Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-02
FARMING MATTERS.
(From Field and Farm.)


A rough estimate of the seasons op-
cratiOns places the number OF cattle
that will go out of Texas feed lots this
season at from 1S5,OOOSto 100000, as
against $50 OOO last season
IL Is III, ihii,i,ii,i,, practice to neglect
water for penned lambs. Sheep on dry
feed and properly salted will consume
more than six quarts of OF winter each
day, and yet there are some men
who neglect this important matter and
thus burn up the profits.
]. +. Rnrey of Eddy, New Mexico,
has just sold three cars of fat hogs at
Fort Worth, Texas. The lot averaged
30 pounds, the result of forty days
feeding OH Egyptian corn, prior to
which they We're grazed on alfnifn.
MIR. Itarey says II has been fully DEM
onstrnted that the Egyptian corn will
beat Indian corn all hollow In fatten-
ing pigs The corn Is threshed out OF
the head and Is soaked before feeding.
Soil for sugar beets should he plowed
more deeply In the fall than for other
crops. The burrows should he mt least
ten Inches deep. \ subs0n plow can he
used to advantage II the srbsoll Is
compact. thereby cutting down twelve
to fifteen inches. Deep cutting IL nee
cssary to prevent the beet from pro-
jecting from the ground. us the part
that Is exposed to the air Is useless for
sugar purposes. While 1t contains SUI
gar enough 1t contains other sub
stances which prevent the crystaliZG-
tion and publication of tha sugar. Deep
plowing and thorough puiveriZntion
are very necessary. especially on the
lands. There Is no Use trying TO grow
la
without subsoiling In the fall, and now
Is the time to chase the blow. DO not
sit around the stove these fine autumn
days. but get out and case the plow.
We notice that tho greatest grumblers
are the fellows who do the heaviest
sitting around ut II time when certain
work In the fields could he done with
tenfold advantage to the forthcoming
crop.
The western slope has this season
been supplying the Denver market
with the finest fall apples that have
ever been offered here. In September
came the largest and finest appearing
specimens of the Chcnnngo strawberry
ever grown on Il tree. and now we are
enjoying the most perfect Ionntlians
we ever tasted. The faded BelltiOwcrs
from California and Oregon that are
stacked up alongside our fruit stand
very little show In the open market.
The McMahon White from Delta and
Mesa counties. as well as the Maiden
Blush from that section, discount any
thing that has been received from the
Pacific coast and readily sell In pref
erence to the goods from that country.
Another beautiful and popular variety
grown In the irrigated valleys of west
ern Colorado Is Utter's Red. which sells
nil around the California BellfiOwer
whenever offered In competition. The
superior quality of our .Ionathnns this
season Is matter of much wonder
ment on the part of people who have
always entertained the erroneous no.
tion that Colorado IL only n mining
state. They are retailing readily mt
10 cents . pound.
\ low-wheeled wagon Is Il great con-
yenience on the farm. As the wheels
are usually the first part OF the run.
ming gear to play ont fairly good
gear can he purchased for little money.
Then. by investing In set of metal
wheels with four or six-inch tires. one
can have cheap and scrviceable wng.
OH which. when used together with
common narrow-tire wagons In hauling
manure or grain across the fields, will
the less injury done the land. There
Is no place on earth where Il brond-tire
wagon is SO much of n necessity by
reason of the natural conditions as on
the irrigated fields of the far west, and
every thinking man must wonder why
more of the wide tires are not used.
In Otero county. under the HolbrOok
ditch. the past season farmer named
c. Peterson raised six acres of flax. the
straw being very fine and the seed
plump, bright in color and heavy. Mr..
Peterson will feed the fiaxseed and
straw to cattle, sheep and hogs this
winter, and is of the opinion that II
will prove an excellent food. Hereto
fore we have thought of flax only as
n fiber plant. and 1t was for this pur.
pose that the late William Stanstield
the best farmer in Yuma county. made
annual experiments with It, while ID.
l.. Tracy raised very fine specimens
of 1t In Boulder county for competition
ut the Columbia exposition In 1888
There is no reason why we should not
give flax culture wider experimental.
tion In this country to ascertain just