Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-08-15


Egypt, 20 in West Indies. II Peru, Tin It.
ally, in Spain, 10 i'll Australia, / i1I1ast
Indies, 2 in California, and 3 in Louisiana.
There are some other steam cultiyitora,
made by Howard and other makers, usd in
Great Britain, bnt not many III other oun-
tries.
I'le farming is very simple. The laM is
all arabic, cultivated in q three years Dta-
zion of beets, wheat, rye and oats, and hen
beets again, and 50 on. Where are sDme
small fields of beans. lllcerne, and someDth-
er small crops for farm use, and the culture
OF hops is being tried now. But the main
plan of the farming is to get the largest re-
turn possible by the use of large capitalhnd
heavy manurng. He keeps as large stock
Of fattening cattle and sheep as as is nedled
to consume the pulp of the beets, and he
keeps also a few cows for milk He sells
alcohol, beet, mutton, wheat, rye, and we
straw. lie buys lean cattle aud sheep, ma
nures, and as much as he needs OF oats aud
lucernc. AL the manure made Oh the farm
is used on the beet ground and about SIS
worth Of chemical manure per acre addi-
/ tional. For the wheat which follows the
beets he uses only chemical nianures, S.
worth per acre. On the oats and rye no
manure is used. The crop of beets was very
! promising. The plants are all cultivated on
the flat systen-in rows about 20 inches
apart, and the p,apts about 10 inches apart
/ in the row. The work Of cultivation is done
| largely by horse hoes, and the ground is sc
rich that the plants soon outgrow The
weeds. The crop averages about IS tons
per acre.
The wheat, rye and oat crops were yer,
large and heavy, better than we often SET
with us, but / could not learn the average
yield. The crops We're not quite ready TO
harvest on the 2lst, but the wheat and ryt
would be ready in about week. It wa
well filled but very badly lodged. 1t was tt
be cut by hand, using large sickles. Ih
reason OF this | did not learn.
There are some curious and interesting
relations between Mr.. ID. and his work,nen
in which lie takes much care to promot
their interests. There is one of the larges
manufactures Of straw paper i'll France nea
the farm, and an important product of til
farm has been the rye straw for paper, bu
the price has now fallen so low that it scarce
ly pays. The distillery was not in oper;
ton, and was not shown. The beet haryes
begins about the. 10Th Of September, an
the beets are all worked up by the end {
january. The profit Oh alcohol is said NJ
to be large, and hIr. D. is experimenting o
the growth of hops, SO that if successful /
5 can help to supply the wants of the brewe1
: about Paris. The consumption of beer
; rapidly increasing.
t AS a specitnen of what the French call il
/ tensive farming. the practice OF Nj. Deco
t Vile is one Of the most interesting in tt
= c,uutry. lie has received the highe
f awards from the agricultural societies, al
: the place is visited by students and farmer
to see and profit by his example. w
sorry not to get more definite informatit
about tie products Of the farm, and the
e yearly value. But it is plain to any obSer
G er that the business is prosperous. and it
Y conducted in the most intelligent and sy
q tematic way. The company on the II
numbered more than 100, and we were e
e tertained with collation., and short comp
;, mentary speeches were made by several
:. the farmers from other countries OF EUror
# THE FUTURE FARMEL.