The Meeker herald., 1893-07-08

A farmer living near New Windsor, In
Weld county, In digging wei Tor irrigation
purposes, struck an abundant How oil water
In n bed of sand aud gravel at a depth of only
eight feet This indicates that there is au
Immense underllow Of water In that locality
which may be easily utilized,
The manager Of the Windsor Farm dairy
informs u that the milk How OF the 40 cows
on the place Increased fully one-thlrd when
the early spring ration Of green rye was
changed to new-gr0wth alfalfa. The Improve
mcnt must all be credited TO the alfalfa, fot
the grain ration was the same before and AZ
ter the change In foddcr.-Fic'd and Farm
The farmers OF Kit Carson county are doing
business in quite an extensive way this season,
Hundrcd-acrc wheat and corn lields are COM
mon, and nearly every farmer boasts Of acre
ages at least half as great. There is nothing
rs yet to indicate anything but a good yield
of all crops, although the harvest Will be
later than usual. This promises TO be an
other ''raiu-belr' season for which the farm
ers not under ditch are truly grateful.
l. X. Hopkins, farmer living near Broom
field jefferson county, Is busily engaged In
cutting hls 200 acres OF alfalfa. The crop, he
says. Is rather light, but he is expecting bet
ter prices for the hay than have been realized
lately. He "a not sure whc'A he Will be
able to get three profitable cuttings TINS
season or not, but Is hopeful of it Mr. Hop.
kins has in, besides his alfalfa, 200 acres OF
wheat. all OF which Is looking we'll.
Wheat in the vicinity of Garfield, Boulder
county Is looking well aud giving promise OF
an abundant yield. The high winds of a few
weeks ago seemed TO inIurc 1t some, but since
water has been plentiful and farmers have
been irrlEatlug In earnest great improve
mcnt is noticeable. Early potatoes In that
region also look as well rs ever they did al
thi- time of the year. An unusually large
acreage has been planted and there will un-
doubtcdly be large surplus of iubers Is
ship.
John Schweiger, living near Parker in
Douglas county, is one OF Colorados most
successful dairymcn He has supplied several
Denver families with butter for the last ten
years He mllks thirty cows, making about
500 pounds OF butter a month, and sells the
product IN Idaho Springs and TO private con-
sumers In this city. During eight months in
the year he gets thirty cents pound for but
ter and the remainder Of the time twenty-five
cents Mr.. Schweigcr says that he has never
vet been Obliged TO sell any butter for less
than twcnty-four ccnts.-fie'd and Farm.
Grasshoppers are very threatening in the
vicinity of Grand Junction, Mesa county, and
the farmers and business men are all up IN
arms to guard against the destruction OF
crops. The plan of action is TO run coal oil
into the Grand valley ditch and all its later
ais. The business men of Grand junction
have already raised money for the purchase
of 3. 900 gallons % oil, and the insect-destroy.
farmers who may apply for it.. 1t is hoped
and expected that In this way the threatened
scourge OF hoppers may be averted, or at
least The damage rendered nominal.
DIR. T. Manzig OF Emma, Pitkin county
deputy state veterinary surgeon, made bur
ricd trip down the Grand river the first OF the
week TO investigate the report that CHAMBERS
had broken out among the stock in that sec
ton The report proved to he true. Up
Roam creek he discovered three head Of
horses. belonging 10 rs many different own
crs. which were suffering with CHAMBERS, all
of which were shot under his orders. On the
Plateau creek no fewer than eleven head in
one bunch were found diseased. These were
corralled. thoroughly examined and ordered
killed. Their bodies were all buried as the
law requires.
The unprecedented scarcity of grass In the
southern territories is resulting In the flood
ing of Colorado ranges to the manifest detri-
ment of local herds, Thousands of head OF
cattle from the territories have been turned
loose IN the southern part of the state, and
other thousands designed eventually to be
driven north nre being held there to wait for
better grass. There were enough cattle on
the ranges before TO consume the scanty
grass of this years growth, and with the i'm
mensc influx from the south, cattle are hav-
ing u hard time making living