The state herald., 1890-01-24
FARM NOTES.

California has the largest, Dakota the Sec
ond, with Colorado the third. Colorado's
Farm.
The choicest article Of butter now retails
In Denver households at 80 ceuts per
pound. A strictly prime article 10 quite
scarce. The smaller dairies have shrunk
In their output. Tho small .dairymen %
not feed well enough. h.-F'ield and Farm. \
Five years from the present ColoA4
will be great cattle-feeding State. y
stall-fed bullocks will be numbered by the
thousands. There will be no other way OF
converting TO money Its alfalfa and corn
Its two great leading products. Field and
Farm.
In tho way Of small fruits, 1t IL not un-
common for our Colorado growers TO have
q yield of from 5000 To 5000 quarts Of
strawberries per acre, and small patches
often produce at the rate of from 10000 70
ID, 900 quarts per acre. Black raspberrtes
currants and gooseberries do BIAS Ne.
ately we'll. Peaches cannot AND su"
except over on the western
In Mesa County they ~. xtsA ass q
Field and Farm. IL THE MA0M,S5
We trust that every & sCspr -. ne price
plant corn next season "a NA0A1H
ten inches deep and plow ..orroN
twice before ho plants It. 20 ors inhusn0s
no danger Of too much cultivss. md dsna1 d%a1
corn is shallow roofing pisa S.ssI
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atit The deep furrows hold the moisture:
Do not be mistaken in these important
matters Of deep tillage and thorough culti-
walton. On them will hinge the secret OF
corn success.-E'ield and Farm.
The Bob Creek ditch in the Arkansas
Valley, which will take its water from the
great river % or 80 miles below Pueblo, on
the north side, will, when completed be
| reservoir ditch. 1t will be built with ca
pacity TO carry great body Of water In
times Of freshets and In sufficient bulk to
run winter without freezing. Along Its
line will be numerous storage places, which
will be filled at such seasons Of tho year
when the average farmer does not require
the water that flows In the river. Mr. L.
G. Henry will probably build the ditch, and
will open up to agriculture vast country
that has heretofore been unproductive.-
Field and Farm.
To succeed, the Colorado farmer Of TO
day must be modern with his methods. He
must quit the ways Of his daddy and keep
pace with the man Of the period. The hoe,
the mandrake and the pitchfork will no
longer do. The little broncho horse will
NO longer answer TO pull the plow. Tho
best and most modern machinery will be
none too good. Alfalfa hay must be har-
vested and placed in the stack at u costnot
to exceed 81 a ton. Wheat must be grown
that can be sold for IS cents the bushel
and AFFORD profit. In fact the time has
come when the Colorado farmer must fix
himself In mind and machinery to compete
with the world.-Field and Farm.
Agriculture ut Peyton has only reached
the experimental stage, but ~ we wish 10
compare notes with the veterans Of tho
older parts Of the Divide, we give herewith
the results Of our short experience: First.
One Of the chief mistakes made was in
not plowing early, whether the crop is to
be put early or not. Late piowed ground
dries out badly. The same effect is pro.
another mistake was in planting too thick
ly. Where there is only limited amount
OF water In the ground, 1t is important not
to divide this among many plants or they
will all be starved. The dryer the ground
tho thinner the sowing. Third, We fnd
that deep planted corn, ETC., do not do 80
well as that which is planted rather shall
low. The rules that are followed at
Fountain are Of no account with us. Thus
ut Fountain. they find that deep planted
corn docs the best. The difference be.
tween Fountain aud the Divide lies In tho
difference in the temperature, due to dir
ference In elevation. ~ the lower eleva.
tion the heat Is SO great that the chief
thing Is 70 prevent too rapid cvaporati0n1
and this Ii secured by planting deep. FIJI
teen hundred feet higher the evaporation Is
much less rapid, and what we need 10 tho
highest temperature posi- BILE. This 10 40.
cured by planting shallow. Reference is
Of course here made to plants requiring
considerable heat, such as corn and beans,
Even potatoes have not done so well when
planted more than four inches dcep.
Fourth, another mistake was In leaving
root crops out after the middle Of October
or thereabouts. The risk OF freeze In late
October is too great to DO taken.- Geo. II.
Stone, In Fl Paso County Republic.
Mr.. J. T. Cornforth, u prominent fruit
dealer Of Denver, made an interesting ad-
dress before the State Horticultural Asso-
citation which met in that city last weck.
Among other things he said ~ believe
that capital has nm excellent chance for In /.
vcstment In fruit culture. Tho fruit In
dustry will soon be moro valuable than the
product Of our mines. Our apples arc
adapted to all warm climates, where they
arc worth three times Us much US oranges
I have been asked which would be tho
most profitable fruit TO grow In the State
would answer, the crab apple. wc raise
superior crab-applcs, aud they arc far
more valuable than apples. We can o.dsy
sell our apples nil through California and
Texas, and can market proitably i,OOo, 900
barrels. We should give great attention
TO plums. they are also profitable. Peaches
arc In their element In the southern par,
Of the state. In New Mexico this fruit il
raised but not with intelligence, still they
have mover had failure In the peach crop
You can sell 100 carloads Of peaches u day
from Colorado. The United State. would
use our peaches In preference 10 all o,aexs
California peaches taste different In differ.
ent attitudes. The first thing To be dono
is to select the proper trees for different
| soils. The State should run an expert.
mental farm and II should be conductcd.by
| u horticultural board. There should also
be state Agricultural Chemist. Ho
should prepare tho parasite dcstroycrs aud
have them on hand, A board OF inspectors
| should ulso exist Invo,tnrs "a, .,,..,a...,.