The state herald., 1889-07-26
FARM NOTES.

season and plant the same TO winner wheat
In September. The second crop OF alfalfa
will be turned under.
A large number Of local dairymen are
shipping cream to the Brighton creamery.
1t is . great pity the milk could not BE-
worked up In our own cheese factory
Fort Collins Courier.
The frst winter wheat harvested In the
State this year was in La Plata County. II
will yield forty bushels to the acre. Tho
grain was planted on the Goth Of August
last.-Ficld and Farm.
The raspberry and. blackberry crop Is
unusually good this year Largo quanu-
ties Of these berries are being shipped
daily TO Wyoming points from Fors COL
lins.-Fort Collins Courier.
Skinner l. Tabor, of Denver. are bring
Ing 1900 rangers up from New Mexico Tor
their ranch In Pueblo County. These steers
have been purchased recently, since 1t was
seen that this Is to be good grass yea
with good winter prospects.
The sscoiid harvest 6f alfalfa u nbw bn
The a. erage yield Of this cutting will 10
about two tons the acre and In many places
Il will 20 above this am0uht The seasons
output over largo sections Of c6untry Will
reach six tons to the acre.-Fycld and
Farm.
Grass has been so finc this season the
dairymen supplying the Denver marke'
with milk have not been Obliged TO feed
half the usual quantity Of grain. Many OF
them have not fed grain at all. AZ cheap
as milk has been there has been profit IT.
Field and Farm.
The wheat harvest in Kansas isquite fin
ished, and the secretary Of the State de-
part,ient Of agriculture estimate the total
yield at 81, ,OO0, 600 bushels, which 10 Just
double that Of last year The largest yield
is in Sumner County, where 100000 BUSH
els have been harvested.
The ditch managers In Larimer County
have determined to keep all weeds and foul
growth cut close along the banks OF their
canals, that the seeds may not be carried
to the farms In the running water. This
Is good move, and should be followed up
by all ditch companies.-Ficld and Farm.
The oat crop OF the San Luis Valley will
be the largest this year that 1t has ever
been. II nothing happens between this and
the harvest I'd disturb the growing CROP tho
grain yield Is liable TO go to sixty Or sev-
s enty bushels to the acre. The straw
e growth is the biggest and finest ever seen.
y Field aud Farm.
A bunch Of wheat left at this ONCE, from
4 - fevn vvila
!, east Of Rocky Ford, Is q fine specimen OF
u what the Great Arkansas Valley can pro.
duce. Stalks over four feet high, heads
y four and Ave inches long, and grains large
y and plump. The yield will be 10 or more
U bushels to the acrc.-R0cl;u Ford Water
. . melon.
X A late dispatch from W ellington, Kansas
i. says arrivals from the Cherokee strip re
4. port that Texas fever is playing havoc with
n the cattle there. Forty head were seen
% lead in pasture one day and In other
IN from seven to twenty-five carcasscs were
lying around. Hundred Of cattle are dying
,c in Oklahoma and they predict that not I
4, hoof will be taken from there to the north
a for some months.
in lskSE lSslSs Ss IF eRs RSe Scnpsss sASs
his resignation n city editor Of tho Chat
tanooga, Tennessee Times two yean az
and go to ranching, Is making a. much Of I
!. success Of the latter occupation a. he did
!, OF the former profession. Mr.. Tucker
!. has hundred and sixty acres Of potatoes
\. growing and expects u crop Of over zoo, ,O0l
;. pounds. s.-Coiordio Springs Republic.
. The latest scheme to swindle the honest
/. tiiler Of the soil Is to sell him groceries II
Chicago prices by samples" freight on
being added, by swcettalking man In 4
gay and dazzling rig drawn by two fine
o horses. He Is "a villain In disguise Have
}. nothing TO do with him. For his deliveries
i never correspond with his samples" and
he will get you on the 'freight- which
i he hxes up to suit hlmself.-A victim. In
no CoiorpiJ Eirn er
New Mexico has more natural advxn-
iagcs than nny State or Territory belong.
. ing to the United States, In mineral, soil,
climate aad other productions. What IL
;, most needs is the cultivation Of the soil
nent of the other various resources. The
rich valleys aud mesa lands should be d.
vided up Into small farms, aud cultivated
b. more modern and improved system Of
farming. Ration Range.
1t would gladden. the heart Of an eastern
hillside granger to feast his eyes on the
: specimens OF wheat and barley which Mr..
Jack Crowley brought into The Water
melon officc on Monday. The stalks Of
wheat arc four feet and i've inchcs In
height, and tho barley four feet The
heads are OF ofunusuai size, while the large
plump grains are bursting from their
shells. They are signt 10 behold
Rocky Ford Watermelon.
Mr.. $. w. French, Of this city, has q
Ave year chestnut stallion that Ia max.
ing good record for It's owner aud Colo
RADIO, Al the Overland Park races this
horse trottcd three straight heats and won
In each. tho slowcst time being s.a6,,, and
tho fastest a;s''l. About two weeks ago
he trotted at Saltwater, MINI, winning
two out OF seven races, and being second
best In all othcrs, making record Of
.;si's. The seventh race was won In
.si's which is good speed after 20 much
hnrl work. Mr.. French Is justly proud
II his horse. colorado Farmer.
Tho Montrose Enicrprisc says. I'VE
,rc told thnt stoclsgrowIng does not pay
my more, and yet range COW In asscancd
his year at 5000, and her offspring. II he
= good nnd fat, nj tho arc OF three months
Will scli for nine, add possibly ton dollars
lor veal In any butcher shop In tho south.
west May be- II don't pay To raises nins
iollar calf from ten dollar COW, wc
would not like 10 be callel tho Names that