Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-10-22
WESTERN FARM NOTES
(From Field and Farm.)

(From Field and Farm.)
The creamery at Tempe, Arizona. Ia
shipping cheese to California In car
load lots.
The tomato crop In the Brighton dis
>-!ct Is reported to be 20 per cent short
this season.
During September there were ship
ped from Soda Springs. Idaho. $50
carloads Of sheep.
G. p. Jones OF Huerfano county 10
buying feeding lambs and wethers In
central New Mexico.
lambs for the Larlmer county feeders
arrived last week and there will be
steady stream OF arrivals for the next
sixty days.
Many Of the sheep raisers of the Rio
Puerco In western New Mexico did
not shear their nocks this fall on ac-
count of the low price Of wool.
The acreage OF potatoes In Weld
county this year Is not SO large as
that Of last year. The yield Is fairly
good and the potatoes are Of excellent
quality.
]. p. Galloway Of the Paradox val
ley In western Colorado shipped .
thousand head OF feeders and beeves
east this week, the entire lot coming
by way Of Denver.
Squashes harvested in the arid re-
glon need no further protection in win
ter than covered shed and foot lay
er of straw all round. In gathering
squashes from the field care must be
taken not to bruise them II they are
expected to keep well.
For the six months ending October
LIST, 2S1 ,2233 head of southern cattle en-
tered Colorado and were inspected.
or this number the Santa Fe road
brought up 10s,1G2 head. while tho
Gulf hauled S3,O6l. The number is
considerably greater than that Of last
year.
The Idaho field pea Is a grand food
for hogs and they will fatten on 1t
more readily than on any other grain
| that we know Of. Mr.. Pennock of Lar
inner county fed half n bushel day to
three hogs. soaking the peas over night
and they gained more than on any other
feed. Heretofore four bushels of cob
corn had been required for this ration.
A great many farmers on the Colo
rndo divide are having drive wells put
| down on their farms, which Is an i'm
provement almost inestlmable. The
wells are curbed up with galvanized
casing which will last for years, never
rusting or tainting the water In the
least. The wells that are being sunk
around Elbert are six to twelve Inches
| in diameter. Many Of the farmers
are erecting windmills to lift the wa.
ter.
A Morgan county farmer named II.
Larkins of Brush cut 2G0 acres Of al
| falfa this year that averaged over
three tons to the acre for the first cut
/ ting, two tons at the second one and
n half tons at the third. This makes
n yield of six and one-half tons to the
acre for the season, or total Of 900
tons Of hay from 2GO acres Of land.
| All Of this was due to the fact that he
had plenty of water to use at the hight
| time.
A. Marian Of Otero county has tried
growing walnut, ash, elm and box
elder trees. He tells a correspondent
that the walnut cannot be recommend
ed for that region, but that the others
thrive we'll. A neighbor Of Mr.. Mari
an, 7. S. bennett, says that trees do
nicely when they arrive in good condi-
ton, but there is some carelessness In
shipping. He set out grapes In the
spring and had fruit the same fall. He
has a first-class orchard to which he
will add more trees in the spring. He
likes the Russian mulberry for =
windbreak.
A farmer in the Arkansas valley who
Is a very successful grower Of alfalfa
seed gives his methods for securing
the crop. His plan for curing and
handling it he thinks gives the best
results. He cuts the alfalfa, letting 1t
lay until cured, which it will do in
day or perhaps more, according to the
weather, raking 1t in the morning
while 1t is damp to keep the seed from
| shelling out Then he allows 1t to dry
! and stacks from the windrows and In
! two or three days threshes. He had
six acres this year and got thirty-two
bushels of seed, while some others
| only got from one to two and half
bushels an acre.
At the second annual convention or
the Colorado State Federation of Wo-
| mans clubs in Denver last week the
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Mrs. NJ. D. Thatcher, Pueblo;
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