The Monte Vista journal., 1897-09-04
WESTERN FARM NOTES.
Erom Field and Fanl

From Field and Faun.)
The Wet Mountain creamery at West
Cln. Custer county. In doing vsry well
for small plant and payments are b.
ing made to the patrons promptly.
There Is something Of . renswal in
Jersey interest In Colorado and num-
Der Of very good herds are being gath
cred together again after the slump
three or four year, ago.
A. A. Knott has sold 1900 lambs to
the farmers near Berthoud. Larimer
county. and has engaged 6.o0O more.
! The contractors are Offering 10 place
lambs among the farmers Of Larimer
county at - head with freight paid
to the river.
| The National Cattle Conveatiso will
be held In Denver ON the dnAes sf jan
uary 20. II and %, 1898 q there
abouts. There had been some Wesk on .
plan to hold the meeting during the
4 Festival Of Mountain and Pain, but
this proposition has been given up ow.
O., Ing to many good and sufficient reas-
ons. Dates are now claimed l1 Janu-
AIRY. and the time will then be ripe for
4 rousing meeting.
The people OF Canon City are making
an unusual effort individually and
collectively for the success Of the state
fruit show, which Is to be held there
7 on the dates Of September Is and IL.
In most Of the horticultural counties
an agent is at work collecting fruit for
the show. and n cold storage plant at
Pueblo Is keeping It on Ice Hntil the
show IL ready for it. A large pavilion
IN being erected at Canon City for the
exhibition and II promises to be one
| nj h.. l..,. nj frs, uIs
given under one canvas in Colorado. II
will certainly be n greater success than
the one held In Denver last fall.
William Churches, one Of the oldest
settlers In Jefferson county, is OF the
! opinion that the farmers of northern
Colorado have got to come to a better
understanding with themselves regard
Ing the advantages of sheep husbanslry.
They must adopt the domestic type OF
sheep MS II regular crop. Then they
must have portable fences. change the
sheep from one portion of a pasture 10
another, grow rape. iurnips and alfalfa
and In this way they will get more
money on their acreage than they are
now receiving and they will become
better farmers In every way.
Quite Il good many fruit growers are
complaining Of too much fruit-Over-
production. Now this despairing cry
has some foundation. when the proluc-
| tiou as n whole ix considered, but when
the higher grades Of all kinds Of fruits
are considered there In no OverprOduc-
tion. Thousands Of fruit growers are
slow to learn that II does net pay to
produce inferior fruit Of any kind. In
other words. there IL room and a re-
munerativc price for all the really
choice or fancy fruit that cnn be pro-
duced. The excellent fruit districts over
| on the Western slope ought to make a
specially Of producing most excellent
fruit. hut. alas! the most OF the grow
ers are too careless In this matter
and are throwing away golden oppor-
tunities.
The thrcshing season 10 we'll on in
northern Colorado and the farmers
who are ~ fortunate nv to have wheat
to thresh are the busiest mea In the
country. AT Eaton. Weld c0ukty. the
case OF one farmer will serve ~ an u.
Illustration 10 show what GtheFs arc do
ing. F.. X. Fackard's wheat averaged
about for'y-scven bushels an scre for
his entire crop. Fifteen acres Of De.
fance yielded at the rate of 4fty-4ve
bushels an acre. Oats on the same farm
these returns are much larger than the
estimates. II II thought that the whole
wheat crop will also be greater than
previously reported. The e&tIRate for
the country tributary to Eaton h placed
at &30ONO or &@00.O0O busheb.
There Is a big crop Of apples In Mis-
aOuri and the eastern part Of Kansas
this year. and the packing n early
Is.As 1..... luN Al
OF late. One packer In Leavenworth
has sent east forty carloads. One arm
in Atchison county has so1d Its crop
on 135 acres at $4,000. A dispatch
from Kansas City says: "Reports
from the apple districts Of Southwest
Missouri Indicate that this will he .
most prosperous year for the apple
growers. Buyers from New York and
Michigan arr already on The ground
contracting for apples In carload lots.
There IL y shortage In the Michigan
crop. and New York has nst enough
apples for Its own us.. IAeAl cnmmis-
siOn men aay that the crop viii 1tart
to move at - harrcl. and they expect
prices to advance rapidly to s22S and
e2.50 and perhaps higher. The Mis-
souri, yield will be enormous and
Thousands of barrels will ~ shipped
| to other states"
The Utah station has heea trying q
seriea Of irrigation expefiDeats with
fall wheat and the results are peculiar
| 70 say the least. Fall irrigation o0e eea-
| son when rain brought The Wheat up
| vas detrimental 10 both the Yield Of
grain and straw. while Il the succeed
Ing fall. when therr was not rain
| enough 10 bring the grain - until late.
the fall irrigation was bene0cial. the
average being q little In favoe Of fall
irrigation. The increase over - lrri.
| cation was not enough b testify the
expense of irrigation. II Weal1 appear.
too. that two irsi9atioas In The sprinG
y about the proper amount of water to
| give fall yrniu on exceedlAg1y dry
ground. The ArSt seasoa ths third irri.
cation had m e5est % The yieid. while
In the spSond the third ir1leatioa was
bat slightly brneAclal. TIE olraW, bow.
ever. incTeaseti with the third irTiga.
ton. but only to . silsht exesat.
Corn At present psseea, soSd by th~
bushci. bFingr ~ to - A. acfe. Grain
perhaps 81 tn SIS an aesa, fFe0 which
deduct ext~nars 0f harvest ard thrasA.
lag. The apple. oa ths ethee haad, h
the safest and the staaAaFd frul1 for
1oag continued psu0t. We k1oW Q
man In Nehsanka VIE ~ ~ o9og
worth from tesa than ose-feortA q ~
oefe of appSe tres h 60 GnnG1o; -
1Asketed 100 an acre fso0 = ogdAArd
afteen years old: ~ gFowD 0v0o0