The state herald., 1892-03-04
WESTERN FARM NEWS.
Notes About Farming. Irrigation and Stock
Raising.

VeI Murcn Soru
The agricultural land In the San Luis valley,
in the counties Of Costilla, Conejos, Saguachc
and Rio Grandc, is estimated at one million
acres; grazing land, 900 900 acres.
A large number or farm institutes, ,so-called
have been held during the past few weeks, and
the farmers who attended them hnvc OBJ.
tained great many new ideas about their
business that will increase their chances OF
success.
The Middle Park Times says: Why no,
start a ranchcrs' club to meet once OF twice n
month, and have good visit with all our
neighbors, while We can talk over the bes,
methods Of stock-raising, dairying and farm
ingi 1t would be something to pass time
away to good advantage.
Within the last ten days the Meeker Milling
Company has shipped two cars Of bran to
Aspen, and have also contracted for the de-
livery of another 40, 900 pound lot of flour n,
Craig. Meekcr's chief product is gaining
quite reputation throughout Northwestern
Colorado.-.Heeker Herald.
Raybcll Brothers & Stiewig OF Saguache
Colorado, nrc meeting with excellent success
In sinking nrtesan wells for farmers. They
have, during the past month, put down -four
or five wells five miles southeast of town, SC
curing strong flows of water. A thrce-incl
well with n 22-inch flow was finished up las,
week for J. II. Fritz.
John Hester Is taking an irrigation ditch
out Of Big Sandy creek. 1t is called the La.
mar Supply Reservoir canal and will be
owned and managed by Mr.. Hester The
water supply Of this canal is first class, and
the canal will have more Of the very best land
in the valley under 1t than any other canal oi
It's size In the valley. The canals and rcscr
voirs cover no less than 1900 acres Of good
farming lands.-Ldmdr Register.
The Boulder Meas has this to say abou,
farmers Institutes: "The institute can be
made very great benefit II the farmers Will
attend and come prepared TO extract all tn,
good they can out from 1t. The time fol
sneerlng at the shook farmcr'' Is past. ii,
may not be n success, but neither Is the farm
cr who does not read at all. The really sue
ccssful farmer Is the man who reads and hear.
and then applies the technical and scientif,
knowledge thus obtained to the practical af
fairs of the farm"
Irrigation by means OF the ordinary rotary
lawn sprinkler, on a large scalc,l proposed by
Mr.. Harry Mullison, n ranchman living neal
Saratoga, Wyoming Mr.. Mullison's plan In.
cludcs stand-pipes .. feet high, with revolving
iron sprinklers having 9-foot arms, cacl
sprinkler To irrlgatc an acre. 1t is reported
that the agricultural department Of The
Wyoming State University has made an appro
tut 1t-
son to erect ten of his sprinklcrs on the stat,
experimental farm at Saratoga, Wyoming.
Mr.. Alden Leonard Of the Leonard Land &
Cattle Company was in the city Monday II,
says that since the snow has melted 1t is fount
that the old grass Is perfectly preserved ant
II is quite sufficient to sustain the cattle unit
the spring grasses are 1T for pasturage. II
this is so the expected spring "dieup'' will
not occur Many stocknen have been apprc
hcnslyc, and have predicted great mortality
among the COWS. Mr.. Leonard is an expert
enccd COW man and his opinion is valuable
The Star rcjoices 10 be able to drop thl,
crumb OF comfort into the bosoms OF tn,
stockmcn.-Grdad Jnetion Star.
We visited the Pleasant Valley ditch Satur
"s's 'hh "'AN ruiiiiiH'b ~ th' tilit y
being made. Mr.. Morris will complete III,
big cut by ten days or two weeks stead,
work. Nine teams were worked last week
and We are told that several more viii b.
added this week. The ditch is under conirac
to be completed by the first Of May, and /
now looks ms II the contract would be carrieS
out. They have come for water this time, an,
bciie~- they will 80. "a There Is no aue-
ton In our minds that there Is plenty Of waite
to supply this ditch, and that the undertaken,
will prove n Caisington Chie.
n. A. Jacobsen writing To the Irriga,io,
Age about the best way 10 save an orchar,
from rabbits, says: "Whcn the rabbits gc
hungry on account Of the disappearance o
their food supply, distribute about Tn
orchard green alfalfa, and ilnd that they mp
preciate this attention by not troubling any
thing else. have read that hay, grain, o
carrots put within reach OF the rabbits In thi
way could he depended upon to keep then
from the trees without other precautions, bu
II Is safer to whitcwash the trees, which Is
matter Of small expense and trouble, maxim,
use Of the clover and alfalfa simply as adj
tional protection. Five hundred pounds o
hay Is all that Is required for this purpos
during the whole winter for my G0-acr
orchard, one side OF which borders on sage
brush hills where rabbits abound In lare,
numbcrs.n
.Thc February number Of the Irrigation "A
approaches In size and quality TO the dignity
OF book. II contains vast amount Of In
formation concerning Irrigation project, an,
plxas n n axl 81 a..
mcnt Of irrigation In the Western States ant
territories. Everyone interested In the sub
jcct-and nearly NIL Colorado farmers are
should have copy Of the paper Richard J
Hinton In his article On the Increase OF irri
gated land says; "Whcn the first report wa,
completed In lssC under the Department o.
Agriculture, the area Of land reclaimed by ir
rigaiion was reported At above $500 600 acres
and large proportion Of that "under ditch
was used only TO water natural grasses fol
forage and cattle feeding. The agrlcui
tural area actually cultivated barely exceeded
onc'half the amount for 1850, the Senate con,
mltiee on reclamation and irrigation report
Ing total approximate area OF 1901 ,0oC
acres "undcr dlich,n aud 1900, 900 Of that To
tai, ms cultivated by irrigation. II IL estimate,
that nj least 6,0o0,000 Of the latter total under
cultivation wcrc for actual agricultural pur
poses. The area under ditch for 1891 Is estI
mated In the Office Of Irrigation Inquiry. nov
In the hands OF the public printer at 1888, 10,
acres. The area under actual cultivation 1,
estimated for the year at s,oio,0Oo acrcs. A
further estimate Is TO be made Of the area To bt
covered by works projected, now partly con,
struetcd, or soon To be definitely begun, mt d
total Of about G,0o0,000 additional acres, will
make In all II total Of ~ 900 900 norcs."
Dissipation OF the Mind,