Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-18
WESTERN FARM NOTES
(From Field and Farm.)

In some parts Of the West this spring
the lamp crop Is ninety per cent Of the
owes, which il unusually good.
The southern Colorado poultry assn
citation, which was recently formed,
has decided to hold its first annual eX-
hibition In Pueblo January %. 1897.
Tree planting has concluded in Oter0
county and the Colorado Orchard COM
pany has set out 10000 trees Mt Man
Zanola. These trees have been well
irrigated and are all doing nicely. Otero
county is destined to become the center
of the Colorado apple belt.
While the fruit crop around Grand
Junction will be short this year there
will be good crop In the adjoining
places Of Palisadc. White Water and
the Plateau valley. Growers have or
dered their boxes and cases and are
getting in readiness to ship.
The most destructive insect In the
orchards around Denver this summer
is the leaf roller and those who did not
take the evil at Its incipiency are great
" troubled with its presence. 1t Is now
too late to spray effectively and the
new brood will soon be Matched.
While the rains this season have been
Of favorable frequency, farmers must
watch the grain fields carefully and
irrigate as soon as there IL any indica'
tlon that moisture Is needed. This IL
the only way to successfully raise
crops where irrigation Is practiced.
The sub-irrigated area In the San
Luis Valley Is reported to be widening
year by year and Is proving n grand
thing for the farmers who cultivat.
land within the charmed circle. Sub
irrigation by natural means Is the best
way to Irrigate and Is by long odds the
cheapest way.
A Western farmer made small test
In December Of what his twenty-eight
Barred Plymouth Rocks were doing.
charging them with every cents worth
| Of food and ten cents an hour for the
time taken In looking after them. At
the end OF the month the margin OF
profit was $3.37h.
n. Bowling OF Costilla county Is
bringing into the San Luis Valley 1000
head Of Arizona cattle to range In the
foot hills OF the Sierra Blanca and
| around Mosca pass In the Sangre d.
Christie mountains. These cattle will
be kept In the hills nll summer AMI
brought down In the fall to be finished
on alfalfa before going to market.
The attorney. general Of Colorado has
decided that rowing bands Of cattle
ranging frC a place to place and havias
no particular habitat. shall be assessed
on May LIST wherever they may be
found and the county then containing
them Is entitled to the taxes. This
plan will permit Of n good deal Of
dodglng.
The fruit prospects NIL over eastern
Colorado are exceptionally good and
there will be full crop in a majority
OF the western slope places. There has
been quite boom In Strawberries this
season. aud prices are holding as firm
on our own goods ns last year. Some
inferior brands from the south AMI
east Jared badly, however. and sold at
prices ruinous to the producers.
Reynolds & Bcrgrcn Of Raymond.
Nebraska, have agents In New Mexico
buying 6OOOO head Of lambs and year
ling wcthcrs for corn feeding In Ne
braskn next winter. 1t now looks rs II
there would be n larger demand than
ever for Mexican feeding stock and It
might be well for our Colorado buyers
who will need nt least 100000 head to
get into the field early and begin ncgo-
tiations for the stun they will want. It
Is better to he too early than too late
In matters of this nature.
DIR. Grcsswcll, who lately returned
from trip east. has issued a state
mcnt showing the number Of cattle
coming this season from below the
thirty-sixth parallel into and through
Colorado and Inspected by the officers
OF the veterinary sanitary board Of
health. For March. 2.21s: April. 35.-
SIS: May, 125G6i; total. 163.S07. This
number includes 2O.I13 cattle which
came by trail. Those coming by rail
reached here by the Gulf and Santa
Fc. The movement Is heavier than
usual this year.
A train load OF cattle shipped by the
Carlisle brothers Of Mesa county was
held in Denver this week long enough
to cut out slxty-cight head Of cattle be
longing to various people in Montrosc
county. which has been stolen by n
risticr named Frank white, now In
custody. An agent Of the Carlisle's
bought the cattle without knowing
they had been stolen and are consc-
pucntiy not party to the theft. The
arrest OF White will stop heavy
drainage among the herds of the west
crn slope and the officers have an idea
they will he able TO pick up other men
who are implicated In the stealing.
A crop well grown niny be poorly har-
vested and marketed. Currants should
be picked by pinching or the stem by
the thumb or finger nail. Do not In any
case crush single curr,nt and do not
wait till all the currants In the lower
side 1f the bushes are fully colorcd.
but 20 over the bushes two or three
st,,,,. ,,tck Inn nil FIN rtpr,.n nt~ ,f mn