Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-10-03
NO. Is.
Crossing Species.

y. Il. buuQ OF iowa APrlcultufhl col
lege: We have Just looked over a val
liable paper by Prof William Saunden
Of the experimental farms at Ottawa
Canada. entitled Experiments IL
Cross His experiments ir
crossing wheat and other cereals have
much interest and value. but horti
culturally his success In crossing
species OF our cultivated fruits are
specially suggestive. He reports sue
c6ssful crosses Of the Cuthbert and
Gregg raspberries. the black and white
currants. the black currant and the
gooseberry. and the red raspberry and
toe blackberry. Joining his expert
nlents with those of Burbank OF Cali
fornia, 1t seems we have much yet tt
learn in regard to the possibilities OF
srtificial crossing of botanical species
Snd even genera. AS recent ex
ample. our student. George w. Carver
recently crossed the blossoms Of fine
thorn on the campus with pollen Oi
the ounce. The crossed fruits so far
are developing and look as well as any
fruits on the tree. That the ounce
pollen fertiliZed the stigmas seems GER.
tain, but that we will secure seeds Is
not SO certain. as in such violent
crosses the seeds are usually abortive
So far all the fruits of the wild crat
have been seedless when their bios.
SONS were fertilized with pollen Of ouI
common apple. So far as we have OBJ
served the seedlings supposed to be
hybrids are unchanged wild crabs. Ir
other words, they are products Of bios.
SONS which in some way were pol.
linated naturally.
Horse Sales in New York.-Business
all around among the private dealers
In horses, at the auction marts and
with the carriage makers Is brisk, bet.
ter than 1t has been for many months
Although the private dealers are sell
Ing large number of horses and get
ting good prices for them, such figures
can hardly be taken as representing
the tone Of the market. That can only
be inferred from what is done In the
public auction ring, where the buyer
and not the seller sets the value. Judg-
Ing by this standard the tone Of the
market Is most certainly improved
This applies entirely to auctions OF
Gently marketed at the special sales OF
the past two or three weeks. The
bargains" which bring down the aver.
age at most sales are generally horses
consigned In lots of from one to three
or four, and as a rule they bring about
as much as they are worth. The one
trouble with the local horse market Just
now is not that good prices cannot al.
ways be secured for good horses, but
that there are comparatively 80 few
really good horses to attract the buy
ers who will give big money for any.
thing they fancy.-New York Herald
Early Maturing Cattle Wln.-In
reference to the class of cattle now
winning in the fat stock shows, Bells
Messenger of England, says: The type
of animal now winning in our fat stock
shows is a very different one from the
one seen twenty or thirty years ago
Then the big, bulky animal, with lots
Of size. and patchy with fat, carried the
day. The winner now has to be short.
legged, broad and deep, full in the
flank, we'll sprung ribs. and good twist
His bottom lines should be as straight
as his top lines, and as wide, and he
should have no thick, patchy fat any
where. Experience has shown that
thick-bodied. short-legged steers, with
full fianks. pay the feeder best. and
give best profit to the butcher. Big
ones are no longer needed. Small
sizes are best, with plenty Of quality,
and with youth on their side the meat
is juicy and tender. Age is counted
in months now, instead of years. and
the change is for the better.
Good Grain Crops.-Mike Morhain, OF
Wall Lake, last week threshed his bar,
ley crop, the yield being 621z bushels
per acre, machine measure, and the
quality equal to any ever grown in
Wright county. We hear of several
farmers in this vicinity having oats
yielding from 65 to 80 bushels per acre
while wheat pans out from 20 to 35
bushels. Never before was there such
a crop of small grain in Wright county
as is now being secured, while the out
look for corn is equally promising. the
late heavy rains having fully restored
that nipped by the frost couple OF
weeks since. Wright county farmers
are III tHc bwim LhAb yCui oO idi az
big crops are concerned and the indica-
tions are that they will receive more
than average prices for what they have
to sell.-Clarion Qowa) Monitor.
Salt the Poultry.-We do not all re-
member that salt is very beneficial to
poultry; laying hens especially require
1t, as It has the properties Of increas-
ing the circulation of the juices of the
body, thus favorfng a greater protein
assimilation. One ounce per day to
100 hens, and this proportion to any
flock is ample. reducing or increasing
the quantity according to the number
Of fowls kept. A shallow box contain
ing fine salt may be put in their laying
houses. where they may have access to
1t at all times. The fine salt is recon-
mended, because they don't get SO much
at time, and too much salt will hurt
any flock. You must see after them
when given salt and avoid excess.-Ex.
Demand for Butter.-The people Of
the United States eat on the average
about four pounds of butter for each
bushel of wheat consumed as food
From this 1t is easy to see thas 80 far