Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-30
RECORD CROPS
FOR VALLEY
The Prediction of Several
Well-Known Experts
FRUIT TREES ARE
A MASS OF BLOOM
Last Few Days Making Everything
That Has Been Planted Literally
s'Pop from the Ground"

Last Few Days Making Everything
That Has Been Planted Literally
"Pop from the Ground"
Sunday with its all-day rain ap-
pears to have brot settled and SUM-
shiny weather, and since that time
everything that has been planted
seems literally to be popping from
the ground. The orchards upon
every side are a mass Of bloom
and experienced orchardlsts such
as Senator Crowley to the south
east and S. s. Bailey to the east
of this city are authority to The
Enterprise for the statement that
the fruit trees could not carry q
more prolific bloom, causing them
to prophesy that there'll be a rec
ord-breaking crop of peaches,
plums, pears, ETC., if only this sec
ton escapes a killing frost or hail
which there is good reason to
hope will be our lot this year.
Farmers Are Busy Planting
Altho the planting of beet seed
so far done is only for the early
beets and on ground that presents
the most favorable conditions,
planting is now in progress and
will continue with varying degrees
of activity until the latter part of
next month.
From now on, the farmers who
have signed contracts to raise
beets will be kept busy with prep
aration and planting until the en-
tire crop is in the ground, and by
the time the last are planted, If
weather conditions remain favor
able, the early planted beets will
be up and ready for some of the
hand labor, so the beet season
may now be said to be really start
ed in this district.
Cantaloupe growers who are
like the proverbial "early worm, y
aud willing to tale chances on the
weather are busy planting their
seed, with the hope that Jack
Frost will pass them by and they
may have an advantage over their
fellows by getting early to market
this fall.
Expert Makes Report
Colorado will have a record crop
this year, altho it will be some
what late on account of the recent
heavy rains, according to Prof.
L. A. Moorehouse of the depart
ment of farm management of the
United States agricultural de-
partment at Washington, who
spent last week in this city.
Professor Moorehouse, who with
A. l.. Thompson of the farm man.
agement department OF Cornell
university, is travelling all over
the West gathering data for the
federal government, was formerly
with the agricultural departments
Denver branch. He resigned to
accept professorship in the
Manitoba Agricultural college.
Because of his wife's illness he
was obliged TO resign this position
and accept the position he now
holds as agricultural expert al
Washington.
Largest Crops In History
"The largest crops in the his
Story of the Arkansas Valley were
harvested last year-this year has
+, every indication of producing still
greater yields" declares E. F
Stone, superintendent of light and
power of the Arkansas Valley
, Railway, Light and Power com
papy, who was down from Pueblo
last Friday, in company with the
yice-president and other officiali
.of the Byllsby Co. of Chicago.
? Mr.. Stone has recently furnish
ed engineering data for number
of plants in this vicinity which
will develop considerable lan'