The state herald., 1893-06-23

county, and not many III the Grand river
country.
1t is o good plan to plant a few acres to
trees every yetr, and In this way increase the
value Of the land and add to the looks OF
your farm
1000 acres Of land In tho vicinity Of Long.
mont, Boulder County, and Is planting II 70
tomatoes Tho crop will be worked up In
tho canning factory.
A Larimcr county farmer has an easy way
OF planting potht0es. After tho rows have
been firfowed of, he drives along the rows
with 4 wagon containing tho seed potatoes
which are drdpped ID the open burrows rs the
team walks slowly Hlone:
The veteran horticulturist, Avery 0allup,
is putting In large fruit orchard near Dem
yer. This gentleman has done alarge amount
Of good work towards advancing the fruit In
tercsts Of Colorado, and Is always ready to
aid those that are new In this line Of work.
The sheep business In Lincoln county
seems TO be Iii & fcurisbIng condition this
spring. Flockmasters rs ruis rep6ft that
the lamb crop Is very good and that the WOOL
clip will be unusually heavy Grass has such
a start now that sheep are fattening rapidly
and the outlook for prosperous season Is
factoring.
Colonel danes A. Lockhart Of Doming,
New Mexico, has brought 1000 head Of cattle
to Colorado and 10 ranging them at various
places on the Bljou aud Arkansas. io has
concluded u transfer all his live stock inter
ests 10 Colorado and will build extensive
feeding yards at Fowler, Otcro County, where
he has bought the Hartig farms,
On the X. X. farm near Baskerville: FL
Paso County, $50 acres OF potatoes have Just
been planted. There arc also $50 acres sown
to oats on the same farm. The oats are look
ing well, The protection afforded by the
many groves and timbct belts on the place
having prevented damage BY wind, from
which many fields have suffered this spring.
Strawberry plants are very thirsty during
the fruiting season. and require frequent irr..
gntioH After the fruIting season Is over all
tho trioisttre that Is req uired is sufficient to
keep the plants from drying up, unless u Il
desired 70 raise runners tot plautS, in which
case enough water must be given 10 enable
the runners to strike roots and make q strong
growth.
j. L. Bird, farmer living four miles from
Lovcland, Larlmer county, says: ~ have
changed my plans In operating farm good
deal during the past year or two Instead OF
growing all wheat or all corn, i now raise
both, and anything else that will do we'll. l
have a few cows, u few head OF mares and my
own stallion. / take sock to feed, and alto
gether do pretty we'll. This beats the one
crop Idea long ways"
b. q. Newell OF Table Rock, FL Paso coun-
ty, Is an earnest advocate OF deep blowing.
He says that In his nineteen years experience
In Colorado without irrigation he has never
lost u crop. which good fortune he attributes
TO his uniform practice OF blowing the ground
deep. He Insists that crops OF oil kinds will
suffer great deal more from drouth where
the stand Is plowcd only three to five inches
deep than they will where the ground Is
plowed eight or more inches deep
A dispatch from Brush says that the drive
OF cattle this year over the Texas and Montana
cattle trail will be much larger than for sew
cral years Thus far 1900 head have passed
this point, and they say there VIII be over
100, 600 yet TO 20 by. Forcmcn In charge oil
herds passed say that the feed along the
route has been very poor south OF here On ac-
count Of the numerous prairie fires this
spring, but the range Is In iiBc condition aud
most herds have been held here n day to lei
the cattle feed.
The Fort Collins creamery under the man
agcmeut Of the Reyes brothers, Is not on,y
doing business satisfactory IN the proprie
tors, but is highly appreciated by the busincs'
men OF the town and by farmers who arr
handed checks every fifteen days for the mllA
they turn In. This creamery pays out So 30
n month. II receives an average OF s,uDt
pounds OF milk day, besides considerable.
amount OF cream. and manufactures 5,O1t
pounds Of full-crcam cheese month.
There Is a fine dairy farm In Quartz Valley
Just above Central City, Gilpin County. i
IA operated by I. Gundy, who finds IN dairy
Ing more certain and scarcely less proiiiabl;
business than gold mining. MIR. Gurly milk
from fifteen to twenty cows NIL the fine, sell
ing all the milk at Central City at from cigh
TO ten cents quart The altitude OF THU
place Is 80 grcat-more than 5000 ftct-thal
corn and sorghum crops cannot be grown a
all. His entire dependence for winter fodder
Is hay made from spring rye and from wheat
account y Sss fs 5so charge:
this 10 no light expense, but In view OF III,
very satisfactory prices obtained for milk 4
Is one that can we'll be afforded.
The western slope will have the iargcs,
frait crop this year ever known In its history
while the fruit crop Of Eastern and Northern
Colorado will fail below the average suci
Is the opinion OF the state board Of horticul
ture. The board returned u few days AZ,
from trip through northern counties ant
will decide whether To hold a horticultural
fair in Denver next fall. The gentlemen re
port that the blight Is disappearing nnd frui
growers arc greatly encouraged. The lea
roller and codding moth ARE .tili getting IN
their deadly work, but farmers who have usct
insecticides experience much less trouble
from the pests than formerly. The boarl
finds that the box elder tree Il the grand hnr
boring place fer tho leaf roller. IL 4 est
mated that 100000 fruit trees were planic,
In Delta, Monirose and Mesa counties las
spring. Al one time thlrty-txo carload. o
trees arrived from the nurseries for frul
bulletin ut an early day containing the re
sult Of observations In different parts Of III,
sta,e.-Roety Ho.afaia Aer'.
J. W. Peck IL making decided site In al
agricultural way on the old Gibhons plac,
near Watkins. In Arapahoc county. lie Il
not following the common practice Of ritiin:
around waiting to sec hos the season turn
out before planting anything, but has Put on
large ncrrngc,so that II the season Is fnyors
BILE he Will get heavy returns. lie has IN ~,
acres OF broom corn, about half OF IL on sod
Besides this 10 has put In iwcnty nerc6 %
tomatoes, nf;ecn acres OF cabbage, ten acre
Hubbard squash. and i've acre. OF cpcumbrrs
The tomatoes are principally OF two varieties
kennedy's Victor and Volunteer. II It hi
Intention TO .cll the product To the Dcnyr
canning factories. The varieties OF rabhay,
are Burpee's surchend and sionemnson. Al
OF these crops have been put IN by Mr.. fcci
with the aid of but ono man. The later cult
walton will Of course rclulrl additional help
but not more than Third ns much as woi,i,
he necessary for the same ACREAGE IN tn.
East Mr.. Peck II "tcndcrfooi" hrvin,
luht conn run cyfhru.c, new rufit, hti III
knows how TO farm aud will surely meet viii
success IN his venture, although his farm !
situated IL tho much-de.plsei rnin.bclt Even
" tho garden crops come 10 nnnghi, the 10,
acres Of broom corn Will morn than pay To-
The work expended on the whole aud Yield
fair profit besides, The fain.bclt needs NOR.
farmer, like Mr.. Peck. -f,s'd md Farm
There Ia grand crop Of sirswbcrrlcn Il
Fremont County this seRscn and the grower
have been coinlng money. j. II. Marlin, OH
OF the careful cuiturirt. Of Canon city. ga
day last week picked and shipped sixty cra,r
Of berries from one acre. These sold for 4.
crate, rqualling $500 for the days plckinI
from one acre I'm smother day the yir.s
sold for t!s5, II IL the early strawberry tina
catches tho big price. Mr.. Martin was ni
fcrci $4,000 for the aero Of land aud It, cro,,
but refused the pricc.-Ffeid and Farm
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