Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-01-17
CROP DISPLAY
GOES To DENVER
Products of Otero Agricultur-
al Club Farm
PRODUCTS HAVE PERMAN-
ENT PLACE IN CAPITOL
Club Adopts Constitution and By
Laws aud Will Elect New Off,
GERS After Inc corporation


The Otero Agricultural Club
headquarters on North Main street
were on Monday and Tuesday the
rallying point for all people of this
section. as well rs every visitor to
town, becanse of the fact that the
permanent exhibit destined for a
conspicuous place in the state cap
itol buiIding Mt Denver had just
been completed.
Ol Wednesday the famous dis
play, which consists of twenty
four panels of products of the
Otero Agricultural Clubs expert.
mental farm adjoining this city,
accompanied by W. r. Dye and
W. W. kerney, president and ex-
pert farmer of the club, left for
Denver, where it is proposed to
show the exhibit at the big West
ern Stock show, before turning it
over to the state m m j g iati O n
bureau for a place in the capitol
building.
1t was supposed that the materi-
al necessary for the state capitol
display would make big inroads
upon the exhibit that captured the
sweepstakes at the State Fair last
fall as well as taking the blue
ribbons wherever exhibited in this
and other states, but this has not
been the case, as there was found
to be large enough reserve from
which to sample, 80 that our prize
display still remains to adorn the
walls of the club headquarters, and
the home people have the assur-
ance that, whenever they hear ad-
niring comments upon the magui-
ficent exhibit in the state capitol,
they may state that it is practically
identical to what may be seen here
any day. The only noteworthy
difference is that in center of the
capitol building display there is n
panel containing a splendid oil
painting of Sen. &. w. Swink,
''the father of irrigation in the
Arkansas Valley, "and panel con-
tanning samples of the various beet
sugar products-from the pulp to
granulated sugar-together with
the various materials used in it's
manufacture, this panel is graced
with a fine photograph of Manager
Noble and n birds eye view of the
Rocky Ford factory.
The display is guaranteed to
engross attention wherever seen
and it will in addition impart in-
formation of our varied resources
that is bound to bring many home
seekers to this portion of the Ark
ansas Valley. -.
Farming on Small Scale,
At the meeting of the Agricultural Club
last Saturday afternoon the subject up
for discussion was The Feeding Of Live
Stock on Small Scale on Small Farm"
1t was opened by c. 3. Brennan. who
spoke on the lines that It was a good pay
ing proposition for every farmer to keep
some stock. That was the answer to the
question Of keeping the soil in condition
for the raising Of the greatest crops and
he believed that IN no other way could it
be successfully accomplished. He gave
number Of figures to prove his theory.
He was followed by several others and
it seemed to be the general opinion that
the keeping OF stock will prove the saliva
ton OF the small farmer.
John Edgar advocated movement on
the part of the club to experiment in the
siloing Of winter feed. the speaker claim
ing that there was no longer any question
that the silo feed was to be great fact
or with the progressive farmer. and as
there is a great deal Of interest being
manifested among the members Of the
association there is little doubt but that
the association will make experiments in
this line another fall which will prove of
great interest to every farmer in the state.
At this meeting new constitution and
bylaws were adopted. and in about
two weeks the association will be ineor-
porated under the laws Of the state.
when an election Of officers will be hold.