The state herald., 1889-07-12
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Mrs. J. !. Cor, t. p hers ranch
and cattle near Fort sumner on the Pecos.
The cousideratien Il said % be 9ii0, 900.
On 100 acres Of land under the High Line
Ditch, four miles from this city, Mr.. John
Lset has tust harvested 600 tons Of alfalfa
hay Field and Farm.
Mai Lewellyn, live stock agent Of tho
Santa Fe, estimates that not less than 800.
OO0 head Of cattle have been shipped out Of
New Mexico during the past few months.
Don Louis c. do Baca sold his wool 70
parties In Trinidad for 1ss@ cents per
pound. Mr.. de Baca had this year 5000
POUNDS which was Of very good quality
Clayton Enterprise
F.. r. Baker will cut and put up abe 1t
200 tons Of alfalfa and clover hay this sea
son. Last year from forty acres cf alfalfa
he harvested AO tons Of hrst class hay
Fort Collins Courier.
The first cutting of .alfalfa has been
mostly secured In the Hest possible condi
tion, not drop Of wafer having fallen to
damage it during tho curing process, and
the weather has been exceedingly propi'
tious for haying-Fort Collins Courier.
1t is quite doubtful whether tho wool
securing works ut Denver will be operated
the present season or not There 10 capita'
needed TO move II, but the capital does not
seem to be forthcoming. Tho machinery
will possibly stand idie.-Field and Farm.
Rye six feet high ias latcly been har-
vested at Fort Morgan in Morgan County.
This rye was planted last fall and was
grazed through the winter and early
spring. There 10 no question about the
success OF rye as farm crop In this coun-
try.-Ficld and Farm.
Messrs. Daniel and Oscar Troy have In
the neighborhood of 1000 pounds Of wool
stored in Ration. BY this time next week,
Jerome Troy will have his wool here, when
the three brothers will have over 10o,ooo
pounds OF the best wool In the country
ready for market.-Raton Range.
Louis +. Garcia, ESQ, Of Tramperas, wa
In the city Thursday and negotiated with
parties from out Of town for hts wool. He
will have, this year, a5, 100 pounds, and OBJ
tanned 20 cents per pound for his entire
clip. Mr.. Garcia's wool is said 10 be beta
ter than the average Mexican fleece
Clayton Enterprise. n
The fruit crop in the Poudre Valley
promises to be the largest ever known In
that fine section, The strawberry crop is
about marketed and large shipments were
made to Cheyenne, Larimcr City, Denver
and other points. The demand was far In
excess Of the supply and Strawberries were
bought this season for less than % cents, :.
per box.-Fie,d and Farm.
Colorado has not had the immigration to
II this year that was expected, but there
has been u moderate influx Of well-to-do
farm people. The settlement has been
slow but permanent. Oklahoma early had
its boom, and Is dead. II did Coloraddf
some injury, but will do no more Our.
grand crops of grass and grain Of 1850 will
turn the tide our way in isgO.-Field and
Farm.
Splendid crops OF corn for soiliny purpose
and for ensilape may he raised on lanas
after the wheat has been harvested. Corn
planted on rich, wcll-plowed ground after
the first of August will make q rank
growth II kept well watcred and well cult
waited. There will be two months befoD
the nights get cold enough to check n
growth, and during that time the plau1
can get as high US mans hcad.-FieH,
and Farm.
The farmers OF Fort Collins arc now
900 beeves now ready for the market Tho
Trimblc Brothers are showing tho nitro
gcnous substance into 1900 head. Abncr
Loomis has fine bunch on alfalfa and Is
forcing them 10 early maturity. Chain 4
Hardy have feeding farm well-stocked
with feeders. Governor i,outt has 200
head Of grade Angus and the total number
OF feeding beeves In Larimer County will
reach fully 6,0OO head. They will be mar
ketcd within the next sixty days.-Field
and Farm.
Under the title, "A New Babylon Joa-
quin Miller writes the New York fndcpcn- I.
dent an article dealing with the possibill- \
ties Of irrigation In tae West. He con.
cludcs that nearly all the land In the West
can be made productive: that water
enough goes TO waste 70 make abundsntly
fruitful millions OF acres; that the land
can be much more cheaply irrigated than
forest land can be cleared; and he says:
get land, Get land Get land Get and
In the Great American Desert and never
lot go OF one handful OF sand TIL 1t has
turned to gold"
Charles w. Greene, In private letter
writing OF the Pccos canal company says:
'f'our hundred thousand dollars per value
Of the stock has been sold realizing s.00,0O0
aud sa0oOo0 OF bonds have been issued OF
which ti50, ,OC0 have been sold, and the bal.
nnce can be placed at the pleasure OF tho
company. Contra It's have been let for tho
construction Of both the northern md
southern canals, 10 be completed abont tho
18th Of December this year Tor mn aggrc.
gate length Of ninety five miles, and with
capacity to irrigaio and rec In upwards
OF 200, 600 acres Of as choice land as there
is In the western country .-Inton Range.
J. Scott Robertson, NJ present managing
the Maxwell Land Grant farm called on us
this week aud said that the prospects for
good crop on tho company's farm nrc
splendid, although the first furrow was
oni, turned on April 10th There Is nj the
present time planted and up. three hundred
acres both Of alfalfa and sor hum, and two
hundred md ff,y acres OF corn nnd oats
respectively. The crops have all come up
remarkably we'll, and promise u heavy
Yield. Tho company has put up y nam.
moth barn. and u large house nnd will be
t,lnd In rSIniid lnanIiulIlN In ihnsA WIN