The state herald., 1897-06-18
FARM NOTES.
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Rocky For,l's new creamery is in sue
ccssful operation.
J. NJ. Carey Il Brother Of Cheyenne have
leased II big tract Of pasture land near Gas
| per, Wyoming, and nre having 1t fenced.
| The tract contains over 10000 acres. and
| Will he used to pasture stock now being run
~ the open range.
1t is expected that the sheep travel Into
| the state this coming fall will be heavier
than ever before, as the feeding business
| has proven so profitable that many more
f, farmers are going Into II and will cut their
alfalfa this summer with II view of feeding
| II to sheep In the winter
The cattle men of Gunnlson county take
| great care 10 have their ranges well salted,
and this week they received two carloads Of
| rock salt from SEWER, Utah. The rnnchincn
| came with their teams and hauled the rocl;
salt on To the various ranges and placed IT
| In systematic way so as to he well dis
| trlbuted. The salt cost $3.50 a ton ON the
track at Gunnlson, and the expense was
| evenly divided among the leading cattle
| growers.
summer pruning Of peach trees is recon-
mended by many advanced orchardlsts. II
should be remembered that peach bud,
live but two years. aud the utmost care
should be taken therefore not to so trim the
trees as to preclude the possibility Of hear
| Ing from dearth Of buds. A careful sys.
ten of pinchng back In summer from the
early grnwth of the tree will generally cf,
feet good results in keeping the tree near
| the ground and well supplied with good
strong branches able to bear and properly
mature heavy weight OF superior fruit.
The climatic effect OF forests is hard to
over-cs'lmatc. and 1t is not possible with
laup 70 In lnxy url, . IA,
temperature and moisture are affected by
forests But the temperature of grove Il,
lower In summer and higher In winter than
That OF the open plain. A hedge or belt OF
cyergreens or dcclduous trees shows u lower
temperature on the wlndward than on the
lccward side, The degree of moisture, too,
In n grove or forest Is higher than In an
open field or plain. So the fact that both
temperature and moisture OF the air, and
soil are affected by forest growth Is as
clear as any fact In nature.
Thomas Mccall of Eden, Texas writes as
follows: 81 have just completed an ex-
hnustive experiment with the pastcur vac
cine MS u protection against black leg In cat
tie. have lost more or less heavily from
black leg among my calves for the last four
or five years. the loss In one year amounting
to IL per cent. OF calves douby nOculated
once three died. while of those left
unvaccinated ten head. or about 10 per cent
died. The calves were In moderate cOndi.
tion all winter, not fat aud some very poor
The death rate was not confined to any
special part of the pasture. but was dis
trlbuted pretty evenly over it,
One of the most largely attended meeting
OF the Fruit Growers ever held In Mesa
county convened at Grand Junction ON the
l2th. The express purpose Of the mectn:
was to devise ways aud means to handle at
proht the immense fruit crop of the val.
ley. The crop rwill average on the whole
four times greater than the crop Of lSgG
The peach crop will run six times us great
a careful canvlss Of the county shows that
there will be 800 shippers this year AZ
against scvcnty-four In 1896. A plan 10 or.
ganlze In one large cooperative association
was under discussion. u. H. Frost Of rhll.
adclphla addressed the mass gathering. lie
gave the growers the benefit Of an expert
cncc on purchasing and handling fruI, Of
over twenty years. lie denounced the heavy
tarin cNactcd by the railways and said they
would take all the profit II they were per.
mittcd. The largcncss Uf the fruit crop de.
mands prompt aud active measures 10 han.
die IL.
No tract Of land of any considerable size
Is OF So smooth n surface or disposed that
water can be poured upon II carelcssly at
one sid" or corner and then allowed to take
care OF Itself A great many Inequalities Of
surface are apt to become apparent. Even
the sinoothed piece Of ground will show
when the water II turned on. many a lump
and sag which the cy, lid not perceive but
which the water Will uncrringly take note
or He who attempts to irrigate his land
without adequate preparation viii he vcx.d
10 th'' extreme 10y the pcrsistency with
which the wai.i will glide around hitherto
unsuspccted knolls &" make Iungnlrcs or
multItudes Of little lake beds interspcrscd
among them. II the land Is clearly aud
plainly humpy, level the bumps by cutting
down the elevations and filling up the hol-
lows This may he tedious work hut the
sooner nnd more thoroughly done the better
The ground must lee reasonably smooth be.
fore irrigation by flooding can he prac.
tlced.
Mr.. Mc''lselnd ~ Fossil creek ls one Of
the most successful fruit growers In Iarl.
m.r county. and says: "My soil being n
red clay .ubsoll. that Is very porous. and
not being subject To seepagc my practice
Is to wet the ground most thoroughly when
! apply water. Especially when putting In
young plants like strawberries, I let tho
Nulff run un'ii thf sfnhIu Is 50 wet one
cannot step upon any part Of 1t without
sinking In as deep as the ground l. plowcd.
Then, after the ground settles turn on
thr water again and ondcayor to keep the
ground n. least damp until the plants get
well established. strawberry beds, whether
young or old, should never lee allowed tu he.
come dry, except after fruitlng. and not
very dry then. This Is not so necessary
with blackherrlcs. rasphcrries and other
plants the roots Of which run deeper hut 10
let any NJ them wilt for want OF wator ma.
torially dlmlnishcs the quantity and often
the quality Of the fruit. Land that Ave
years ago would not soak Ave feet from the
ditch. now. after heavy mnnuring ani sub.
solllnr, has become filled with angle worms
and Will soak rod nr more. aud q similar
stream thar would run through In ten min.
utes would now not get through for twenty.
four hours, So that the time that winter
should he run On piece of lnnd Is only de
terminable by the result obtained"
Hon. II. H. FERGUSON. The delegate from
New Mexico. has filed with the state ID.
partmcnt protest against the proposed In
iernntionnl dam treaty with the Mexican
government. who's. proposed provisions
might initiate against the interests Of the
pcopl. ~ New Mexico. Mr.. FERGUSON tnLe-
the ground that ms the lilo Grnndc and It's
tributaries hnvc their origin wholly In the
United States, Colorado mud New Mexico
should not be- deprived of Its waters.
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william Collins. aged seventy, was nccl,