Bent County register., 1886-10-16

Office to-day from the DIR. Culver
ranch of which he has charge.
bunch of oats, the stalks of which
are six feet high, grown without irri-
gation. He has five acres of this
quality of oats which will probably
yield 10 bushels to the acIe. All of
his oats are doing well this year.
This is good showing for ranch
in Ute Pass-A ranchman living
on Eagle river below Red Cliff, took
up ranch last fall and in the spring
made experiments with vegetables
aud grain. His wheat grew four
feet high with plump round kernels
and produced 80 bushels, he has
also 500 bushels of oats and 1000 of
barley, while his vegetables grew to
the size for which the state is fa-
nous Next year he will set several
acres in small fruit. Sweet corn,
alfalfa and millet have done well
also Tins office is indebted TO
o. ). Loomis of Fountain, for
basket of as fine pears as We're prob
ably ever grown. They are of the
Standard Bartlett variety and Mr..
Loomis had about twenty bushels of
them this year He shipped box
of them to his old friends in Bir-
mingham, Iowa, on Monday, in or
der that they might see what eau
be grown in Colorado. Mr.. Loomis
has so much more fruit than his fam
| lily can use that the surplus is gener-
ously distributed among the neigh
bors. He should by all means ex-
hibit his fine pears and other fruit
AT the Denver exposition where it
would hold its own with other Colo
RADIO fruit.-On Tuesday this office
received sample head of cabbage
grown on the homestead ranch of
| ID l.. Jackson and sons, near Easton-
vile, weighing eleven and one-half
pounds. 1t was raised without irri-
CATION and on that account Is fine
sample of what Colorado soil will
produce. Mr.. Jackson says that all
kinds of vegetables have done we'll
with them without irrigation this
year. Their crop of potatoes, oats
and rye ara all doing we'll. They
ara experimenting with clover and
timothy with fair success. They
conduct dairy of twelve cows and
have also 5000 head of sheep IN the
eastern part of this county. Their
dairy cows are selected from the
best stock and raised especially with
view to the dairy business They
are thinking of making cheese ex-
teuslvely next year. The hay crop
& ~ N ,-,,,i ,f I,r,a,,,lI..
unusually good this year.-The
sunflower has a aprolitic growth in
Colorado and if cultivated would
probably prove Il valuable crop. The
seed makes the best feed for chick
ems, and sheep eat them with an APP
petite equal to that of any kind of
grain. The suntiower is now extern
siveIy grown in eastern countries
and the oil from it is said to be bet
ter than olive oil, and is rapidly
taking its place in the Orient. 1t
grows without irrigation aud one
bushel of seeds will produce gal
Ion of oil. Frank Smith, of Hustled,
who raised 1000 chickens this year
has an acre OF the Russian sunflowers
which will give an enormous yield
and will be fed to his chickens He
left at this office on Saturday one
head IA inches in diameter, in which
were 2,7oo seeds, weighing one
pound, ard they came within one
and one-half inches of filling quart
measure. The cultivation of sun
flowers in Colorado for profit will
bear investigation.
Grand Junction News, 25th ult.:
And now comes Bob Orr with crop
of ripe strawberries in September.
We know whereof we speak, be-
cause the gentleman brought us
sample. The plants were put out in
July after the regular fruiting sea
son and this is the second crop.
Verify, "the half has not been told"
OF our wonderful climate.-Did
you see that big squash at Abbey's?
One hundred and thirteen pounds!
Montrose Republican, 2sth ult.:
Dal Dewese, the noted Canon City
nursery man, sends the Republican
several choice varieties of grapes
from his own vines near Canon. We
note the following: "Golden Ches-
lies" "Sweet Water" and 'Muscatel''
of the white order, which show and
taste equal to any California grape.