Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-06-17
FARM NOTES.
From Field and rnrm.)

leased Il big tract OF pasture land near cas-
per. Wyoming. and nre having 1t fenced.
The tract contains over 10000 ncres. nnh
will he used to pasture stock now being run
OH the open range.
1t Ia expected that the sheep travel Into
the state this coming. fall will be heavier
than ever before. ns the feeding business
has proven so profitable that many more
farmers nrc going Into 1t nnh will cut their
nlfalfa this summer with II view Of feeding
1t to sheep In the winter.
The cattle men OF Gunnlson county take
great care to have their ranges well salted,
and this week they received two carloads OF
rock salt from Sevlcr Utah. The ranchmen
came with their teams and hauled the rock
salt on to the various ranges and placed 1t
In Il systematic way as to he well dis
trlbuted. The salt cost $3.50 u ton on the
track at Gunnlson, and the expense was
evenly divided among the leading cattle
growers.
summer pruning Of peach trees Is recon-
mcnded by many advanced orchnrtilsts. II
should be remembered that peach buds
live but two years. and the utmost care
should bc taken therefore not to so trim thr
trees as to preclude the possibility Of bear
Ing from dcarth Of buds. 4 careful sys.
TEN of plnching bnck In summer from the
early grawth of the tree will generally Of
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 IL hard I"
over-estimntc. nnd 1t Is not possible with
our present knowledge to say how much the
temperature and moisture are affected hy
forests. But the temperature of grove Is
lower In summer and higher In winter than
that of the open plain. a hedge or belt Of
evergr"cns or dcc'duous trees shows lower
temperature on the wlndwnr,i than on the
lcewarl side. The degree of moisture. too.
In grove forest Is higher than In an
open Held or plain. So the fact that both
temperature md moisture OF the air. AMI
soil are affected by forest growth Is ns
clear any fact In nature.
Thomas Mccall of Eden. Texas. writes as
follows: 81 have Just completed mn cx'
huustivc experiment with the Tnstenr vac.
cline ms II protection against black leg In cat
tie. I have lost more or less heavily from
black leg among my calves for the last fonf
or i've years. the loss In one year amounting
to IL per cent. or calves douhly inoculatr'l
| not II single one died. or those treated
once three died. while of those left
nnvnccinnte,l ten head. or about 10 per cent.
died. The calves were In moderate rond..
| tion all winter. not fat and some very poor.
| The death rate was not confined tn nny
| special part Of the pasture. hut was Us.
| bc''s Vh'H's "h'i i'-
| The Denver X l,io Grandc Company l.
| seriously contemplating putting In II large
| dipping plant ut Antoni;o or some other
point near the state line on the south. where
sheep may he dipped before coming through
Colorado. thus sccur.n; clean blr Of
health The veterinary sanitary board hns
| decided that permits Will he given to bring
sheep In 10 some central point. where they
may bc dipped. such as Denver. Pueblo ani
La nil nf wI wi hny ~
| dipping works In operation by next fall
| and the sheep men will he able to run their
whole flock through withou; much troiblc
| or expense. When the lambs are brought In
| from the range In the early fall as rui"
| they are only slightly infected. and the san
iinry board believes that with one dipping,
| thoroughly done. they Will go through the
| feeding pens without trouble and very little
| dipping will have to he done through the
winter.
One Of the most largely attended meetings
of the Fruit Growers ever held In Mesa
county convened Mt Grand Junction On the
18th. The express purpose Of the meeting
was To devise ways AMI means to handle NJ
| u profit the Immense fruit crop Of the val
ley. The crop will average the wholc
fonr times greater thun the crop OF ls!H
The peach crop VIII rnn six times MS great.
| \ careful cnnviss Of the comfy shows that
| there Will be 300 shippers this year ns
| against seventy four In 1890 4 plan to or
ganizc In one large cooperative association
was under discussion. ID. II. Frost OF Phil
| adelphin addressed the mass gathering. He
gave the growers the benefit Of nm expert
cncc on purchasing and handling fruit of
| over twenty years. He denounced the heavy
| tariff .xuctcd by the railways and said they
| would take all the profit II they were per-
| mittcd. The largcncss of the fruit crop de-
| mands prompt and active measures to has-
| die II.
] No tract Of land Of any considerable size
IL Of so smooth n surface or so disposed that
| water eau be poured upon 1t carelessly at
one side 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.
when the water Is turned on. many II lump
and sag which the eye did not perceive. but
which the water Will uncrringly take notc
OF. He who attempts to irr.gnte his land
without adequate preparation Will be vexed
to the extreme by the pcrsistency with
which the water will glide around hitherto
unsuspectcd knolls TO make quagmires or
multitudcs of little lake beds intcrspcrsed
among them. II the land IL clearly and
plainly bumpy. level the bumps by cutting
down the elevations nnd filling up the hol-
lows. This may he tedious work. hut the
sooner and more thoroughly done the better.
The ground must be reasonably smooth he
fore Irrigation by flooding can be prac-
ticcd.
Mr.. McClclland Of Fossil creek Is one of
the most successful fruit growers In lari-
mcr county. and says: My soil being
red clay subsoil. that Is very porous. and
not being subject to scepnge. my practice
IL to wet the ground most thoroughly when
I apply water. Especially when putting In
young plants like strawberries. I let thu
water run until the ground Is so wet on"
cannot step upon my part of 1t without
sinking In ms deep as the ground Is plowcd.
Then, nfter the ground settles. l turn on
the water again and cnleayor to keep the
ground at least damp until the plants get
well established. strawberry beds. whether
young or old. should never be allowed TO he
come dry. except after fruIting, and not
very dry then. This Is not necessary
with blackbcrrics. raspberrles and other
plants the roots OF which run deeper. hut to
let any OF them wilt for want of water ma
tcrinlly dlmlnishcs the quantity and often
the quality OF the fruit. Land that five
years ago would not soak five feet from the
ditch. now. after heavy mnnuring and sub.
soiiing. has become filled with angle worms
and will soak n rod or more, and Il similar
stream that would run through In ten min
utcs. would now not get through for twenty
four hours. So that the time that water
should be run on a piece OF land Is only dc.
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