The silver star., 1898-02-24
FARM NOTES.

Buffalo Bill, who has been inspecting
his ranch property at Cady. Wyoming.
will make contracts before leaving for
some extensive improvements. one Of
which will be the erection OF 100 bar
rel Touring mill. During the coming
spring he expects fifty families from
northern Illinois to form a colony un-
der the Cody canal.
The Alfalfa Land and Cattle Com
pany Of Otero county will this spring
SOW 800 acres to sorghum and Kafiir
corn for feed. For several years salts
factory experiments have been made In
the raising or sorghum as forage crop
In the Arkansas valley with very salts
factory results, the yield in some In
stances where the stand and cultivation
was good, reaching as high as ten tons
an acre. The value as food for either
fattening or stock cattle Is regarded
as equal to that many tons OF the best
cured alfalfa hay. In addition to the
800 acres sOwn TO sorghum and Kaffir
corn, this company will also have 1000
acres Of alfalfa, which will give all
told an approximate estimate of TO-
600 tons Of prime fodder for next win
ter's use.
hC kChNioi Bidiutc FOTt OoIIlUb
10 to start the lambs to granting imme-
diateiy upon receiving, but very light
ly, not to exceed a quarter Of q pound
a day given In two feeds. Many Of
the lambs Will not touch the feed nj
first. A few OF them will eat greedily
from the start. and to protect the few
from the possible effects Of their own
appetites hight feed IL necessary in
starting. After week or ten days,
when all or nearly all Of the lambs are
eating, the ration II gradually in
creased until at the end OF thirty days
half pound IL reached and by a grad
uni increase the first TO the middle Of
January finds the most Of the fiOcks on
one pound day. One and half
pounds Of grnin n day In n maximum
feed at any stage Of the feeding pro-
cess, and this amount only for the last
three or four weeks before marketing.
-Four hundred pounds Of hay and 1HO
pounds Of grain IL near the amount
consumed by each lamb during the en-
tire feeding season.
The State Forestry Association,
which met At Denver on the 18th, will
wage war on the pOachers on the for
est reservations and will cndeav0r to
t7hbsFk thG b@-h vt'VH VI tuC IOG CtsH
Of the United States to patrol the re-
serves during the months when camp
ers are likely TO start fires and chop.
pers likely TO cut the timber. While
the attendance was small, the enth,isi-
asm was great. The usual form OF
resolutions were passed. but this year
there will be n fighting phnlnnx back
OF the words. Every member has
pledged himself to work for the two
main points In the general resolutions.
Representatives In Congress will be
asked to induce the secretary Of war
to order the troops In the state to no
into active camp life In the mountains.
Their duties will n0minAlly consist OF
camp practice and sklrinish duties.
The latter will practically mean Tho
patrolling Of the reserves. but II wifi
be q pleasure. for the men will te per.
mittcd to hunt and fish M much Ar
they desire NO long m they keen 4
watch on the territory In their charge.
In the State Legislature the cfYorts
next session will he toward getting n
law which will not embrace too much.
but will cover thoroughly the devastn.
ting Of forest growth. The election N
oflicers, which was held yesterday :
morning, resulted ~ follows: Preri.
dent ". N. Byers; secretary and treas.
ureg, J. D. Thoburn.