The Delta independent., 1888-07-17
RANCH and RANGE.
fhie tirst Alfalfa cuttIng has bieen har.


vested.
Nearly Many women as men have taken
us sornssteads in Ebert county.
A small farm near the foothills devoted
to the raising of bees, poultry and small
ruits is as good as gold mine.
Farmers can have the bulletins sentfrom
their state agricultural experiment stations
forwarded to them free by making written
application to the station for the same.
be had. Field and FARM.
Mr. j. A. Mauldin, whose farm adjoins
Elizabeth, has made \ grand success in
growing alfalfa without irrigation. He
Also ass fine fish. ponds we'll filled with the
6nny families.
Ex-senator Dorsey, bf Colfax county,
New Mexico, has decided to remove his
herds OF cattle from his present grazing
grounds and froiH that territory to Arizona.
Whether It is to obtain more landed posses
sions or better grass And lighter winters it
Is not stated.
The first cutting Of alfalfa over the entire
state this year has averaged two tons to the
acre. This ia larger than 1t ever was before
We would now estimate that the hay yield
of the state will be in tons nearly II not
double what it ever was before in single
season.-Field and Farm.
The web-worm continues its ravages and
is doing a great deal OF damage to alfalfa
and othcr -fowihg crops, especially vegeta'
bles. These pests have destroyed $1,000
head Of early cabbages and about 1900
cauliHower for I. p. Ward, the gardener,
besides all Of his celery.-Fort Collins
Courier.
1t will bs safe to predict that Colorado
will make greater yield of wheat per acre
this year than will any of the other western
states or territories. The crop here is look
ing fine in all sections and is now so we'll
advanced in head. growth that a bountiful
crop can reasonably be expected.-Field
and Farm.
Wool prices in New Mexico have started
on quite well the present season. Along
the line or the Atchison and Topeka road
the best quality of wool has been selling at
from fourteen to fifteen cents. This, con-
siderihg the fact that the average quality
Of the wool in this section is but n trifle
above that which Is termed carpet, Is very
fairfield and Farm.
The Glenwood Springs Daily News says:
"From Glenwood down, the Grand valley
produces corn, tomatoes, melons and other
crops not grown In any other mountainous
region in the state. Even above the city
on Roaring Fork and Grand satisfactory
experiments In fruit growing haye been
made, and as for the ordinary crops such
IS grain, grasses and vegetables, the soil is
IS fertile and the climate as favorable as
any locality in the state.
The Denver Republican says: Miss Clara
and Miss Nellie Stearns. who have been
waiting In Middle Park for the completion
of their cabin, will soon take possession.
The young ladies being forced to live In
Colorado for health have, with western en-
terprise, taken up pre- emption claim, where
they propose to spend their summer. Miss
Stearns is well known In the social circles
school student
Another extensive ditch is projected on
the White river mesa. Messrs. Veatch,.
Evans, Davis, and other gentlemen having
ranches along the base Of the hills that
form the background to the mesa, are the
prime movers in the enterprise. A pre-
liminary survey will be made shortly.
Such ditch would bring under cultivation
about ave thousand acres of the best agri-
The following is . sample Of couple of
columns of notices in the MuivaDe (Bent
county, News of last week: I'M. j.
Beheimer, wife and children. came from
Kansas one year ago. Last year erected
house, broke and planted thirty acres.
faised good cane, corn, and splendid water
melons, muskmelons, etc. Thirty acres in
crop this year, fenced sixty acres, have
fine we'll thirty feet deep."
The curious observation is mentioned by
q Jefferson county man whom we know
very well, that wasps, bees and hornets can
be handled with impunity by person hold
Ing his breath. Even the most delicate skin
becomes sting proof, though 1t is quickly
penetrated II the smallest quantity CT air is
allowed to escape from the lungs. 1t is
surmised that holding the breath partially
closes the pores Of the skn.-Field and
Farm.
There will be good peach crop In the
valleys of New Mexlco-on the Vermejo
the Mora, the Sapello, the Gallinas and
many other streams In the north, but with
the Ration range the crop ceases. The peach
tree north of that range in Colorado is a
failure. While apples and pums thrive
well in Las Anlmas scounty-separated from
New Mexico but by a small range of noun
peach refuses to thriye.-Fieid
and Farm.
In looking about tue sta.e for pointers rs
TO what class of farmers are making the
money and what class are not, wa find the
men who intermix farming with stock
s.e the ones who are getting rich.
We have found that the men who are grow
Ing grass and making hay are doing hun
dred per cent. better than are the men who
are growing grain. Farms that have been
run OF the cropping plan alone for num-
Der OF years have not paid interest on the
unless 1t might be In q few
chance cases. but where live stock has been
handled in connection with the raising OF
grain there have been reasonable profits al
least, especially where little Judgment
has been used In the management.-Field
Floods in the East.
PITrsBURa, Pa, July "a Union
town. Pennsylvania, special says that Red
stone creek has broken Its bounds and sub
merged all the low lands of the town and