The state herald., 1891-12-04
FARMING NEWS.

+ FAkMlNG NEWO.
The Royal Horse Association, Of Chsy-
sune, Wyo., recently sold 10S head OF
range horses 70 ST. Louis buyer. There
we're two stallions also sold which brought
1900.
Hubbard squashes are most profitable
feed fer hogs. They are easily grown In
Colorado and can be made TO yield ton toas
To the acre. They may bs fed all winter
either raw or steamed, and whom there is
no green grass :or alfalfa, Hubbards are
hard V beat.
The possibilities OF the White river val
Icy in the vicinity Of Meeker ~ An agricul-
tural section are varied. Magnificent crops
Of potatoes and vegetables Of nearly all
kinds; oats, barley, rye, beans. peas and
hay are grown to perfection, and apples
and pears will thrive as we'll % at some Of
the lower elevations
Mr.. Isaac Ellis has between 400 and 500
bearing spple trees on his farm at Lincoln,
N. NJ, and this year marketed 25,000
pounds Of good fruit from them, At 4 to Q
cents pound, the market price At Lincoln
and Stanton. Mr.. Ellis realized quite
neat little sum from this crop. Fruit
raising pays In New Mexico.
The Mimbrcs River Cattle Company Of
New Mexico 10 putting In . number Of
steam pumps st different points on its
range. and Is having excellent success In
the development Of water. The ranch liss
northwest Of town, and the range 10 very
extensive ON account OF the water that has
been produced In different portions.
Some big wheat crops have besn raised
on Snake river In Wyoming this year. g.
F. Perkins raised about 100 bushels, James
Douglas 800 and . number Of other ranch
men raised from hfty to 900 bushels. They
are hauling II to mill on White river and
exchanging It for -four. James Gooldy
sold %, 900 pounds to J. W. Hugus 4 Co.,
Of Rawlins
A Swiss colony 10 going TO locate on the
fertile lands Of the Pecos Valley In New
Mexico. This colony consists Of hfty-four
persons, men, women and children. Tbs
head Of each family has purchased forty
acre tract Of land about eight miles south
of Eddy. Neat adobe cottages have besn
erected, their land is fenced, the horses
have arrived from Kansas and they are at
work putting In their fall crops. The
Switzers are ~ rule good farmers and
they always succeed wherever they settle.
Adjacent to Las Vegas, N. NJ, arc st
least lOO, 900 acres Of land now unoccupIsd
which can be irrigated by . system Of res
ervoirs across the Gallinss river, which
carries through the town during the rainy
season enough water to irrigate ten times
the area, and 1t is understood that mon of
n3nvv xtntt h. ut~nt
Of q company for the purpose Of putting In
the necessary dams, etc. The land 70 b
covered Ia on the Las Vega grant, which
| is community grant, and tracts on the
same can be acquired by residence and
without any cost.-FYcld aud Farm.
Work on the new South Slope ditch In
Montrose and San Miguel counties begaD
this week aud will proceed until completed.
The line is surveyed from tho headwaters
Of the Tsbeguache creek 70 :he San Miguel
river. When this ditch is completed Il
will cover over 20 1000 acres OF fine farming
land, which 10 situated ut IN elevation Of
| 1900 feet IL il equal In festility 70 any
lands In the state and 10 now open for pre-
emption and settlement. That part Of the
state has scarcely been explored by the
settler. It is bound TO attract some notics
rs new districts like this one are becoming
scarce.-Fteld and Farm.
The old sore existing betwscn the sheep
men and cattle raisers of Rio Hlsnco county
Is apt 70 break out again slmcst any day,
and when 1t does IL may result disastrous
| ly. II seems that bunch Of some good
sheep 10 At present beinR hericd ON Green
river, between vsrnal, Utah, and the ber-
der line Of RIO Blanco county. Reliable
information shows that they are being held
10 await the arrival Of similar sissd
bunch, which 10 now on its way from Raw
Inns, Wyo., and that when they have bssn
consolidated thoy will be slowly and eau.
tiously moved over tho border and de-
termined attempt made 70 capture the
grazing lands and range on Wolf creek and
Blue mountain. The sheep owners claim
TO DO determined and state that they will
not reliuquish their attempts 70 got Into
this section until all their focks are anni-
hilsted. They propose To tall on the au-
thoritiss and insist upon b<iaR allowed 70
enter the county. II this movement 10
succcssful its pronotes win do that which
no other speep men have eyer been able -
do.-Fieid and Farm.
A great need Of tho farmer 10 the sppli.
cation Of buslness principles 70 his calling,
no that he shall not continually buy and
sell at loss His crop 10 bought In the
sense that he must pay eisher In labor OF
money the rontal or intersst value Of bis
land, the cost Of planting, eultivating and
harvesting his crop, and the coat OF the
seed. While II would be futile 70 attempt
here TO estimate the cost Il q given crop,
| q .sl t.
regions. we think We may say without fsas
Of contradiction that the average crop toi
staples) does not pay the csst Of produc-
tion. This, By basinR the estimate Of cost
only upon the items considered. II In addi,
tion We consider tho value OF the plant
food absorbed by the crop the grower 10
loft not only poorer In purse but With
poorer land upon which TO grow his succes.
sivc cropa When = farmer persists yeas
after year In producing crops without ~
gard 70 tho question Of whctner they srs
tcpsying tho cost OF production and 10 rob.
bling his land Of fertility without rsturniss
somc he must Of necessity continually
grow poorer, for such man will not pro
hucc more than tho average crop, ard the
result Ia Inevitable. Tho aame fate awaits
him that would tho merchant who would
undertake 70 soil his goods without fret
iscertaining their cost II may bs argued
answer 10 this that the control Of the
ceiling price Of farm products IL beyoud
the power Of tho producer. That 10 true,
out tho control Of thsi cost Ii not beyond
bis roach The cost OF production de-
srcAses In direct proportion ~ the product
u . given area !ucreases irrigation Ags.
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