| Show NOW FOR EL PASO texas august 17 1895 having noticed to in the salt lake city papers papera at different times articles upon the culture of for the encouragement of its growth in utah I 1 beg to give this ihla information to who may be interested in this valuable plant the consideration in producing an article is a market Can Canal allire gre it ig not on an article of food for either man or beast every pound produced must be sold add for cash and has baa utah got toe lancory to use the crop ahou it is cultivated I 1 ir r not it to ie now time to think about it there is no better encouragement to the producer than to furnish him a market for his product ibe abe writer to ie that there has bus baa been planted in utah considerable canal manaigre gre such being the abe cases case the next proper thing would be to erect a small tannery say bay one capable of tur turning altig out sides aides of leather per week such SUChA a plant put in running order until it would pay its own way would cost coat about A tanner who understands toe anent uee of manaigre of whom there are very few in the world can make leather in one the time that it takes to tan wib with oak bark I 1 end so se sample of sole bole leather tanned with in thirty eight days day which I 1 will warrant to idear our as long as any leather on the market try tt it there Is ii a tendency to cultivate this tala crop in california colorado kansas texas and even florida and small email shipments have been made to other tales states and foreign countries but the altitudes of western texas northern mexico now new mexico arizona and utah seem to be the natural habitation of 01 the plant and the see aeo tion where the growth to is most prolific and the yield of tannin largest there are strong natural reasons for these conditions it is well known that starch Is convertible into sugar sugar into alcohol and alcohol into solis aos the intense sunlight of the above regions region to Is eak extremely emely favorable to t uio them change cin in fact nual nt lal to the bujol ree olt the same me plant grown both la in high and dd low altitudes altitude will be found to blela moro morim sugar gar and leaa hot sold ld la in low jaw altitudes and dd more acid alma oil jena lenagar sugar in high alti altitudes tuder io in high yields of tannic riold eld are essential to permanent luccese therefore it may safely be interred inter reu that this crop grown near the ea coat coast will in the course ol of gw few years change its if character entirely and become unfit for the purpose originally intended and nd that such regions region can never compete with such countries as utah for abe uniform high quality of its if pro duet duct it Is is in quite common to note in articles arti clee written about canal gre the bordt barks barka are getting scarce and canal gre will be needed to take their place while this is true me writer can afeie safely may eay that canal manaigre gre la is more than a substitute toz fos any of the barks barka it makes an entirely different of leather leat ber upper leather made with canal gre la Is softer and mure more pliable ano stronger iro than that made with bark barb sole leather made with this root appears to be soft but bat it becomes bard and glassy when worn for a few days dav A crop ol of cau sigre will not figure oo on paper like crops of or aLges lemons jemous air strawberries s wb erries etc and then prove a flat fist failure allure for baut of a profitable market at the critical moment ol of maturity this crop figures more like a four per cent united states bond 1 I principal and interest always available with no chance for jose joes of either it differs from all other crops in ID being the only one where you get your seed need back with the increase of growth the seed root loot does not decay bui but frequently increases in size and weight it if the crop does not receive water during its period of rest say fay from june to september Sepi ember Canal gre n s ds very tory little kittle water frosts heal beat floods drouth infects and have no terrors for this hia crop it IS way may be left jett in the ground safely tor for five or six alx years and will constantly eo increase la 10 weight without cost coat lor for storage or insurance it need not be dug until a market has baa been secured cured ae and in this respect reaped is unlike any other crop which must be harvest ed w on en ripe and then aben has bae to meet an unprofitable market or be stored under expense if a market is in at hand the crop need not remain in the ground more than two years yours very truly J W BROWN general manager el paso tanning co |
