The Monte Vista journal., 1897-10-23
IVES TERN FARM NOTES.
(From Field and Farm.)

NFrOm Field and Farm.)
The price OF wheat at Fort Collins
and other points in northern Colorado
has had severe slump. From $115
and $1.2O per hundred weight IL has
gone down to 81. But little IL being
offered at that price and the farmers
Will hold their stocks in the granarics.
being confident that the market will
shortly rs,ct
Many of the sheep feeders In Iari-
mer, Weld and Rent counties are now
engaged In cleaning out their corr.ils.
and In some instances the manure con
tained therein * of two or three years
accumulation Some OF the feeders are
In II q,iankiry to know what to do
with all this fertilizer. and are dump
ing 1t In any old place to get 1t out of
tie way. Some OF these men do not
like to admit that there IL any poor
land on their farms nor do they care
to discuss the matter or penatrate II
deep enough to discover the fact. They
continue to haul out the manure.
dumping II not where they should. bu,
Into the road. arroya or river to get II
out OF the way. never once stopping to
consider That they are wasting money.
Yet In every orchard. garden and field
cments OF fertility. and 1t requires as
much attention rs 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 ,te value
of The manure now bein. thrown away
and the better OF their soils and crops
will be.
4
deal OF tnterts; among the agricultural
counties Of the state Is now on, and
Mrs. NJ. 4. Shutc. secretary Of the
state horticultural board. is acting lis
referee. The contest is among the
fruit r1,lsers OF the STATE. and the aucs-
tlun In dispute Is (which county can
rs,ise the largest apple Fremont held
this distinction for a long time with
nn apple. HOW on exhibition In the
rooms Of the Horticultural Socity In
the capitol. weighing - ounces. bu,
the farmers Of M0ntczuma county EN-
tered the contest with one weighing
~ ounces. and th!s now holds first
place. Laramie county sent IL large
apples To the society yesterday. weigh
Ing from II To y ounces each. but the
largest falls two ounces short Of the
weight Of ,fic apple from Monfczum:i.
A. +. Reeves Of Mon:rosc county Wis
hed Mrs. shute yesterday and p,t In
n claim fOr his county. stating that an
apple weighing 20 ounces would b.
sent to Denver with the rest of the cx-
isbit Of apples nni grain from that
county. The largest apple exhibited
NJ tho Worlds Fair only weighed 20
ounces.
Irrigation cnna!s are being construct
ed In all advantageous locations In the
valley of the Platte. west Of kcarncy.
In NebTnskn. These canals, when com
plett4l. will IN capable Of lrrigntiny up
ward Of u million acres of fertile and
productive land Associated with
tbs,se canals In the work Of rc,ieeming
the state ARE being erected and put to
work many pumping plants rliat derive
power from tho wint's from the plat
Tie secret Of SUCCESS In windmill hri-
CATION IL found In the reservoirs.
TLc-c are very easily and chcaply con
s.ructcd by flic throwing M ~
hank Of earth from ak 10 eight feet IN
height. Iaclosing u space from thirty
To one hundred feet In diameter ~
larger. These reservoirs arr. well wet
down. then narrowed nni packed
down by the feet Of horses aud cattle.
No lumber except the supply gate and
discharge pipe II required. The banks
are prevented from wyislhng by throw
Ing dry willow limbs or hrarrhcs into
tile winter. which drift ncross the lake
frOm skic To side as they nrc driven by
the wind. thereby protecting the
hanks. II In ast0fHsliipI how thcs..
ipcloxtircr Will retain wyitcr. mud own
era themselves ar" surprised at the
~ nj lea nj raj
viii irrsgntc.
Eugene Weston Of Canon City. FIRE.
mont county. tells an important truth
when he writes: ut II n most mis-
taken and ml-t!iicvons notion In
which nnay fruit planters indulge TO
sst out 70 many different vnrictic. of
III" different fruits. nnd II n probable
TINT ri,c custom olinin~ IN nil other
fruit gtVwing ,1sfirss ~ cAlorntl0 u.
Wen M IN frrmogt county. Probably
lcss fhnn imlf of III" orri,nrfisss In
Fremont county exhibited fruit nj the
h,ic s,asc horticultural fair and vel
there were exhibited from this ,Dutty
niaae. Including the named. the mn.
known nn,i NJ" seedlings. nm vuri-,Ic.
of at,plts. rixty.nInc of txnrs. sir,y of
intivc and slx of forvsIgn wsuln>A, forty.
seven of p,ums. ndnc Of tsncin~. six VI
sim wl.rrtrs ni~i two of blntkbctrisr.
or V,itsr titr inst two fruits did not
cut much fKurr Ia variety on exhibit.
tiun. ~ fhcrr ,rc probably nfiy varts..
tis. of stiu wlsriirs grown In the ri.
ciniiy Of CaiN~ Cry. Although Colo.
rntA Il the youngest fruit srowIns
state. yet observation nnd experience
have lsvn ntnple n tirsnonstrnte with
few exceptions what varieties fourisii
ls~t and lwar mort pvryist~ntiy under
Irrigation. ~ we'll M these most rwnd,.
l$ marketed. To plant nuin,s.ric~. va.
rictiea Tint In few yswru will have
IN fr dug ont Ii nOrc vcxAtion t0 any
man who II cuitivatins fruit for