Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-08-26
IVES TERN FIRM NOTES.
(From Field and Farm.)

be fairly liberal one all over the
country and here In Colorado 1t Is eX-
ceptionally fine. .,
The new dipping law in New Mexico
has gone into effect and we trust 1t will
result in /; cleaner lot Of sheep from
that country. All New Mexico now
needs is the eradication of the scab.
Il. $. Van Tnssell of Cheyenne. Wy
omlng. has just taken to his ranch Il
band of $50 head of Mexican steers
which have been held during the sum-
mer In pasture just outside of Den
yer. These cattle brought $40 II head.
Colorado needs more dairy cows ana
they ought to be bought now down in
sunburncd Kansas while they are
cheap. Every public creamery that has
gone to the wall In this state can
charge Its downfall to lack of cows
and nothing else. We have too many
crcamers for the number of cows on
hand, and this fact does not speak well
for the farmers.
Lots Of people do not know that the
buffalo grass In II gr;lin-bearcr. and
that the grass is better feed for stock
than oats. barley. corn or wheat. but
such Is the fact. The seed grows
down close to the ground and In much
greater quantity than many people are
aware. This grain is Il wonderful fat
tener Of cattle. but can only be har-
vested by grazing animals.
A botanist insists that many neglect
ed American weeds are good to eat. The
tender young shoots of milkwced are
said to be as delicate as asparagus,
with similar valuable properties. Pig
weed is related to bcets and spinach.
The ncttlc Is well Favored, though
somewhat coarse and stringy, which
argues that the Rocky Mountain burro
may be more of an cpcurc than Is sup
posed. 1t is suggested that every
weed has an honest value. If 1t could
only he discovered. but life is rather too
brief to undertake to dig half Of these
facts out.
a number Of private sheep dipping
plants are being put In mt various
points in southern Colorado. and Il toll
OF So n thousand Is made on the sheep
that are put through the drcnch. The
scheme ought to be taken UP by some
one In every range county In the West.
The demand for bucks on the range
is opening up quite brisk and buyers
are beginning to engage whatever they
can pick up round-abouts. Eastern
breeders who have any quantity OF
rams for sale should lose no time In
planting their fall advertisements
where they will do the most good.
We must get to work here In Colo
RADIO and grow all of our nursery stock
within the state. All fruit stock is
more or less modified by our climate,
irrigation and method of cultivation.
and the important thing for our nur-
serymen to do is to adopt the practice
of the French and propagate only
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with each other. as the French do. in
securing strains of great value. TO
which. If the choose, they may at.
tach their own names. We are max.
ing some progress along this line but
there Is yet much room for improve.
ment and We are still ut the foot of the
ladder.
Denver Is to have an old-fnshiOned
cattle mems convention this fall. The
call will be for Il national gathering to
discuss live stock matters and at the
same time offer favorable oppOrtuni-
ty for buyers and sellers to get togeth-
er and consummatc trades. The Den
yer Chamber of Commerce will extend
the hospitality of the city to the visit
ing stock growers, and 1t Is the inten-
tion to have the meeting take place
during the Festival of Mountain and
Plain. affOr,ling the pleasures of that
entertainment to the visitors In addi-
tion to n special program of banlucts
and balls. George l.. Goulding Is the
originator of the convention and speaks
confidently of It's success.
In telling how he overcame some
seemingly insurmOuntable difficulties
in growing II crop of potatoes In Gar
field county this summer. Mr.. G. II.
Harris says In his local paper: 1--WE
have had frost up here in the Rearing
Fork valley every month this season
so far, and when our crops were froZ-
en- down to the ground. instead of reg
isterinE II great big kicl4 we went to
work. turned the wafer into our
bitches and lnterals. kept the land
moist, and kept the cultivators and
plows going nll the time. Keeping the
hoes and cultvntOrs going through the
rows OF potatoes keeps the worms OH
the ground all the time. Besides. the
potatoes grow so fast that the worms
will quit trying to destroy them and
leave the field disgustcd. There are
fields of potatoes up here in the Roar-
ing Fork valley that one month ago
you wouldn't have given n dollar for.
To-day. with this kind of treatment.
they will make an average crop.
have ten acres of spuds that kept the
frost. worms and weeds from destroy
ing by xlis kind of treatment. find
that weeds destroy more crops than
any other pest. and kicking will raise Il
crop of weeds-but no other crop"