Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-01-16

population who do not live on farms, SO
that onc-third Of the population only
was engaged In producing the vast
amount indicated by the figures given.
The year covered by the report. COM
paratively speaking, was not good one
for the farmers. In many sections OF
the west there was total failure of
crops In consequence Of long-continued
drouths. SO that much better showing
would have been made had tho year
been an average one. .,
Forestry In India.
Government forestry seems to be
success in India. The inspector-gen-
eral OF forests for India Is now In this
country and he gives an interesting
account of the management In that
country. He says 1t has taken eighteen
years OF legislation to get the kind OF
laws needed. but they have succeeded.
Now the permanency Of the big
forests is assured and the government
will get handsome income from them.
The government is gradually obtaining
possession Of all the forest lands and
now has $4,000 square miles Of wooded
country under supervision. The gov
ernment at intervals gives notice that
1t intends to take certain piece OF
forest land so many miles In size. and
claimants have six months In which to
appear and prove their claims. An In
dividual or town, probably, has de-
scriptive right to take building timber
from the forest in question. That
right is proved and settled perma-
nently, and thereafter only such trees
as are marked by the inspector can
be cut. In Burmah alone there hre
over 1000 different kinds OF forest
trees and the study there is to propa-
gate the valuable species and weed out
those that are not-Rural Life.
Tillage and Fertility-The fact that
the rocky particles Of the soil are the
source Of phosphoric acid and nitrogen.
and that they are derived by dissolving
Of the rock. makes til!age a source OF
fertility. since 1t tends to the more
rapid dislntegration Of these rocky par
ticles. II these particles were as easily
dissolved as the grains Of sugar or
salt, our soil resource would sooner be
destroyed by excess Of moisture or by
too frequent cultivation. One OF the
great sources of depletion Of soil is the
too frequent cropping. which means
double or triple depletion. First. the
| crop, be 1t hay, grain, wool. meat or
milk, taken from the farm. removes
fertility. Second. the tillage unlocks
the phosphoric acid and potash from
the rock, and makes q larger portion
available for the plants. Third. the
~ ho
In the per cent Of nitrates. This last is
a more important source Of loss than Is
commonly understood.
Fill Up the Holes.-Has any reader
ever tried DR.. Braden's plan for i'm
proving muddy roads by covering the
low places with straw, coarse hay,
weeds or other such trash? We thought
the idea worth trying in places where
marsh grass abounds, on the borders Of
sloughs. A large amount of such fill
ing could be applied very easily and
cheaply there, and II 1t is found to
| do the work satisfactorily, as we think
1t will, 1t would be another case IN
which nature provides an easy remedy
for the ailments she permits to befall
us. The plant whose root cures snake
| bite is said to grow always in places
where venomous serpents abound.
| Where bad roads are apt to be In their
worst condition, in the low ground, the
reeds and the tough, coarse grasses do
most abound. Let us give this cheap
road material a trial before we laugh
at 1t as foolish to think seriously about.
Indiana Farmer.
~ ha
producer can get 20 cents bushel Tor
| them on the tree. The only hope OF
making the raising of fruit pay Is to
ship 1t to Europe. where good apples
are scarce. For this purpose the ut
| most care must be observed in packing.
The rest of the crop that cannot be con-
sumed at home and made into cider,
cider Jelly and vinegar can be fed prof
itably to live stock. Apple-fed pork Is
a delicacy. The people Of the United
States. too, ought to eat more apples
than they do. Nothing is more con-
ducive to health and long life. This
year they will have chance to indulge
| their appetities with the choicest fruit,
which is abundant.-Ex.
Cultivated or Uncultivated Trees
| The Nebraska agricultural Sta
tion has issued bulletin from
which the following practicable con-
clusions are drawn. Trees in cultivat-
ed ground have darker and moro Wig
orous foliage than those in sod ground,
with less yellowing, dropping Of leaves
or willing in hot, windy days. Apples
averaged fourteen per cent greater
weight on cultivated than on pasture
land, and II per cent greater than on
moved land. AS to moisture, for every
100 barrels Of water in twenty inches
depth of soil or sod land, there were 14O
in cultivated land. Evaporation, as
anyone might suppose. was found pro-
portionate to the velocity Of wind.
Apples in Missouri. - Missouri
is claiming to be a formidable rival to
the best known apple growing states.
Apples are a surer growth in Missouri
than in either New York or Michigan
because Of the milder climate. 1t Is
asserted. In the Ozark country the crop
has failed only three times in the past
twenty-five years. This year Missouri
alone will furnish from $12,000.000 to
$15,OO0,0OO worth. Orchards Of hum
dreds of acres are no great novelty In