Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-05-14
WESTERN FARM NOTES.
From Field and Farm.)

Sheep will bloat on new alfalfa as read
lily as bovlnes and caution must be OBJ
served in turning them upon it.
Professor Cooke of the Colorado state
agricultural college has just completed
new bulletin on cattle feeding experiments
which Ia In the hands Of the printer and
will be issued next week.
Jerry Coulehan, a prosperous farmer
on Wheat Ridge near Berkeley lake, has
received two very fine pea-fowls from his
friend Henry Walker of River Junction,
Iowa. There are now five peafowls at
Coulehan Grange and they are the pride
Of the neighborhood.
New Mexico dealers predict that the
clip will be smaller this year than usual.
amounting probably to not more than
100000 pounds, and they are inclined
to take somewhat gloomy view of mar
kes prospects in that territory.
There is a twenty-five per cent. increase
In the grain area OF the San Luis valley
this spring over last years acreage. while
the extra land given over to the new seed
Ing Of alfalfa will amount to fully one
hundred per cent. This is the estimate Of
very conservative man, who lives In the
San Luis and has watched Its agricultural
progress ever since the great canals were
built.
1t has always been surprise to US that
more cheese was not made by farmers
with small dairies for Use by their own
families There Is no more nourishlng food
than cheese, especially for furnishing
strength. With two good cows in full flow
OF milk fair-szed cheese can be made.
mixing the night and morning milk to-
gether. With vat and press there Is no
more labor about this than there Is In but
ter making, and in hot weather the cheese
Will be of better quality than the butter,
and bring as much money II put on the
market.
On the Divide this spring the potato
acreage will be less and the grain area
greater than last year. a condition notice.
able also In the other farming districts Of
the state. large amount Of new land
on the Divide is being broken up in cet.
tain localities and farm work Is well
'-'''e' hC VI Deak
by the farmers In Boulder county has
proven success. Last year some farmers
cultivated good-sized patches and the r..
suit was far beyond expectation. At a
fair there were several lots on exhibition,
and among the exhibits there We're sew
eral specimens weighing twenty-five or
thirty pounds, which Of course is altoget.i-
fnn 1nrve fnr d l,,. a.
all right for feeding purposes. The Long
mont Daily Times is Informed by seed
dealers that there will be In the neIghbo.-
hood OF two hundred acres cultivated In
various Kinds Of beets this year in that To-
callty. There is no market In this state
for them to be manufactured into sugar,
but they are valuable rs feed for cattle,
and are used for that purpose. One pc.
cul!arity of the cultivation of the beet q
that 1t will thrive best on that kind 1e
ground on which nothing else can be
grown. The worst alkall ground has pro-
duced the biggest beet crop.
In some parts Of the west the hour sys-
TEN Of supplying irrigating water from
canals Is in practice and seems to meet
with favor wherever tried. James Nc
MILAN Of Gia Bend, Arizona, pronounces
in favor Of the hour method Of dlstribus.
ing water Us most economical. Under this
method the canal company would deliver
the water to the land to be irrigated-to
the farmer-the amount of water Gesired,
charging him for the use OF 1t for the
number Of hours It remained on his land;
he thus pays for only what he gets and
gets what he pays for, and II Is none Of his
nelghbor's business how much or how lit
tie he gets The first result Of this paying
for what he gets Is that he buys large
head Of water in order to get over the
ground quickly: then he does not call for
the water until his bitches, borders or fur
rows have been gone over and prepared
to receive It; and when he does get 1t he
takes care Of 1t night and day. for he Is
working for the benefit of his own pocket.
He will also find that cultivation will take
the place Of irrigation to marked extent
and to the advantage Of his products. Tn.
der this system we would see no water In
the roads, there would be no nelghborhooi
bitterness. and there would be stifficien,
saving of water to make what we have
now cover a much larger tract Of land.