The silver star., 1897-11-11
FARMING MATTERS.
(From Field and Farml

(From Field and Farm.)
twenty-five head of cattle ON which
me brands have been disflgured are
Deing held, in Las Vegas, awaiting fur
ther developments.
Lhe Fort Collins district people are
gong into cattle feeding this year on
q higniy Increased scale. Abner LOOM
ls VIII feed 200 steers, A. b. Rugh 200.
ana frank Finley 100. Yearlings bring
as much as $25 and bunch Of range
cows, with calves by side, sold for $35,
which is exactly top notch price
reached in the height of the great cat
tie boom Of 1884.
A Jefferson county correspondent
writes: II have just dug some pota-
toes raised from one pound Of seed,
IN which the potato was cut to single
eyes, planted in pots and then sproutcd.
In one case, where l weighed the prod
uct from one Of these single sprouts,
! nad SIX and one-half pounds of po-
tatoes. Although l did not carry the
process nearly so far as 1 could have
done, had six bushels and seventeen
pounds from the pound, or an average
OF three and One-third pounds TO the
NIL, equal to 269 bushels an acre, at
three feet each way. In this test the
sprouts gave larger yields than the
seed which was planted after being
sprouted twice. This, think, goes to
show that the first sprouts are the best.
and that badly sprouted seed is greatly
damaged for planting. The variety
was the Great Divide"
There is strong demand for apples
ana spectators are buying everything
In sight All the choice varieties of
Colorado apples are being packed in
boxes. which bring from 81 to S1..0
on the Denver market. Choice iona
thans rule as favorites and sell freely
ut $1.15 wholesale. The common
grades such as Ben Davis are put up
IN barrels and sell mt from $3.50 to
$500. In spite of the cut in freight
rates from the east we do not look
for heavy shipments from that direc-
tion as there is n decided eastern short
age which Is taking up surplus of Mis-
souri, and Kansas in the other direction.
One firm in Denver is trying to corner
the market here but this will scarcely
result successfully, as the country Is
full of apples from the exceptionally
fine crop this year and many of the
largest producers have not yet sold,
but are storing on their own grounds
for better prices in the spring.
We have often said that wheat fed
to lambs or muttOns made softer ment
than corn. Now comes a Weld county
feeder and gives the cost of feeding
both corn and wheat. He says: "Last
winter l made an experiment with two
lots Of sheep, one Of which received
corn for grain and the other wheat
unground grain being fed in each case,
The sheep used were New Mexican
wether lambs in unusually good con-
dition, consequently the grains were
not as great as they would have been
had stock sheep been used. The health
Of the animals was most excellent dur
Ing the eleven weeks they were fed
and the work was very satisfactory
In every respect. Each lot made ex.
actly the same gain in the eleven
weeks, but the cost for a pound OF
grain for the sheep fed on wheat was
3A cents, as compared with a cost OF
about 215 cents for the corn fed sheep
A new wOOlen mill is being erected
mt Topeka, Kansas, which in course
Of time may prove a market for some
Of our western wool.
Tomato culture in OterO county has
been profitable this year, as there are
two canning factories In the county Il
consume the product. Several of the
tAO"Sho nave Dt-Ch VI
new varieties this year. William
Auckland has been growing variety
that Is solid inside and Is free from
| open places which are found In Ordin
| ary tomatoes. Albert COnnOr has the
Matchless variety that he consider.
very fine. MIR. COnnor sold sixleer
acres this year. He received So II ton
| Here IL 1928 or over $40 an acre. Ii
the business of tomato growing seet
should he selected with great care. Il
has been demonstrated that the plan
| rs II whole has more hereditary in
fiuence than the character OF the in
dividlual fruit. Repeated experiment,
have shown that nothing is gained u,
selecting the seeds from first ripe frui;
regardless of the character of The plan
from which they come. When the de
sired variety IL once realized. Il is kel,
so only by constant attention TO the SO
lection hut our varieties Of tomatoes
ms u whole are sO comparatively sliOr
lived. Tillagc. fertilization and Oihc
treatment of plants have their cffec
upon tOmntO-breeding. Poor soils an,
insufficient cultivation tend to revcr
the variety.
Now that samples are being tnkei
from the experimental sugar bee
fields. we give the method of samplln,
done by the factory experts. ms tol,
by one OF them 1--WE generally com
mence samplIng the fields about on,