The indicator., 1897-10-02
WESTERN FARM NOTE.
drrom Field and Irarm1

|
From reports received from the san
| Luis valley and o,hcr mountain park
[ In the western part of the sta'c w,
! learn that the cattle are coming dow
| from the mountains earlier than usGa
md this is taken as an Indication ut e..
early winter, The feed is good in 3D.
valleys and the cattle appear 20 hr 81
good condition.
I Several large sales Of sheep Wet
made at Casper, Wyoming, during 40.
past week. The herd Of William hrU.
ish. numbering $500 was slld tu EaeI
nam " Doscr., the price hclng - a.
ewes aud eve lambs Iui - Tor S,r.hcr
and wcthcr lambs Tom Hood -rl
1900 head 10 Daniel Eal~tuu and vi.
Tor Cnzauovia. Tile price paid WI
500 straight.
The hard hail storm whrh ~su"
la Porte, lHrmcr county la-r NrUN
did very serious damage 'o M rl
crops and the fruii trees >uttvd as
perial injury, Us many OF them Wvr
entirely drtnliaIud The onion crUI
was battered down 70 tbe ground hu.
The bulbs wrrr SO nearly fun grown
that they will uUf prove "a to.al f1ilurD
which is ur"'.dUuNll from .hr fact
that onions are tho principal CROP
grown There
Henry elem Of Morgan cuuuy is
having good luck with his lUlStviu
sheep. Buck ycarliugs shear,d umr
aud q half pounds and Iltc sample sen,
MS is all righ' us 10 texture ana quail ly.
The llols.cin sheep are almost new 100
this country They come from Itr
province uf Holstem iu ihe uorh o.,
Germany which was formerly q uor
Hon ut lWumgrk aud their yulry u
America WIS through >uue Iowa .m-
porlprS
a large outlet ditch or canal Is ca,.
ily inim,i uy thr deposition of 81
from The months of lapmlS. No. only
is tho fan of the ditch injured by HE
rurth hu v,.ls grow readily when
The ditch is cmp.y and ac. rs nets 20
catch much roluso material during
high water which would otherwise br
washed on. 10 prey eut washing Use
a rectangular box made of hunrls.
These boxes win ias number of
Years II made OF Texas pine or hard
wood, Il is much cnSier and cheaper
io replace them than i' is TO clean out
ihc main ditch.
The hay crop IN Colorado, Wyoming
aud Nloutaua this year is much larger
fhau has ever been harvested EcstdCS
the crops of The farmers which were
good. fllr large cattle ruiscrs have pu.
mp great ricks numbering into the hou-
sands of tons whcr" no lay was made
iu former seasons, The cattle owners
md 80 is advantageous instead of al
lowing their sock tp remain ont and
shift for themselves. L iS given gu.
hat only the veal, cows and calves are
10 be fed but 10 is safe 10 estimate
ihat in a fcw years more he majority
Of the herds will he considered in this
class
The sheep hcrdcrs Of Montana have
announced tha, they will strike for
higher wages. Before the decline In
prices they were paid $40 month. and
during the hard times they were cut To
$50 They say they accepted the reduc-
zion without a murmur during the pan
ic Of 1873, and think q, only fair that
they should receive Il share of the re-
vivrd prosperity Of The wool industry.
They auuounce MS ;hcir ultimatum that
rhey viii stop work If they are MOI rec.
uGniZcd Immediately. About 1000, 900
sheep are affected If all the sheep herd.
crs 20 out There are 1850 herders In
the state.
Weed seed IN manure is one great
objection to its use. We know of no
way To- destroy such seed cXccp- 10
compos Jhc manure So thai IT'S heat
VIII KIN the seeds II this is done,
cover he pile with loan or dry muck.
to absorb the ammonia, or nitrogen
that might Otherwise escape Many
Colorado men are tuking up the matter
OF m9nurial conservation in serious
WAY aud seem 10 realize the fact that
something must be- done to save the
fertility Of tho baruyard refuse, one
Of these is a highly educated English
gentleman Of Douglas coun'y-Fred
Flower Of Sedala- whose COW stables
are built ON the solid rock which forms
he floors Of his TWO barns. To draw
OH the manure drain has been CHS
eled in the solid rock and this drain
way leads 10 an arroyH across which
Il dam is 10 be built for the purpose of
cnfchine and composing the substance
Hs it comes from thc stables and thus
holding it until needed ou he fields.
There are plenty Of farms in ihr
West hat have u los Of ll,lc detached
buildings, which. IL a suitable plan
had been adop,cd aJ tn" start, would
have grown in.n % good barn. Tool
house. stables. cribs g,auIries oic.
are scattered around l it looks like
Il small village, vrr the lay is stacked
ont ur doors TO br carried with q fork
-u the various buildings, often in wind
and storm A work shop is Of prime
necessity. one lIN"D is about right.
| ANA should have good carpenter
bench and wise with tools enough TO
| build small huu-p- Saws. squares.
| planes hammers level. compasses.
! some chi~olS sol OF bits, Gle, with II
| good assortment of bolts a little anvil
| Will IRON wise, punch. copper rivri- ANA
/ the like for mcudiug q sudden break
| or rip in the harness The farmer
| should no. be u inck-Of.alltrude>. hut
! he should be So equipped thIi u sud
| den lriling accident win not send hm
| pounding he road 10 town or stop The
work.
There is often big money 10 he mad"
in u special crop and nDt infrclucntly
| some entrrprisiHg farmer makes It
stake by going at he business in the
| right way. At Fowler O,cru county
| Nelson Bowen had one acre in arti-
| chOkcs. lie estimates the yield Il, =,
| 500 bushels and as hc hus been offered
a dollar busncl for 'hc crop for seed
| he certainly has q bonanza in the little
| patch The Croa, terror of many good
| people that they will tax" the farm is
a slander on this innocent plant and I;
| great hudrancc to its general culture.
Many farmers admit their good qnnl-
tiles, willie the evil tendencies atirib-
utcd TO them do not exist. Ar.ichokos
grow only from tubers and blossom in
September. If not allowed to bloom,
they will not make aubrrs and there
fore cannot grow ihc following year. II
destroyed at any time after tile old ~
bers have decayed and the new ouc'
not We, formed from May 10 Septcm-