Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-11-25
NOTES FROM rHe FARM.
From Field and Farml


About 10000 lambs have been re-
ceived Mt Fort Collins for winter feed
Ing. the prices ranging from $1.75 to
1925 per head.
Much time Is lost in plowing fields In
squares. To plOw n square acre by
going around 1t requires eighty-four
rounds and 1896 turns with fifteen
inch furrow, while the same area In
parallelogram two rods by eighty, re-
Quires only thirteen rounds ana nifty
two turns The difference in the num-
ber of turns represents time saved, be-
sides the unnecessary tramping.
We have told the facts before, but
they are worth repeating at this time.
A thousand-pOund steer requires an
average of eleven pounds of feed to
make one pound of gain. A steady,
frosty winter gives more satisfactory
results for feeding than an. open win
ter, and the warmer the winter ana the
drier the feed the more water Will they
consume. A 2-year-old steer will eat its
own weight of feed every two weeks,
and gain an average OF one and three
quarter pounds day.
In the feeding of stock there Is dis
position on the part Of some stockmen
to bestow as little labor as possible.
such being done with the object OF
economy, but 1t IL always mistake to
ecOnomize In lnbor when 1t cannot be
applied profitably In some other direc-
tion. II the preparation of the food
will hasten the growth of young stock
or promote mn Increase OF weight on
adults. the labor Will he repaid In the
gain therefrom. 1t pays better to get
nm animal to market when 1t Ia years
old than to keep 1t year longer.
The apple crop of the Grand valley
will some day Overshadow the peach
yield and prove one of its greatest H.
dustries, II indeed 1t Is not the very
greatest. As an instance, the past sen
son N. l.. Linell OF Fruita sold 1900
boxes of Ben Davis for $3.50 cash.
James Il. Hunter OF RhOne picked thir-
ty-five boxes OF Missouri Pippins from
one tree. They nre now worth II
box. There are sixty trees to the acre.
This means $2.10O an acre. When any,
body talks about the Klondike, tell
him to go to Grand valley and plant
twenty acres Of apples.
The fruit growers have again paid n
handsome tuition to the school OF ex-
perience. After finding that no profit
was to be made on undersixed, care
lessly graded and poorly packed
first offer for their magnificent apple
crop, and now the willy commission
man will count his dollars while the
Over-anxious fruit grower swallows his
chagrin and watches the operation.
More than one grower on the western
slope could have made enough to build
n cold storage house by holding his ap-
pie crop sixty days. Some. however.
who did build fruit houses and store
their crop find It increasing In value
80 fast that. like Bill Nye's mortgage.
you can hear 1t. Colorado growers Will
some day realize that not n dollar has
ever been lost by holding winter ap-
pies.
The Southern Wyoming Land and 1r-
rignting Development Company. COM
posed OF Kansas City men. hns secured
n tract Of land embracing 2OO.OOO acres
from the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany along the Green river in Sweet
water county. The company will Mt
once erect nn irrignting plant by which
the land will be placed under cultivn-
tion. Water will bc taken from Green
river, thirty-five miles northwest Of
Green River City. The work of con-
struction IL In charge Of Thomas
knight. civil engineer Of Kansas
City, and under his direction head
gate OF masonry hns been constructed
and work commenced upon the canals
and bitches. The company Will raise
and feed live stock Of NIL Kinds. ana
will place large amount OF Its land
under cultivation for the purpose OF
raising grain and hay for winter feed.
The chemical department of the State
Agricultural College has received more
samples Of sugar bects during the past
two months than II has obtained In the
same time for years. The number an
nlyzcd up to the present time IL about
200. The samples taken from the ex-
pertinent station plots. as well rs those
received from other parts OF the state
earlier than the middle of October.
were. as n rule, very immature. and
the sugar content was too low to indl-
cate n paying crop. Since that time.
however. the bccts ainvc been much
more mature and Of better quality.
about 10 per cent. of all samples re-
ceived carrying more than 1Oia per
cent. of sugar. The best samples an.
alyzed contained 1T.2 and 17.3 per cent
OF sugar and n co-ciiicicnt OF purity OF
SO, which IL extraordinarily good
These samples were from Glenwood
Springs. Samples taken from the col.
lcgc plots have varied. exceedingly
the highest single result obtained being
15is per cent. for bcets as they were
pulled. but for such ns had lain for
some time and had wilted. n condition
In which they are frequently received
ms high as LIZ. per cent. was secured.