Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-02-11
FARMING MATTERS.

State Veterinarian Holcomb of Wyoming
has arranged to vaccinate 1900 head of cat
tie In northern Laramie county to prevent
the spread Of black leg, which has become
epidemic In some Of the large herds of that
locality. .. ..
The Grand valley has the distinction Of
possessing the largest almond orchard In
Colorado. 1t Is owned by Miller & Co., and
consists of twenty-five acres planted In 1870.
1t Is situated two miles west of Pal!sade,
Mesa county. and the trees are doing hneiy.
Hunt & GoldsmId, of sedalin, Douglas
county, are going to engage extensively In
the poultry business. and intend to keep
from 500 to 600 laying hens. They are now
putting up a hen house 5Ox1O. and Will put
up two more after that, 1OOx1O each. They
are contemplating putting In an Incubator
for securing early broilers.
Scrape all the scals Insects on the fruit
trees now. and hunt out every nest or In
sects. The red spider and brown mite
which are becoming NO bad In Colorado can
now be eradicated by spraying with kero-
sene emulsion OF double strength. and we
believe n good going over with u lye wash
would have a great effect on the embryonic
Insects. The covered nests of the leaf roller
should be mashed with knife.
Reform In branding IL sorely needed
among all the great cattle herds OF the
West. Colonel A. g. Boyce, manager OF the
Capitol syndicate ranch of the panhandle
in Texas, says that the old and well.known
NIT brand on the side is to be done away
with. In Its stead will be n small brand
low down on the thigh, another small brand
on the neck to represent the division and
small brand on the Jaw to show the year the
calf was branded. This Is n move In the
right direction. and estimating the number
of cattle sold by that company mt 25.ooO
there will be yearly saving of s5O.OO on
the branding alone The ear mark will also
be changed to suit the fancy OF northern
feeders 70 ns to show Just little mutila'
ton as possible. This Is worth Initiating.
We estimate that fully onc-haif the wool
crop Of lssG for Colorado is still In the hands
Of the growers. says Field and Farm. In
the Trinidad district there are approximate
~ one million pounds Of wool. In dealers
hands there II not enough to mention. Last
yenr mt this time there wns practically no
wool held by growers. and the stock In
| dealers hands was small. In northern Colo
RADIO. in the hands of growers there are
| large amounts Of the heavy wools Of the bet
| ter character. There may bc ns much nr
| two million pounds. while In other parts oi
| the state there is ms much more. Our gen.
| crai information is that wyomin. Is cleaned
up. In New Mexico there are large Qunnti'
ties Of wool held. probably two million
pounds. This Is In the hands Of dealers en-
tircly. In growers hands In New Mexico
there Is very little.
| Some months since John Gnult threw n
bushci or two Of old potatoes into cellar
| beneath his livery stable nt the corner oi
| jefferson and Linden streets. and he had
occasion the other day to rake them over
| with view to removing them. What was
| his surprise to ind lot Of new potatoes
growing among them. some Of them as large
ms hens eggs. The cellar II lighted with
single window and has heat excepting
TINT of the natural warmth Of the earth;
still the new potatoes had quite thrifty
vines and seemed to he growing right nlon.
In spite Of the cold weather. Mr.. Gnnlt pre-.
scntcd a mess of these potatoes to Frank
Slower, who boiled them and sampled them
with salt and butter. and Frank says they
were OF an excellent quality. New potatoes
of the vintR.c Of 1897 Is something to brng
of. and open up much speculation ns TO the
possibilities Of underground potato culture
Experiments are to he made In this mode
Of vegetable culture which will no doubt he
watched with much interest. and may result
in important discoveries. The propagation
of mushrooms upon the same plan IL to be
tried.-Fort Collins Exprcss.