The state herald., 1892-05-27
WESTERN FARM NEWS.
Notes About Farming. Irrigation and
stock Raising.

| Notes About fhrmin8s AKHG"ton III"
! stock Raising.
| In the district court in Montexuma county
last week, two cattle thieves were fined the
sum Of d 100 instead Of sending them TO the
pen. The papers over there claim that to be
The better plan as the fines paid oil the ex-
petrss u the court.
C. G. Hoppcf, cps Of the most enterprising
farmers on Roam Creek, Mssa County, has
Acedcd forty-two acres to oats, seven acres TO
wiieat, srd nine 10 potatoes, while Mrs. Hop.
pei is raising stifiost 400 yous9 chickens and
moro than 100 young turkeys.
Juan Valdez, Of Largo, New Mexico, lost
fcur tons Of alfalfa by fire in very singular
maniief fSss week. He was burning brush
and his dog chased Jack rabbit through tho
fire, and the rabbit took refuge IN the stack
Of hay, thus communicating the fire to the
hay. .f..
A good use to put the incommodous, man-
Ny dog 10, on farm, Is TO make him churn
the butter II does not take long to rig up a
trcadmlll and appntxttts TO run the churn.
The dog with this exercise Will not only be
useful, but there will be less danger of hydro
phobIa from its bite, as the dog will be In bet.
ter health.
W. Z. Alexander Of Castle Rock is planting
forty-cight thousand fruit trees on
the land owned by the company
which he represents, near the north line Of
buieles county. fIe has siXty.Ave men at
work setting thew out. It will be the largest
number Of trees ever PIT 0ht BY any one man
1T company In the state.
Col. E. 8. Nettletoh, engineer Of the late
artesan and underhow investigation, rs about
to make visit to Europe and Alglers fot the
purpose Of irrigation study. Prof. Louis @.
Carpenter Of the Colorado State Agricultural
College will also leave for Europe in June
Hext 10 make 4 special study Of Italian,
French and Spanish irrigation systems.
Propping heavily loaded fruit trees Of any
age Is thought to be mistaken policy. Thin
out the fruit until the trees need no profrs,
first picking of the specimens injured by In.
scets and next tho smaller ones There Is no
motley IN dead tree, and tree allowed to
ovcr-bcar with soon be dead or will become
feeble and fall to bear TO hrii its capacity
Ii,ld and Farm.
The Amazon Irrigation Company has 4
steam plow In operation on their lands at Gar.
den City, Kansas, The plow travels at the
rate Of four miles an hour, turning the s.si
with nine sixtccn-inch shares. Several thous-
and acres belonging to the company will be
broken this spring and some custom plowing
will be done. It is thought the rate charged
fof plowine will not exceed 30 cents an acre.
A Frcnchman Has been studying the oat
kcrnal and finds 1t Is triple medicine He
afiirms that the kernal OF the oat contains
three medicinal principles, the first Of which
hcts 10 calm, soothc and tone up the brain and
nerves; the second yielding phosphorus fer
weak and hungry nerve Tissues, and the third
residing in the husk OF the Uas or oatmeal to
act us n laxative and nntl-congcstivc on the
stomach, liver and bowels.
A dispatch from Guaymas, Mexico, says an
! unknown plague is killing OF cattle along the
border, especially on the Elias range. The
disease consists OF u swelling Of the head Of
the animals In an extraordinary manner,
which Is succeeded by general trembling or
chill, and short time afterwards death. The
same complaint ia made from Arizona cattle
men on this side OF the line and the attention
OF the sanitary commissioners has been called
to the fact.
The Taos Valley Canal and Reservoir Com
pany is no more. 1t has been swallowed up
by new company known as the Toltcc Res
crvoir, Canal and Irrigation Company, whose
business will hs that OF selling water pure
and simple. The company has no land of 1t.
own, only canal system partly constructed
and which will be pushed ahead very rapidly
this year. The water supply for the system
will be secured from the Concjos and San An
tonic, two streams which have their food nt
different periods, thus insuring good supply
Of water. The San Antonio Is the highest In
May and the Concjos In June. As yet there
has been but little colonization In the country
covered by this system OF canals.-Irrtaafion
Ay.
The culture Of the special wool crop has
cost American farmers millions of money.
There Is i've times as much profit In mutton NJ
In the fleece. A sheep may be fed for one
seventh OF the food that nm OK requires, and
will make growth of nearly three-quarters
Of n pound day for the first go days Of its
life, whcE II becomes excellent mutton. For
COO days II will make nearly half a pound a
day Such a sheep viii easily net SIX cents
a pound at the farm, But such sheep, too,
having n large carcass, VIII have large
fleece In proportion. 20 the income from II
will be large In both ways. There Is nothing
shadowy about this kind Of sheep, but strange
TO say, In pursuit Of the most transparent
shadow referred to, this substance Is lost
Fitid and Farm. rH H