The state herald., 1891-09-11
FARMS
A dispatch from Guthrie, oklahom,

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A dispatch from Guthrie, Oklahoma
Territory, Says. The Cherokee strip -
ablaz4 in innuh6efAble places. The prairss
nres have been started by homsssekers ~
drive 66 the csttlemen and their hoSdss
The ordef tf President Hsrrlson's Cups
May message periditsirs Cherokee In
dams 10 grazo only their own herds en- tho
strip has aroused the deepest desperation
and they have taken severe measures 20
drive ths Invading cattlemen out.
Field and Farm says shat the noun
tain hay crop Of Colorado il the heaviest
on record. In Middle Park. South Park
and the plateaus Of western Colorado hay
| Ing 10 past Its meridian, aud by the fnlddlo
Of uoxt week the crop will have been har
Vested In all sections. This wild hay
brings good prices for horse-fceding.
Livery and freishting outfits uso 1t Al
most exclusively. The crops will be worth
not less than ei0,0OO,O0O this year, sxclu-
sive Of alfalfa.
Some people believe that there are no
large corn fields in Colorado There 10 ono
In El Pasu eounty In cultivation by th0
Colorado Springs uavdsn Company which
includes 100 acres. The corn rows arc q
mile and half long, and thore - not .
nner stand corn In tho State than thfs
nsld now In tassel The crop has not had
drop Of irrigation water except that
which fell In form Of rain. From %, 200 TO
10000 bushels Of grain will bc harvested
from this field, besides from 5000 70 1000
tons Of fodder.-EYeld and FarWss
Tho small farmer everywhere 10 gen
orally doing better than tho large agricul-
turist That this 10 true may easily be
proved by inquiring into the relative pros
perity Of the ten-acre and l0o-acre farmer
In our own neighborhood. Which 10 bur-
dened with the least debt In proportion 70
the total value OF his landi Which II pro
| curing the best profit upon his capital aud
tho largest money yield per acre, and
| which gets the most satisfaction out OF the
business Of agricultural One trouble is
that we have been too grasping in regard
| TO land, and have acquired mcro than we
could handle to tho best advantage
Canon City Record.
Those farmers who stopped irrigating
| their wheat when II was in bloom made a
grave mistake, says an experienced wheat
grower. When rain continues there il q
suficiency Of moisture to cause the grains
to Hll out plump and large, but In the alb
sence Of rain irrigation should be kept up
right along. Even now 1t Is not too late
| in many instances TO greatly improve the
yield Of Whaat and IA ~ raa nf ir-
rigation. In turning the water on we
should not attempt to use SO much as
when the grain was half grown, yet we
would cover the ground nicely with water.
Tho growth Of wheat, oats and barley
may be considerably prolonged by several
light waterings and it Is surprising how
much heavier the yield will be. OF course
| 1t would not do to prolong the growth of
late sown grain too far into the season
since the frost might injurc 1t, but there
| would be no danger In irrigating tho
| early fields. This idea about irrigation
was discovered by noticing the grain
growing along near irrigating ditchcs in
which there was running water filed
better and was great deal heavier than
that standing away from the ditch and
WulCu was uut iTTlHateu httCT tuc DlOesOul
began to drop on. The reason for not ir
rigating SO profusely at this stage as
earlier In the season is that there il dan
ger Of the grain lodging II too heavily
waterod. Those farmers who can do SO
| should try this plan Of increasing tho
| yield Of their neids.-Eicid aud EarIa.
Tho census oiiicc has issued . bulletin
on irrigation In the state Of Wyoming. 1t
10 shown that in this state there are 1917
farms that are irrigated out Of tota
number Of 3,ai6. The total area OF land
in tho 1915 farms Is sos, $50 acres. upon
22a, GIG acres Of which crops were raised
BY irrigation In the year Of 1870. In addi
ton 70 the irrigation area from which
| crops were cut or gathered, there were
| approximately 2lO.0Oo acres irrigated for
grazing purposes. The average sire OF ir-
rigsted farms-more strictly OF irrigated
portions OF farms-on which crops wero
raised 10 ii9 acres. The average first cost
Of water rights is t3.Gs per acre, and tho |
average cost OF preparing tho soil for cul- |
tivation, including tho purchase price of |
tho land, II t9.4s per acre. The average |
present value Of the irrigated land OF tho |
state, including buildings. etc., is reported |
as t3l.+o per acre, showing an apparent
pront less cost Of buildings, Of si3.s0 per
aero Tho average annual cost Of water
10 ~ cents per acre, which, deducted from |
the annual average value Of products per
acre, leaves an average annual return of |
E.sl per acre. Tho tendency throughout
the entire arid region, says tho bulletin
to describe Us irrigated all land TO which
water has boen applied within any recent
period by artificial means, land To which
ditohes, perhaps 80 far destitute Of water,
have been constructed, and even land for
which water rights merely are claimed
has placed tho census oficc under the
necessity Of absolutely restricting Itself
In Its ofieial bulletins on irrigation to
land on which crops were actually raised
by tho artificial application OF water dur
Ing tho year 1859. The farms or stock
ranches In Wyoming, irrigated merely for
grazing purposes, have therefore not been
taken into account In this bulletin beyond
the foregoing statement Us 70 their mp
proximats total area.
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