The silver star., 1897-12-09
FARMING MATTERS.
frrom Field and rarm.l

It 70 an inhuman practice to neglect
water for penned lambs. Sheep ON dry
feed and properly salted will consume
more than six quarts Of of water each
a day, and yet there are some men
who neglect this important matter ana
thus burn up the profits.
A low-wheeled wagon is a great CEN
venience on the farm. As the wheels
are usually the first part Of the run
ming gear to play out n fairly good
gear can be purchased for little money.
Then, by investing in set OF metal
wheels with four or six-inch tires, one
can have a cheap and serviceable Wag-
on which, when used together with
common narrOw-tire wagons In hauling
manure or grain across the fields, will
show quite an advantage In draft and
the less injury done the land. There
is no place on earth where broad-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.
Soil for sugar beets should be pl0wed
more deeply in the fall than for other
crops. The furrows should be at least
ten inches deep. A subsoil plOw can be
used to advantage II the subsOil is
compact. thereby cutting down twelve
to fifteen inches. Deep cutting Is nee
essary to prevent the beet from pro-
jecting from the ground. as the part
that is exposed to the air is useless for
sugar purposes. While it contains su-
gar enough 1t contains other sub
stances which prevent the crystaliza-
tion and publication of the sugar. Deep
nj oud fhnrnnub authorization
are very necessary. especially on the
lands. There is no use trying to grow
sugar beets successfully on such soils
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 the greatest grumblers
are the fellows who do the heaviest
sitting around nj a time when certain
work in the fields could be 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 Chenango strawberry
ever grown on n tree. and now we are
enjoying the most perfect Jonathans
we ever tasted. The faded Bellfiowers
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 we'll 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.
beautiful and popular variety
grown In the irrigated valleys of west
ern Colorado is Utter's Red, which sells
all around the California Bellfiower
whenever offered in competition. The
superior quality of our Jonathans this
season is a matter Of much wonder
ment on the part of people who have
always entertained the erroneous no.
ton that Colorado IL only a mining
state. They are retailing readily at
10 cents n pound.
In Otero county, under the Holbrook
ditch. the past season n farmer named
c. Peterson raised six acres of fax, 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
WiuteEs anu 10 VI tIe OIiuiOu tilut IL
will prove an excellent food. Hereto
fore we have thought OF fax only as
n fiber plant, and It was for this pur-
pose that the late William Stansfield.
the best farmer In Yuma county, made
annual experiments with II. while u.
l.. Tracy raised very fine specimens
OF 1t in Boulder county for competition
mt the Columbia exposition In 1893.
There is no reason why we should not
give fax culture wider experimental
tion In this country to ascertain Just
what we can do with the plant in It's
various phases.