The state herald., 1891-10-23


The Hon. John Churches Of Ralston
Creek, Jefferson county, with postoffice at
Golden, has been appointed by the secre-
tary Of agriculture, J. M. Rusk, As statis-
tical correspondent for Jefferson county.
His duties arc to prepare replies to in
quiries from the department in regard TO
the area, condition, product and quality Of
crops, number, condition, etc, OF farm
stock and other subjects connected with
agriculture. The eleventh annual session
Of tho National Farmers Congress Of
the United States will be held ut Sedalia,
Missouri, Tuesday. November 10. MIR.
Churches wishes farmers, orchardists,
market gardeners and others interested
who desire to have specimens Of Colo
rado products exhibited ut Sedalia to for
ward such specimens to him ut Golden or
to Henry Lee, Denver, or to notify him
and he will call or send for tho same.
Governor Routt has appointed MIR.
Churches as delegate from Coiorkdo to
the congress at Sedalia.
Potato dealers ore ali bearing the mar
ket The prics for the new crop was never
opened SO low as at this time. In Conejos,
FL Paso and Weld counties forty-hve
cents per 100 is all that is offered. Right
hero let us say that oil who can should
hold their potatoes. II no cellar has been
provided the crop can be kept Just as well
and In many instances better, In plts. Po-
iatoes are worth more money than forty.
five cents to-day, and the price offered 10
only u speculative one. Tho crop In the
East Is not one c.thild OF what IL should be
and before winter there will be "A demand
for potatoes In the Chicago market which
will bring up tho price OF the Colorado
stock. Hold your potatoes. and
Farm
Tho garden everywhere Is the promoter
Of economy and health. In II nature pours
forth her choicest and most wholesome
gifts for the mere cost Of tho seed and
care. A home garden well attended II
the most powerful foe of the sheriff and
tho doctor. In the farmers garden tho
family have tho vegetable, fruit and
flower markets ut their very door. Tho
supplies offered are precisely what they
want, exactly OF tho quality they desire
and In tue freshest and most wholesome
condition, all NJ the mere cost Of produc-
tion.-Fteid aud Farm.
Farming on irrigated, arid land means
placing farming, rs = business, on tho
basis Of manufacturing. II is not sub.
Iccting the work Of the season 10 the
chance OF having rain at tho particular
time that means . difference Of IS per
cent. to 80 per cent OF the yield, for with
his hand on the head.gate Of his canal, tho
fsrmer mny control the crops almost to
the extent that the engineer. with his
band on tho throttle valve OF bis cuRine,
regulates the movement Of tho machinery
Of the factory.-Field aud Farm.
Our cattlemen are feeling as iubilAnt ~
the farmers ut the outlook for good mar
ket this fall md winter. There 10 an I'm
monse number Of beef cattle on the ranges
Of Bcnt county and southern Colorado
which will bc marketed this year, and
every indication shows thA, good pricos
will be realized. The cattle business hss
been rather dull Of late ycars, but Il In
coming 10 tho front once more, and no
class OF our citizens deserves prosperity
better than the cattle owners. .-Las AMI
mas Leader.
wischnann brothers, while irrigstins,
did little experimenting ~ TO probable
yields ind the result was sstouIshlnr.
From twcniy.tw acres OF land was dug
iIs sacks oi 10 pounds each por ucrc. or
In other words, each nero produced a0.As
pounds OF the tubcrs, aud tho Yield for tho
twenty-five ucres was api6 sacks. or
,5i, 80 pounds. Can anyone beat that
6rceicy Democrat.
A. =. Kouns showed Us . cabbage stsiL
tho other duy that had elcvon u srfec
heads, In ai,c from walnut TO . regular
sized head, and he said that there werc
moro that he didn't got. ~ he cut tho stalk
on before ho noticed its great number o,
heads, and cut II on above Aome Of than,
lie sayA ho has lots Of stalks with four ar
Ave hoads. Rocky Ford Enterprise.
Il. ID. Hcrrick Informs us that hc viii,
have bO,Voo pounds OF onions on ono acrr
OF ground. This is an enormous yield Of
onions, but they were raised on tho rlcb
est soil Of the Platte valley and carcfully
attended. Mr. Hcrrlck il preparing a
drying house for hi. onion crop, aud viii, J
store thcm for higher prices. cs.-Liitleton
Independent
A number OF farmers iu tho Arksusss
valley arc cutting their fourth crop Of al.
falfa. Ono remarked tho other day. ~
noticed while breeding last wintcr .SAss
stock would cat every bit Of hA, that wss
made Just ss tho bloom began 70 pct, and
that madc later WAS more woody and the
ca,.lo would leave the stems" =
George Smith Of Gunnison orh,blts<
somc famous specimens Of 1soso scsdllns
and White Elephant potatoes at tho Cue,
nison county fair, some OF which weishs
three 10 four pounds, and csbbsscs ,Iu,'<
ping the beam At thirty and thirty
pouuds.