The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-11-11
WESTERN FARM NEWS.


| short OF potatoes this winter. Early In the
season the prospects for good crop were
bright, but the blight struck the plants and
the result is only half crop will be gath.
cred.
Colorado farmers have rarely had better
fall season for threshing their grain, doing
their fall blowing and getting their work in
proper shape for winter and their land ready
for seeding in the spring, In consequence
| OF which the farmers are greatly encouraged.
Gardens and cornhelds infested with cut
worms should be burned over in tho fall Any
land kept clean through the fall will be free
from cutworms the next year. In the spring
protect garden plants until the middle Of
June by means Of old fruit cans set around
them.
Potatoes are going on at lively rate at
seventy-hve cents per hundred. Since A. 8.
Chase struck the town NIL the farmers far and
| near have been hauling In thcis spuds and
now they arc long on cash and short on pota-
toes-MOsca Herald.
J. 8. McClelland has gathered In . harvest
of silver dollars this fall from the sale of ap-
pies from his fine, large orchard. Mr.. Nc
Clclland has taken great care of his fruit
trees and Is now reaping the reward which
surely comes to those who toll industriously
and walt patiently for their reward.-Fort
Colknx Elprcss.
Fred. Bochmann, Of Kiowa, Ebert county,
has just received from Chama, New Mexico,
n band Of 1900 graded ewes, which he will
feed on alfalfa preparatory TO the spring
maj bat Ttaar - lnI -
Overland Park on the outskirts Of Denver,
and were driven to Mr. Bochmann's ranch in
Kiowa.
The steam pillow on the Manhattan farm, In
Montana, has traction wheels twenty-four
Inches broad and will, therefore, work on
ground that Is a little soft without miring
down. 1t draws twclvc.lnch plows at speed
OF from three to six miles an hour, will draw
the plows at almost any depth they may be
set and is operated by three men, blowing
forty acres day.
A good dairy barn need not be an expensive
barn. Three essentials that nre simple are
often hard to find In expensive barns: /.
Plenty Of sunlight. Not one COW stable In
one hundred has half Ms many windows rs It
would be profitable TO have. q Good vent
latlon. 3. Warmth. Build the barn Just n.
cheap as you have mind to, but never sacri.
flee these three particulars.
The Las Animas Lcader says: "The stock
yards at this place become more popular
every year with stockmcn as shipping point
The number OF cattle shipped this year will
surpass any previous year. A number Of
stockmen that have been shipping
from other points are driving here this year,
and the live stock firms OF Kansas City theiI
best men here TO solicit the consignmcnts."
At the Rocky Ford experimental station
this year some experiments were made as tt
the enrichment OF the soil through nitrogen
1t was found that where available land Is laid
down In grass an accumulation Of nitrogen
takes place In the surface soil This accumu
lation may he SLOW or rapid, according to the
treatment Of the field but In the case Of an
ordinary dry meadow the accumulation doc,
not pass certain point.
There Is not much question but that ar
animal receives more nutrition from given
amount Of grain that Is finely ground than II
II Is fed whole, but there Is one objection &c
ground feed, and that Is the mass put into
the stomach is apt 10 solldify and become
difficult for the digestive juices TO act upon
This trouble may be easily met by feeding IL
connection with II some coarse ration. b.
this means the assimilation Of the grain Will
be as nearly complete as It Is possible 10 &C
complain.
There Is every reason to expect great
things from Colorado as n hug throwing state.
The purity Of the atmosphere lessons the pos
sibiliiy Of contagious diseases, the super.
abundance of alfalfa creates the best summer
grazing the world has ever known. tho water
Is the purest and bcst-and this Is a great es.
sential TO successful swine iniusiry-while
about the only thing lacking is sufficient,
shade during the hot summer months, and this
can be very easily remedicd.-Fie'd aud
Farm.
The Nattrita Canal and Reservoir company
Of San Miguel and Montrose counties Is put
ting In twcn'y-eight miles Of new canals, and
enlhrglng the reservoir from capacity OF
5000, coo cubic feet to GOO, 000, 600 cubic feet
Over tio0,0 900 will be expended upon the cr-
tension Of the canals aud the enlargement of
the reservoir, about CO. 900 OF which will be
spent at once and the balance IN tho spring.
When these Improvements are made the com.
pany will be In n position To irriga,c 70, 900
acres of magnificent land.-f1oid aud Farn.
DIR. shaw has returned from Chicago filled
with enthusiasm and encouragement In ~
gard To the Fair In general, aud Coloraio's |
chances in particular. The fruit trees sent
on last spring are doing remarkably well and
the doctor feels sangulnc that no state In the
Union will he able To lead Colorado In the
horticultural department II Is the only ct.
position In which n special building Of any.
thing like such dimensions has been allotted
to the Horticultural department, aud there 1. |
reason TO believe that the fruit exhibit will be |
fer the grsndc-t ever made. The fact that
Colorado, State generally classcd as non.
fruit producing, stands n fair show Of surging
clear To the front IN such place IL food for
good deal Of radical cogiiation on the part OF
our nhtiyc..-Coiorado Farmsr.
Don't, don't set out the narrow leaf cotton.
wood. You might Ms we'll plant grease.
wood. There 1. no beauty In the leaves aud
they are failures 80 far rs shade is concerned. |
Take a look at the magnificent young round
leaf cottonwood, surrounding the vcndomc
hotel and then compare them with the IN.
ferior looking trees you see everywhere. de,
few round leaf trees, II they do cost a little
more. Trees are something which can't be
changed every year, like WORKOUT clothes,
and Il pays TO get good ones when you plant
any. The round leaf ,r-r grows much faster
than the other and this fact alone Ia suficicnt |
cause To make you Insist on having them, for
II there Il amy one thing We need more than
all else Il Il trees, and for this reason those
which will grow the faster arc the most vnlua.
blc.-Nosoa Hraid.
Colorado's collection for the agricultural |
department, Of the Worlds Fair Il being re-
eclycd ut the Sheridan building on Seven.
icrn'h street TN the second nsor Of thi.
building men arc engaged In preparing the
grains aud grasses rs fast NJ they are brought
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