, 1877-02-19

rants also do we'll. hftst of tic gardeners hare
their teams, which they drive into town frs,n,
thrGe to fbur times T. week, from the time the
kct to late in thc faIl. Some hcrp ticir teams
On the streets all winter. The first tnsnatoe. RI
AZ eight to ten CENTS per poun'l: ra'lishcs, two
small bsinc''tt Tor quarter; lettuce alnut thu
sams; t'rawhc'.ies beg!n the scaeon at 8 ner
most plentiful years. Cabbage, onlonr. ete.,
.ci hr.inE il'Fecj to four cents per Poantl. New
Ecr pound, and IN The fall itold up to n,.e ns1'i
thrcc.fonrihs to two cent?. often In The follow
up agatn to four and Avct and At times to eight
and ten cente.. Several market gardeners, Tho
past season, after losing half Of their crops BY
grasshoppers, made enough to pay for their
farms.
Daily sntercsts receive good deal OF atten-
tto dhs ilTmen ,,1, Eho app1y most o. the
for: milk, and a5 cents rnt for cream. Good
than shat whicl, comes from the States, except
coty cst1Gs .t an ' yt1e e Of e, wfn e 2'Gxe p IT,
tie the best demand. Ranch butter rifles
from 30 to 81 cents, the average price tho year
round being abon: A. Some daEynen have
round at tho latter ratc. ur to within one OF
itt5 cheese Is made. Il dfe. II up p qusk in Ill
climate.
--4HE Hay tIDp ID EEtLlHH u HE q ilTH& lLcHs
Three Or fur years ago but fey cattle men were
in tho hnb[t OF feeding stock during tho wintcrt
hut relied IN their picking their way. But two
nr three hard winters has changed this, and gil
largest quantity Is raIsed on the Platte and
Arkansas bottoms.
Tbs results Of last years farming may be bet
ter seen by few EXAMPLES which We have Mt
fastncd ten arfcs, sold 5000 worth Of vegetables
besides having ills living OF tlc place MIL stpr-
Ing away oil be will need Tor lis family until
spFtng. Another farmer, on tic lilo Grandc,
llau ten acres VI wleat that turet! o,tt sixty
and half bushcle To the asrc anl weighed eixty-
five pounds tu the hnsel; his oats Yielded
forty.two and half bushels per arrc; cabbagcs
weighed tlIrts-llve pounds cach; four nercs Of
Thon,psott. above t}rcelcy, who farms an eighty
aerc traet, raised l,050 bushels vi wheat, l,5U0
bushels ot potatocs and tU0 Of corn, for which
1c received s. !H5, out Of which 81 900 Ia to be
penscs, leaving net resnnilt ot 81 ,cs5. '
At many places in saguuchc and Fremont
Counties wheat yielded frou, 81 to ~ bushels
ucr acre. One farmer near D"gtnont raiscd
vt. vraIn yielded ,:oo bushels Corn ut an I'd
Irrigation L not the great drawback to farm.
Ing tn Colorado, Its methods arc 40 well
understood that it can he done successfully at
mall SIT; heaula' systet,'s ot cat.als and
earlY tn April, and usel until ntter
a IL co plo." soo to sats esso avs s e. rTs,a gT0nsd
tho matter that there Is no clnshlnH Of interests.
Tic wurat elements tho farmers Of ColpEaJo
have had to contend with the past thrcu ycars
are halt-ssorItss mud .grass!,oppcrs.
which there oas bce' my considerable product;
aud this yield has been 50 insignificant that npuc
found It's way Into market. The expcrt'nrnt*
see,n 10 show tl,at ,nppes, plun,s cherries, md
RADIO will have to look to, California for Vii her
fruit, except winter apples, which rotnc frun
Michigan A'u1 Mls.ottrt. Tie lowest prize nt
to fur cents per pound by the barrrl.
VIZ would sum up tho wi,oIc matter by say.
Ing that Tlicat, hurley, oats, atl vegetables. and
sumo Of tho smaller fruits, ire probably raised
in Colorado. It does nut cost the farmer much
States, and he 9cts much better prize ior what
he raises. There In very little taftcs; what lie
sells generally brings tile caslI down. 1t tlt,cs
not Gust .lluc to get start. Fnrn1 lalls uh,I.r
u!tshca near the towns can to hought at $40 IL
VIE per mere.
'rhe tine project Of an. trrigat!ne cana1 from
the mountains to the Missouri. that should
wltes ,s,des, A.. alI tue os p,a1"s a1nl By y
falo grounds, was long aso ,iroppeJ,
although irrtEating conventions under tbs
auspices Of thc Governors und Congrcesrncn Ut
tl'e trat's-Sffsfourl Statet and Territories we're
held, lncn0rials forwarded u Washington usk.
Ing aEd, tho pres1dent's support srtured, aud
stlgcestfon iu it* fayor Incorporated IN Que Of
hta messages. Probably 70 long AZ The fat acres
Of Kahsas tenpt tAo fartlitr. und other pursuits,
s,icl. Is stoekrnlsing, growing, and mining,
are turned y .ued profitable airuunt ~ 1t
present in Culofalo, NC sllull l,cur of no inure
kra,L irrisatlng schemes, md tIIu desert will
not be reclaimed IN any agricultural sense.
But, nevertheless, tie thorough farmers who
arc c.'ntentcd to nork OH t',.lr small farms,
u'trg tho streams, with tho aid Of little cheat
irrigation. will lsvre uniform crops Che grass-
!loppers afnns pcrmtttin9), havG ready u,nr.
kets, aud get good prices for NIL TINT they can
saisc. j. a. b.