The Monte Vista journal., 1897-06-19
FARM NOTES.
From Field and Furm.)


cessful operation.
| J. n. Carey & Brother of Cheyenne hny,
leased big tract OF pasture land near Cas-
per. Wyoming. and are having II fenced
/ The trnct contains over 5000 ucrcs, and
Will be used to pasture stock now beiug run
I - the open range.
| II In expected that the sheep travel int
the state this coming fall Will be heavier
| Than ever before. Rs the feeding business
has proven so profitable that many more
farmers are going into II and will cut their
| alfalfa this summer with view of feeding
II to sheep In the winter.
The cattle men OF Gunnison county take
! great care to have their ranges well salted
ana this week they received two carloads OF
rock salt from Sewer. Utah. The ranchmcn
came with their teams and hauled the rock
sait on to the various ranges and placed 1t
| In systematic way MS TO he well dis
tributed. The salt cost $50 ton on the
track at Gunnison. and the expense was
evenly divided among the leading cattle
| growers.
Summer pruning of peach trees Is recon.
mchded by many advanced orchardists. /,
should be remembered that peach bud.
live but two years. and the utmost care
should be taken therefore not to so trim the
trees AS to preclude the possibility of bear.
| In; from dearth OF buds. A careful sys.
TEN OF pinchlng back In summer from the
early grnwih Of the tree VIII generally If
fect good results In keeping the tree near
the ground and well supplied with good
strong branches able to bear and properly
mature II heavy weight OF superior fruit
The climatic effect of forests Is hard to
over-cstlmate. and 1t Is not possible with
our present knowledge TO say how much the
temperature and moisture are affected by
IEs,t
lower In summer and higher In winter than
that OF the open plain, A hedge or belt OF
ercrgrecns or decduous trees shows n lower
temperature on the w!ndward than on the
leewnrd side. The degree OF moisture. too
IN grove or forest is higher than in an
open Held 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: II have Just completed an eN-
hnustive experiment with the Pasteur vac
cine ns protection against black lc: In cat
tie. have lost more or less heavily from
biacE leg among my calves for the last four
or five years. the loss In one year amounting
TO 10 per cent OF calves doubly inoculated
not single one died. OF those treated
once three died, while Of those left
unvncclnnted ten head. or about 10 per cent.
died. The calves were In moderate condl.
ton all winter. not fat and some very poor.
The death rate was not confined to any
special part Of the pasture but was dis.
tributed pretty evenly over it,
One Of the most largely attended mectlur.
or the Fruit Growers ever held In Mcsa
county convened at Grand Junction on the
Eth. The express purpose Of the meeting
was TO devise ways and means to handle at
Proht the Immense fruit crop OF the val.
ley. The crop Will average on the whole
Tour times greater than the crop of ls.6.
The peach crop will run six time. as great
A careful cnnyiss of the county show. that
there VIII be 30 shippers this year a.
against seventy four In 1896. A plan TO or.
ganiHe In one large cooperative association
was under discussion. u. u. Frost OF phi,.
adciphia addressed the mass gathering lie
gave the growers the benefit of an cNperi.
ence on purchasing and handling fruit OF
over twenty years. He denounced the heavy
tnrin cSactod 10y the railway. and said they
would take all the profit II they were p.r-
nitted. The largcnc-s of the fruit crop de.
mhhds prompt and active measures To han.
die IL.
No tract Of land Of any considerable size
Is OF 80 smooth surface or disposed that
water eau be poured upon II car.le-.ly al
one SD" or corner and then allowed to take
care Of Itself. A great many Inequalities Of
surface are APT To become apparent. Even
the smoothcd piece Of ground will show
Whch tbe water Is turned on. many n lump
and sag which the eye did not perceive. bu,
which the water will uncrrlngiy take note
OF He VII" attempts to irr!gatc his land
without adequate. preparation will be vea.i
I" the extreme 10y the pcr.i.tency with
which III" wa'.I will glide around hitherto
unsuspcct.d knobs To make qua gmires or
muititudes of little lake beds intcr.per .ed
among them. II the land is clearly and
plainly hnmpy. level the bumps 10y cutting
down the elevations and nillng up the hol.
lows. This may he tedious work, but III.
sooner and more thoroughly done the better
The ground must Ie reasonably smooth b,..
fore Irrigation by flooding can he prac-
ticed.
Mr.. McCleiland Of Fossil creek I. one Of
the most -ncsesssul fruit growers In Lari.
m"s county. and says: My soil being u
red clay subsoii, that Is very porous nnd
not being subject to .ecpagc. my practic.
Is to wet the ground most thoroughly when
! apply water. Especially when putting In
young plants Tx. Strawberries. ! let the
water run until the ground IL 20 wet one
cannot step upon amy part Of Il without
sinking In ms deep ua the ground is piow~.,.
Then. after the ground settles. I turn on
the water again and cndrsvor TO keep III.
kso""a ". i'ah' uAhp until Ihe plants
we'll established. Strawberry beds. whether
young or old. should never be allowed to l,-.
come dry. except after fruiiinx. and not
very dry then. This |. not - Necessary
With hlSckhcrrlc.. rnspbcrries and other
plants I'll. roots OF which run deeper. hut to
let any Of them wilt for want u water ma.
t.riniiy dlminish.s the quantity and often
the quality Of the fruit. Land thnt rvc
years ago would not soak nvc feet from the
ditch. now. after heavy tnanuripv mud sub.
s"'linx. has become fll.i with angle warms
nnd will soak 4 rod or more, and q similar
stream that ~ouid run through In ten MIN.
u'es, would now not get through for twenty.
four hours. 40 that the time that water
should lie run IN n piece Of land 4. only de.
t"rminabie by the fruult obtaiucd.''
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Hon. II. n. ferguson. the delegate from
New Mexico. hes Med Sath the State DE.
partmrnt . protest sgsinst the proposed In.
transitional dam treaty With the Mexican
government. Whose proposed provision.
might initiate against the interests Of III.
people Of New Mexico. Mr.. Ferguson take.
the ground that ns the Rio Gr~n.is aud Its
tributaries have their origin wholly In III.
United States. Colorado and New Mexico
shonid moi be deprived Of its waters.
william Collins. aged seventy. was accl.
dehtsliy drowned In the Eagle river. near