The state herald., 1889-07-19
FARM NOTES l|''

More winter wheat will be sown his
year IN the State than ever before.
Never before were the plains and hill
sides 20 green Vt this season Of the year.
Al low estimate the fruit crop Of LAri.
iner County this year 10 worth el0,0o0-
4 0,t Colltus Courier.
The greatest horticultural display ever
made In Colorado u 70 10 seen in the Den
yer market now every morning.
Plant alfalfa " thick " IL will grow ou
the earth. The closer II 10 packed In th.
growing the better will BE- the hay Field
aud Farm.
Two tons from the scre hss been tho
average alfalfa yield 1t the frat cutting.
Tho second will improve on the 6rst. -Fiejc
and Farm.
Az least double the acreage has been
planted this year In Colfas County. Farming
Is rapidly becoming prominent industry
In northern New Mexico. Ration Range.
Tho Utah wool output for 1880 will bs
nearly i2,0oO,OOO pounds, prices ranging
from "a to 10 cents, with an average price
of IN cents. The quality Is excellent
owing to the fnc feed secured by the Aa2I
rains.
The farmers of Kansas are 70 indigne
ut the exorbitant demandv of the bindi
twine trust that an effort will be made
have this article manufactured In the Sta
Penitentiary and sold TO tho farmers
about cost. T.
The Troy brothers have sold their wesI,
clip OF O2,oOo pounds At IN ce1ts. A 6k
Louis Arm was the purchaser, They he
also contracted to deliver a,0o0wethers
tho first Of August, ut very advantageo1
figures. Range.
The Murphy Cattle Campany and L. X
Parker have started s0J head Of beef cat,
tie to the Northern Pacific, and will load
them Vt Miles City for Chicago. The herd
will average LEO pounds and should com
msnd top prices.-BMGdtOE Echo.
The bottcr way TO harvest and cure alf-
alfa is to cut 1t down to- day, let II lay ~ 1t
falls before tho machine-go through with
the tedder the next day, then the day fol-
lowing rake II into punches, and after re-
manning two days put 1t In stack.-Field
and Farm.
The small fruit crop is the one for quick
est returns Grapes bear when three
,ears ole, ,raspberries and blackberries two
and strawberries one, and the farmer does
not have to wait so long for rsturns on
these kinds OF fruit ~ hc docs on apples,
pears, peaches, etc.
In looking around the country at tho tine
Of the harvest we have been satisfied thae
more than half OF the alfalfa fields have
not been sufficiently seeded. Ten pounds
more seed than has been put TO the aero
would have given bettcr Yields and made
better bayfield, and Farm.
Al the agricultural college at Fort Col.
lins experiment has lately boon made with
feeding alfalfa TO determine It's value com
pared with other hay feed. This IL the
conclusion arrived at: The animal fed will
gain seven pounds weight for every 100
pounds Of hay consumed, or gain Of l<0
pounds weight for each ton Of alfalfa.
Mr.. T. C. Henry ia quoted ~ saving:
The wheat yield in the San Luis Valley
is liable 70 go 10 bushels to the acre. There
Ia tho biggest crop growing there that
have seen since coming into the West
have seen big crops growing In Kansas,
but none that would equal the present
Colorado crop in the San Lula"
Tho State Horticultural Society is 70
hold its carly autumn meeting and fruit
exhibition at Canon City. The date fos
the holding has not yet been fixed, bat II
will be In time TO repeat the exhibit at ~
Pueblo State Fair. Doctor shaw assures
us that II will be the greatest show Of
fruit and flowers ever witnessed In tho
West.
Tho cloud burst which struck this pors
tIou Of the country Thursday wcek did
much damage. A herd Of sheep Of about
1000 head were drowned In tho vicinity Of
Mt Dorm, and the hcrdcr also perished
with them. The sheep belonged 70 thsl
Romero Bros. Al the same timo thirtx1
head Of cattle were ovcrpowcred aad5
drowned. Clayton Enterprise. -
An ing onious chap has invented . WI
Of preventing chickens from scratching uI
his garden. He crosses the long LEGGED
Brshmas with the short-lcgged Brshmas
which results In new breed OF fowls, Wit
one long leg and one short one. Whe
they raise either leg 10 scratch, they lod
their balance and come TO grief. After
few demoralIxing attempts, thcy desist--
Exchange.
The frat outlay for irrigation will cos9
not less than ten dollars m aero. Tho after
expense will be very light Irrigation IL
no more expensive than non irrigation,
How Of water cost no more money per dicins
than mon who sit under cover when ~
rsins. The same number Of farm hanho
that would tend hundred aero field In ~
rain district will tend hundred scres uas.
der irrigation. The certainty of . crop1
where there IL irrigation IL worth the coat /
Of the Insurance.. and Farm.
Mr.. Bailey Rison, who Is one OF the old.
est settlers In this part OF the boz Elder
Valley, has = finc farm Of 30 acres nearly
all under good state Of cultivation. one
Of tho moat attractive features Of which IL
. splendid orchard containing nearly 500
fruit trees, including 100 plum trecs, BE-.
sides wilderness OF small frulta. such -
cnrran,s, sooscberrles. rAspbcrriss and
blackberrics. His fruit trocs arc ncsriy
all Of thom bearing this year, and barring
EccIdcnts, he will have = An. crop Tho
condition Of his thrifty. well. trimmed trees
provca that Mr.. Rison IL no novice In fruit
growing. Sort Collins Courier.
A recent bulletin issued by the Colorado
Experiment Station gives the following ID.
vicc regarding the cutting and curing Of
alfalfa "Aifaifs should bc cut Just before
blooming. somewhat earlier than rod clover.
A. that stage Of IT, growth tho plant con
taina the greatest amount Of valuable feed
Ing substances. When slightly wIitsd II
should be rakcd Into wrrows, and then