The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-10-21
WESTERN FARM NEWS.


MOVIE AbOos AAe.'- ~
Stock Railing.
1t Is said that 3OO, 900 pounds Of tomatoes
will he shipped from Plattevllle, Weld county,
this season to Denver for the canning facto-
rles.
The new grain elevator at La Junta Is al
most completed. Its capacity will be $4,000
bushels. A new storchouse will be built as
soon us possible,
j. r. Dcwecse OF Rocky Ford reports the
best yield Of alfalfa seed so far this year.
From fifteen acres he threshcd l52 bushels
ten and n fraction bushels to the acre.
Some of the farmers In the vicinity OF Lup-
ton are going in with the farmers and dealers
around Greeley on the produce exchange for
the handling of the potato crop.
The Inhabitants OF Upper Box Elder, Lari-
mer County, are complaining of drouth, no
rain of any value having fallen since June 10.
The range is dry and feed short.
A. Shultz, whose farm and orchard are near
Balzac, some thirty miles from Glenwood
Springs, intends going into the broom corn
business at Balzac where he will erect . fac
tory for making brooms.
The Mosca Herald is furnishing the farmers
Of Saguachc county with blanks for them to
III showing the acreage and this seasons
yield, In order to publish later oman account
Of the farming operations In that section.
J. r. Patterson OF Mosca, Snguachc county,
complains that the refusal Of the stockhold-
crs at the upper end Of the Prairie ditch to
assist In the improving Of the ditch beyond
their property, has resulted in loss to him
OF 81, 500 last year and 81 100 this year. !,
You can beat the cabbage worm by filing
the heart OF each plant full OF dry, fine soil.
Take hoe and load up all the stems will
stand up with, and when the heads grow
through It, rs they soon will, put on more.
The heads grow from within and the earth
will not injure them in the lcast.-Fie'd and
Farm
In Colfax county, New Mexico at an altl-
,udc OF over 1000 feet, samples OF the sor-
ghum fodder of the amber cane variety meas
urlng eight feet and five inches up to nine
feet and seven inches, were grown the past
season. This crop had but two irrlgations
through the summcr-the dryest season known
there in score Of years. The yield Is esu-
mated at five tons per acre.
One Of the most interesting features of the
Southern New Mexico and Pecos Valley fair
which was held In Roswell, New Mexico, last
week, was the alfalfa palace. This palace is
seventy-two feet long and forty-eight feet
wide and is built entirely OF balcd alfalfa, over
$500 bales being used in its construction
The walls are three and one-half feet thick
ann sixteen feet high, and the main tower is
thirty-one feet high. The roof is matched
with loose alfalfa.
Reed Burrltt, who owns place on Dough-
spoon Creek In Delta County, has m orchard
OF 1000 fruit trees put out, last year and this
years planting, and all growing well. lie
has the standard varieties Of apple pear, plum,
apricot and nectarinc trees, besides the
smaller trees and grapes. The soil is n blue
adobe, said by many good judges to be the
hes, soil for apples and pears OF any. So far
the loss OF trees has been comparatively moth
ing
The United States experimental grass sta
tlon has 800 bushels of white rye for dlstrlbu-
san among the farmers for seed. This rye
has been sOwn on the same ground for three
consecutive years, and grown without water
other than the natural rainfall, and the crop
this season made yield of tvcniy-seven
bushels to the acre and weighed iifty-eight
pounds To the struck bushcl. Address appli-
cations to United States Experimental Grass
Station, Garden City, Kansas, giving your
pos,oiliee address
The tomato crop for this year has been poor
in general, but several gardeners ut Greeley
| have had exceptionally large yields. Sam
lie has three acres In tomatoes anu week be-
fore last he delivered to the Kuncr Pickle
Works 3,.a pounds, nearly sixteen and a
half tons of tomatoes, aud last week he de-
liycrcd "a ,052 pounds. His three acres Of land
VIII Yield Al 100 this season. The Kuner re-
eeying plant at Greeley has shipped a car.
load OF tomatoes 10 Denver every day for
three wccks.-Fisid aud Edrm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tho.. Ash, from Ash mesa,
were in town Thursday and made Us n pleasant
call. Mr.. Ash reports bountlful crops
throughout the lower end Of the county, and
says that hay is especially plentiful In his
nelghborhood. lie thinks that s,ockmen will
be able To make contracts for feeding
their stock Mt low figures In tina, part Of the
county during the coming winter. There
Will be plenty u water in the lronstonc and
other bitches, and as the snow Is not 30 deep
in that part Of the valley as further up. stock
ought To keep In good condition there during
the entire winicr.-.uoHtrpss Easrpriss.
Temperature Is the great point In keeping
winter apples. The nearer they can be kept
to the freezing point, yet always safc above
1t, the better II will be. The storage room
should be dry as well as cool, and II the fruit
has been carefully picked and stored, wormy
AS well rs bruised specimens being thrown
out, and the apples packed In boxes or bar
rela IN some fnc dry material. such ms chat
or excelsior, there should be no difficulty in
keeping until spring, 1t Is some trouble to
handle fruit 20 rs To keep II through the win
ter, but the higher prices that II commands
In the spring will always pay for having done
the work thoroughly.
Tho custom or cooperate creamery 10 a
grand Institution for n country like Colorado
aud is coming l. bound to very materially
help the agricultural Interests OF tho state.
The creamery open. upa sure aud safe mar.
kct for surplus alfalfa, and will enable those
farmers who feed II Ia mllch cows To realize a
good round profit There no spot In the
United States where conditions arc more fay.
orpbc To dalrylng than the grassy slope. OF
Colorado, aud the tluic 1. not far dls,an;
when this will be our leading industry. With
cool nlghts mud the natural ndaptabllity Of
our soll to the raising OF alfalfa and clover,
the time ia coming when Colorado butter and
cheese will bc n, we'll known TO the ,r,da, "a
that oforsngc county, New York, Ia ,o.dhy.
Fis'd and Farm.
STRAW Harm.
The Denver Ncrs gives the following llrre.
lions for building straw barn such as i IN
u'c pt the experimental station at Garden City,
Kansas
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