Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-03-08

The Fort Collins creamery took in
1916 pounds Of milk one day last week.
The Houston narcotic cure institute,
DR.. W. e. Fenton, manager, has just
graduated another class.
plant 10 acres of acorns on his ranch east
Of town.
u. @. Gracey's new house on his five
acre tract is now under construction.
Larmore Bros. do the brick work and G.
2. Tuttle the carpentering.
The first lightning of the year illum-
mated the eastern and northern skies
Saturday night, but the predicted storm
did not materialize.
Here is an interesting puzzle for the
young people: Write 1901, 100 twice,
and 0 80 as to look funny. You can do
it. Get out your lead pencil and try it.
u. X. Dye has just sold the Egbert
ranch (under the Holbrook ditch) to Nels
Nelson of Iowa, who will at once begin
the construction Of q good twostory
building.
B. o. Dye has been quite busy of
grow 10000 tomato plants for the can
nng factory gardens. The company will
have meeting soon to plan for big
business this season.
There has rarely been more favor
able winter for stock of all kinds than
the past one has been. There has
been but little snow, and the cold has
not been excessive or Of long continu-
ance.
IN. W. Terry has been awarded the
contract for building the new school
house in District 18, midway between
Rocky Ford and Catlin. The house will
be brick, 26x36, and to be completed by
July /. The bids for this work were re-
markably close, Mr.. Terry's figures being
e996 and Larmore Bros. $999.
All sheep in Colorado are doing
splendidly this season, and at the present
ratio the death losses will not average
more than two per cent, which is the us
ual allowance made for natural annual
losses. The sheep have been able to run
out every day, and the weather has not
been cold enough to require mach feed
ing.
Send 10c to Geo. 7. Angell, 10. Milk
st, Boston, for copy Of q little book,
aThe Strike at Shane's" It is story Of
deep interest to old and young and has q
moral, teaching kindness to animals, and
is worthy Of wide dissemination. This
book is q sequel to the famous "Black
horses, COWS, birds, etc. Send for .'The
Strike at Shane's" and you'll thank us
for suggesting the purchase.
NO farmer or business man Of Oteeo
county should try to live without the
ENTxRPE1sz being a regular weekly Wis;
itor. After that he should take q good
rIny a rhr1H
one Of the standard magazines. This Is
good advice. You may say that advice
u cheap. 10 it is, but you can't afford
not to have plenty Of good reading mat
ter about the house. Factl
Geo. H. Taylor Inns a request from
the publishers of The Cheerful Letter,
Boston, to send in the names of any in
valids, or shut-ins, or mothers living on
ranches, or in remote places, who would
like to have reading matter and cannot
buy il. The Cheerful Letter is little
publication devoted to gathering mp
books and periodicals. from those who
have means to buy them and distributing
them to the sick and unfortunate who
are without them. II you know Of any
mothers who would like books for the
schools, send the name and address to
Mr.. Taylor.
With the January number The Irri-
cation Age leaps at a single bound into
the front rank Of American magazines.
It is now the greatest periodical issned
from Chicago and hence stands first
among the publications of the west. The
new form is modelled upon tho Review Of
Reviews. The character Of tho publica-
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pionship Of irrigation remains the special
mission of The Age, it will also treat Of
correlative industries, such as water
power and electricity, the making OF col
onies, and, incidentally, railroads and
mining, as they relate to the develope-
ment Of home markets for products OF the
soil. The subscription price Of The Ir-
igation Age is 81; single copies 20c, at
all news stands. Sample copies will be
sent for five 2-cent stamps. Published