The Lamar register., 1893-06-24


Few insect pests I'm the orchards OF Delta
county. and not many In the Grand river
country.
1t Is good plan TO plaut few acres to
trees every year, and in this way increase the
value of the land and add to the looks of
your farm.
The Empson packing company has leased
1000 acres of land in the vicinity OF Long
mont, Boulder County, and is planting 1t TO
tomatoes. The crop will be worked up in
the canning factory.
A Larimer county farmer has an easy way
OF planting potatoes. After the rows have
been furrowed of, he drives along the rows
with a wagon containing the seed potatoes,
which are dropped in the open burrows as the
team walks slowly slcng.
The veteran hcrtlculturist. Avery Gallup,
Is putting In q large fruit orchard near Den
yer. This gentleman has done large amount
of good work towards advancing the fruit in
terests of Colorado, and is always re idy to
aid those that are new In this line Of work.
The sheep business in Lincoln county
seems TO be in hourishing condition this
spring. Flockmas.ers as n rule report that
the lamb crop ia very good aud that the wool
slip viii be unusually heavy. Grass has such
start now that sheep are fattening rapidly
and the outlook for a prosperous season Is
dattering.
Colonel James A. Locshart of Deming,
New Mexico, has brought 900 head OF cattle
NOANHN'NN
places on the Bijou and arkansas lie has
concluded to transfer all n live stock inter
ests to Colorado and w1l build extens, .,
feeding yards at Fowler, stero County wh-ro
he has bought the Hartis Farms
On the K X farm rear Eastonvllle. FL
Paso County, $50 acres OF potatoes have just
been planted. There ar. also $50 acres sown
to oats on the same farps. The oats are look
ing we'll, The protection Afforded by the
many groves aud timber belts on the place
I'd a from
which many fields have 81 fiered this spring.
Strawberry plants ara very thirsty during
the fruiting season, and require frequent irri-
CATION. After the fruitiEg season is over all
the moisture that Is req uired is sufficient 10
keep the plants from drying up, unless 1t Is
desired to raise runners for plants, in which
case enough water muss be given TO enable
the runners to strike ROOFS and make a strong
growth
J. Z. Bird, farmer living four miles from
l.oyeaud, Larimcr county, says. II have
changed my plans in operating a farm good
deal during the past year or two. Instead OF
growing all wheat or all corn, / now raise
both, and anything elss that will do well.
have a few cove, a few head oil mares and my
own staillsn- take stock ~ feed, and alto
gether do pretty well. This beats the one
crop idea a long ways
B. e. Newell Of Table Rock, FL Paso coun-
ty, IS an earnest advocate of deep plowing
He says that in his nineteen years experience
/ IN AOlOFAtO Without 4ttl4sAklOu NE uA- never
lost a crop, which good fortune he attributes
to his uniform practice Of blowing the ground
deep. He insists that cgops of all kinds will
suffer a great deal moro from drouth where
the stand is plowed only three 10 i've inches
deep than they Will where the ground i
plowed eight or more inches deep.
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
eral years Thus far Is 600 head have passed
this point, and they. say there VIII be over
100, coo vet to 20 by. Fnremen in charge OF
herds passed say that the feed along the
route has been very poor south of here on &C
count of the numerous prairie nres thi'
spring, bat the range is In fine condition aud
most herds have been held here day to LEI
the cattle feed
The Fort Collins creamery under the man
I aseuieut OF the heyes brothers, Is not ouiJ
/ doing a business satisfactory TO the proprie
tors, but IS highly appreciated by the business
men of the town and by farmers who arr
handed checks every fifteen days for the milk
Z they turn in. This creamery pays out $500
/ a month. IL receives average Of 500
pounds of milk day, besides considerable
Z amount of cream. and manufactures 5,OOt
pounds of full-cream cheese month.
There Is a fine dairy farm in Quartz Valley
Just above Central City, Gilpin County. Ii
Is operated by |. Gundy, who finds In dairy
ing more certain and scarcely less profitable
business than gold mining. Mr., Gundy milk
! from fifteen 10 twenty COWS sll Tue time, seif
ing all the milk at Central City at from eight
to ten cents a quart. The altitude OF this
l place Is 80 great-more than 5000 feet-thai
I corn and sorghum crops cannot be grown Al
all His entire dependence for winter fodder
s. hay made from spring rye and from wheat
and oats Gown together. 1t Is necessary K
feed heavily OF bran the year round, and or
account of the high transportation charges
this Is no light expense, but in view of the
very satisfactory prices obtained for milk Il
Is one that can well be Afforded
The western slope will have the largest
fruit crop tils year ever known in Its history,
while the fruit crop of Eastern and Northern
Colorado will fall below the average. Such
Is the opinion of the state board Of hortieul-
ture The board returned q few days age
from a trip through northern counties and
/ will decide whether 10 hold horticultural
Z faIr 10 Beaver next fall. The gentlemen re-
port that the blight is disappearing and fruil
I growers are greatly encouraged. The leal
roller and codding moth are still getting IN
/ their deadly work but farmers who have used
Insecticides experience much less trouble
/ from the pests than formerly. The board
Z finds tina. the box elder tree IS the grand har'
boring place for the leaf roller. II is esti
I mated that l.oJ0, GOO fruit trees were planted
/ in Delta, Montrose and Mesa counties last
spring At one time thirty-two carloads OF
| trees arrived from the nurseries for fruit
/ raisers in Delta county. The board viii issue
I bulletin At an early day containing the re-
Z suit of observations In different parts OF tho
Z state.-Roosy Mountain Neacs.
J. w. Peck Is making decided stir In an
Agricultural way on the old Gibbons place
near Watkins. in Arapahoe county. lie Is
NOT following the common practice of sitting
! around waiting to see how the season turns