Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-06-13
" EsTERN FARM NOTES.
0From Field K Farm.)

I
l.2tO sheep and lambs by the Gidding
brothers of Puerto de Luna, New Mexi-
| 20, while Don Sanchez lost something
Ike 5000 head on the Manzana range.
The Elgin dairy OF Salt Lake. Utah,
IS now using 100 cows the year around,
'oDsist:ns of graded Jerseys and De-
toa3. Dayton & McCarrol are the own
trs. Mr.. McCarrol is an old Denver boy.
There is Il good deal of demand In
| Utah this season for range stock, and
sales are made every day. Deliveries
are usually to be made during the
months of June and July. The buyers
are mostly from the north.
Simon Hibbard of West Jordan, Utah,
sold his 1898 clip of wool to Paine &
Lyme of Salt Lake He has about 2,1OO
sheep, and sheared 1900 pounds. The
wool was of good grade and he re-
ccivcd eight cents for 1t.
Frank Kirk. manager of the Green
land breeding farm In Douglas county
has put in l 200 acres Of crops this seil-
son, or at least this represents the total
area that will be In cultivation when
the planting is concluded, which will
not be long now.
At Rawlins, Wyo., among the notable
wool stocks OH hand are those of ex-
Governor Osborne, 5000 pounds; J. G.
Edwards $4,000 pounds, and Robert
Taylor $4,000 pounds. 1t Is expected
that the seasons shipment of wool
from that point will aggregate 2,OOO,OOO
pounds.
Charles Zeimer of Ogden, Utah, proba-
bly, has one of the best orchards In that
section. 1t contains 45O acres. He be-
lieves in cultivating 1t and is right In
line with some Of the best orchards in
/ al IL nl., laos oil INI
garden truck, and lately shipped one car
Of 25,OOO pounds of rhubarb to Butte,
Montana.
The recent heavy rains on the west
ern ranges have greatly improved the
sheep condition and have saved many
thousand lambs that would have perish
| ed had the rains not come In such good
season. The cold rains were somewhat
uncomfortable to the newly shorn
fiocks, but no direct loss Of any conse-
sequence is reported.
Celery is best grown under Irrigation,
and out In Utah 1t Is produced In such
large quantities as to be classed field
crop. The half-tone Illustration Of a
field of celery ia Utah would convince
one of the fullness of this claim. Tho
scene was photographed In Weber coun-
ty, near the city Of Ogden, and is a sight
upon which to feast the eyes.
The first auction wool sale ever held
In Wyoming took place at Rawlins last
week. -Four hundred and fifty thousand
pounds were sold at an average price Of
seven and three-fOurths cents, bidding
at times being very spirited. The ware
house people contemplate making this a
feature Of their future wool sales. They
have already disposed of 100000
pounds.
G. NJ. Munger, one Of our subscribers
at Eureka, Kansas, has n grove of young
catalpa trees set four feet apart and
covering $50 acres. With $3.50 trees to
the acre, all of which will be large
enough Inside Of twelve years from
planting, for use as fence posts. one can
readily see that there is n revenue Of
$3.50 an acre, or 500 per anuum for the
time the land Is In use.
D. NJ. Moore of Ogden, Utah, has fif-
teen acres of nursery within the corpor-
alton limits of the city, and reports a
good trade this season. He has been at
the business for seventeen years and his
nursery compares very favorably with
many larger nurseries Of the East. He
intends to make Grand Junction a visit
on peach day, when he will look over
some Of the orchards there.
Colorado ought to have few carloads
Of Strawberries to send to the Chicago
market this month, and the effort would
be tried had we shipping association
| In Denver such as we had before the
panic overlook us In 1898. Chicago's
supplies of Strawberries have been cut
off by frosts and blistering heat. Straw
berries are going to be In demand there,
and Colorado is the nearest state geo.
graphically that will have Strawberries
| to spare.
w. l.. Pickard of Salt Lake, Utah, an
old sheepman and wool buyer, says that
the total number Of sheep in and belong
Ing to Utah this year amounts to q
473, 800 and the amount of wool at A.
S43, 600 pounds or thereabouts. He es-
timates about one-half the wool Is mar
keted at the present time, and that the
wool is Of very good grade this season.
He has record Of every bunch Of sheep
| owned in the territory, and consequent
ly speaks Understandings.
The bee industry In Otero county Is
looking up quite materially this spring.
Fl. f. Hagen has been bringing new COL
onies from Tennessee until he now has
200 stands. G. w. Swink has increased
his bee herd by the addition Of 100 col
onies from Tennessee, while f. NJ. Wei
land and NJ. f. Lindsay of Fowler have
| brought In large numbers of bees from
Texas. There Is no county in the state
that has a better license to keep bees
than Otero.
One of the ideal creameries of Utah Is
the Ogden creamery. owned by w. NJ.
Raymond & Son. 1t Is located about
one mile from town and has a reputa-
ton far and wide. Mr.. Raymond was
the first man to start a creamery in the
| territory some seven years ago. He Is
making about 1000 pounds Of butter a
week and he manufactures Ice cream
which he both retails and wholsales. He
furnishes butter to the dining cars Of the
Southern Pacific and the eating houses
of the Union Pacific to Cheyenne, and
will probably furnish the whole line to
Omaha. He has his grounds and build
ings arranged very artistically, and 1t Is
quite resort for Ogden people.
The Russian thistle has reappeared in
greater evidence than ever and II the
scourge is to be wiped out in practical
manner now is the time to get at 1t.
Sheep grazing upon the very young
thistles will eat them down and destroy
them, but unfortunately not one farmer
| in a thouoand has sheen and II he had