Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-04-09
WESTERN FARM NOTES.
(Erom Field and Farm.0

tOr pl0wlng all over the West and
spring work Is well under way In most
districts.
Alfalfa Is put on the cars In the San
Luis valley Mt 81 a ton and there is con-
siderable demand for 1t from the min
ing camps.
A Nebraska man has patented sugar
beet harvester that he claims will both
top ana dig one row Of beets perfectly,
and as rapidly as the team is driven.
The creamery at Longmont, Boulder
county. has just put In new Fargo
churn and worker, which was supplied
by the Littlcton creamery company Of
Denver.
Some alfalfa lambs from Larlmer
county sold in Chicago last week ut
A.6o. As they averaged eighty-seven
pounds each this figure brought them
up 10 81 head, which is not bad.
The little town of La Junta, Otcro
county. reports the shipment of from
1,5OO to 1000 dozen eggs week. This
Is at the ratio Of over $4,000 year
and Is quite business Of itself.
We have good reports about bees win
tering well all over the state. Even on
the western slope. where the winter
was peculiarly severe. the bees came
through oil right and are now ready for
business.
F. W. Wellhouse. the apple king of
Kansas cleared only $24 an acre or of
his orchards last year. but this is more
than he would have realized In gross
way from corn, wheat or potatoes, and
the work was easier.
Colorado bee-keepers nre going to
make an effort to prevent the manufac-
ture and sale Of artificial honey In this
state and will probably take their CON-
plaint to the Legislature In the form Of
bill for passage.
The San Luis valley farmers are 60
Ing to sow more wheat and less oats
this season. This will also be the case
In many other sections. Wheat Is
ngain In better repute and will succeed
oats and potatoes In many cases.
The Apache cheese factory in Huer.
fano county will begin with the grass
season by turning out 300 pounds Of
cheese n day. The capacity Of the plant
is 1000 pounds. ana the outlook this
year Is better than that OF last season.
The Rocky Ford people are preparing
for their usual big melon planting this
spring and the canteloupe will come In
for more culture and attention than ever
rs II has been found to be n very profit
able product. There are two main
classes.
A good many bee.kecpers from abroad
are locating In Colorado this spring.
number of them In the Arkansas valley.
where alfalfa grows so fine. One Of
these new comers settled at Olney.
otero county. and lie brought with him
from Nebraska $50 colonies
Solomon Luna OF Las Lunas. New
Mexico. has lately purchased the 1000
acre ranch OF the Illinois Cattle conf
lencIa county. He will soon stock the
range with 10000 Mexican merinoes.
Mr.. Luna Is one Of the largest flock
owners In the southwest.
Judge FELTON, OF Fremont county Is
not partial to the theory Of low.heading
for fruit trees and says after tree has
become well rooted after three or four
years growth It should be trimmed
higher The fruit on low limbs Is not
good and there are objections to low
headed trees In older orchards
Farmers In certain parts Of Nebras.
ka, are hiring help on the installment
or Insurance plan. The wage agreed
upon Is from $40 TO S15 month and
board. II full crop is raised. II only
half crop is raised. then one.half the
agreed price and so on at the same rate.
ff the entire crop fails the help gets
his board and nothing more.
Quite number of new creameries are
going to be established In Colorado and
Utah this spring, besides good many
skimming stations. Mr.. Morse Is of the
opinion that the skimmng plant is the
thing for such places that are too small
for full fedged creamery and that
many of the largest places would have
been better of had they adopted skim
mcrs instead Of putting In the more cS-
pcnsive creamerirs.
The advantages Of irrigation In or.
cl,ards are well described by John Tan.
nahill. OF Columbia. Nebraska, as fol.
fows: One hundred and ninety apple
trees In my orchard yielded the fall of
1904 but twenty bushels, and last year,
or the fall of 1895. got from the same
trees after Irrigation, over 300 bushels
apples. The trees are twenty feet apart.
I run water between the rows and fnd
II does not take nearly SO much water
this winter ns last. because Of the sub.
soil retaining the moisture from last
winter. As an experiment I left some
apple and cherry trees unwatered, and
they were In bloom just six days before
those that were watercd, and unwnter-
ed apricots bloomcd three days before
those that were watered. except one np-
rlcot tree that I mulched after water
ing, which bloomed six days later and
this tree was overloaded with fruit. The
others that were watercd, being hurt