary
rhomns !. Naylen explained the gov
regulation that makes the
charge necessary
SIR Hingland explained that the
government allows ranehers 10 gather
DE wood free Of charge up 10 q cor-
.aln limit n the wood is TO be used
Tor their own domestic purposes. On
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