The silver star., 1897-10-28
WESTERN FARM NOTES.
Erosa Field and rarmA

q U'rOsn Field and Farm.)
The most wonderful squash on rec
|ord since the days of Jonah and the
IgOurd is credited to our friend q. w.
Warner of Moab. Utah. This particu-
liar squash, which we fancy must be II
Chili Mammoth was grown the past
7 gison In the valley of the Lower
tiEind q nd weighed 22O pounds. 1t
MAS not fed. on a bottle. but received
an the water 1t needed from the lat
erHl. The cnrcubita was considered
etidl a good advertisement for the land
Of Moab f1iat 1t was carefully gathered
IN and forwarded to Salt Lake CITY to
occupy a place Of honor in show win
dow.
The Carbon County CWyoming) Wool
Growers Association, representing the
ownership of 100000 sheep. held
meeting at Rawlins on the 18th. The
association decided to employ n guard
Of six range riders to patrol the sheep
ranges of the association for the pur-
pose of protecting sheep camps from
1epredations of thieves and hold
Jack Edwards reported to the
lg that the Browns Park band of
and hOld-ups was preparing to
the sheep business. and would
proba, Y stock its herds by stealing
from o. Ter herds. An effective plan for
keepin out Utah herds of sheep under
the Wyoming inspection law was
adopted.
Many Of the sheep feeders in IAri-
mer, Weld and Bent counties are now
engaged in cleaning out their corrals,
and in some instances the manure con-
hined therein Is of two or three years
accumulation. Some Of the feeders are
in a quandary to know what to do
with all this fertilizer. and are dump
ing it in any old place to get it out of
the way. Some OF these men do not
like to admit that there IL any poor
and on their farms nor do they care
to rfkscuss the matter or penetrate it
deep enough to discover the fact. They
cont dnue to haul ont the manure,
dumping 1t not where they should. but
into The road. arroya or river to get 1t
out Of the way. never once stopping to
consitler that thcy are wasting money.
Yet in every orchard. garden and field
there Is poor land, deficient In some el-
ements OF fertility. and 1t requires as
much attention as the application of
water or cultivation OF the crops. The
earlier our sheep feeding farmers and
owners of land realize this fact the
earlier will they understand the value
Of the manure now being thrown away
and the better or their soils and crops
yin be-.
lAeonfest which IL attracting great
81 of interest among the agricultural
Ymties OF the state IL now on. and
~. NJ. A. Shute. secretary Of the
ttate horticultural board. is acting as
reteree. The contest IL among the
frnit raisers Of the state. and the quese
in, IN, 10, n,
raise the largest apple Fremont held
this distinction for long time with
an apple. now on exhibition In the
foms OF the Horticultural SOcity In
the capitol. weighing % ounces, but
the farmers Of MOntezuma county en-
tered the contest with one weighing
=, ounces. and this now holds first
pace Laramie county sent II large
applcs to the society yesterday. weigh
ing from II to % ounces each, but the
argcst falls two ounces short OF the
weight OF the apple from MOntezuma.
I +. Reeves Of MOntrose county vds-
Mrs. Shute yesterday and put In
aflnim fr his county. stating that nm
lc weighing % ounces would he
1H TO Denver with the rest OF the ex-
bk Of apples and grain from that
ettmty. The largest apple exhibited
the Worlds Fair only weighed q
ounces.
Irrigation canals are being construct
~ In nll advantageous locations In the
valley Of the Platte. west or keirney.
Nebraska. These canals, when COIN
neteti. will he capable Of irrignting up.
xard Of n million acres OF fertile and
productive land. Associated with
!nesc canals IN the work of reteeming
- state are being erected ana put to
~otk many pumping plants That derive
over from tho winds from the phlili..
ne ne secret Of SUCCESS In windmill tiri-
ntion In found In the reservoirs.
Inese nre very enslly and clieaply con-
xslucted by the throwing tp Of a
~ ~ OF earth from six to eight feet IN
'knt, hicloslng space from thirty
ne hundred feet IN diameter ar
kef. These reservoirs are wen wet
wn, then narrowed and packed
Lm by the feet OF hOrses and cattle.
~ lumber except the supply gate and
~ ssenlargc pipe Ii required. The banks
~ ~ prevented from wviHlhng by throw
my willow MmiH or bruncheS into
wntcr, which drift ncrOsss the lake
~ sMe to side as they are driven BY
49, WIND. thereby vrOtecting the
axA Il h astoisIshlne how these
- IurtS will rctain wnter, and own
MenlnelveSs arc surprRed et ne
- Of hand q medium ased NIL