The silver star., 1898-10-27
FARMING MATTERS.
(rrom Field and Farm.)

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Some Of tho Larlmcr county sheep
feeders are paying nm high M e2.06 f0s
lambs this fall. This includes freight
paid to the river, but II is big price
for lambs.
Tho Arkansas valley people are mot
going to feed NO many lambs this sea-
son ~ last and thus fur we have heard
OF only 1000 head contracted for In
Otcro county. Tho Idea prevails that
tho hay ID worth more for other pur.
poses.
Tho Oklahoma station changed two
cows from prairie grass pasture to nj
falfa. both pastures being In good con-
dition. After allowing the cows q week
to become used 10 tho change. the
yields were weighed and tested. It
was found that there was an Increase
OF 20 per cent. In the yield. One Of the
cows showed q very slight change In
tho quality Of the milk and tho other
none.
The Denver Dairymcn's Association
mas laid out some practical work to
DO and We hope the plans will bc car
fled out. One very good scheme In TO
buy all grain and feed supplies mt
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consideration In nm order for LOCO tons
Of corn from Nebraska or Knnsas. II
ID too bad that s0mc Colorado COM
munity cannot supply this corn no that
the money for II might be kept at
home. Kansas and Nebraska buy none
Of our dairy products.
The full Of the ycar IL the natural
time for putting out nut seeds for trees
q rNnS
permanently. The Oldest nut tree in
Colorado grown from seed brought in
by white men stands In Bellevue val
Icy In Larimer county and IL now for
ty years old. 1t is a black walnut
brought from Missouri by q hester In
1858, and this tree IL a living evidence
OF what may Ike done in nut culture.
In planting nuts II II best to cover
walnuts three inches, hickory two,
acorn two. The latter usually sends n
root down into the earth In the fall
and In the spring starts up n shoot
The nut tree would lie Just the things
to grow along our highways and
bitches.
Evidently u new and Important dis
covery has been made In the l'uudre
valley this year In the use Of sheep
manure for unirrigated lands. Last
fall Thomas Cline Of the Harmony dis
trict five miles south Of Fort Collins
applied good quantity 70 n piece Of
plowed land. Afterwards he turned the
manure under with the plOw and then
gave II good soaking with water
from his ditch. Last spring he again
plowed the land and planted potatoes
upon 1t and without drop OF water
In the wny of irrigation during the
season raised fine crop. From one
acre he took sixty-three sacks contain
Ing two bushels to the sack of fine,
large, smooth, ripe potatoes, some of
which weigh two and one-fourth
pounds. David Williamson of the same
neighborhood tried n similar expert
ment with results equally satisfactory.
This adds another argument In favor
Of the sheep feeding Industry. Large
quantities Of sheep manure accumulate
In the c0rrals and feeding pens which
should be utilized for fertilizing pur-
poses. The value In this respect seems
to be the readiness with which the
manure absorbs and retains moisture.
1t is beyond question a fact that 1t
pays to manure orchards, or indeed any
sort Of fruit plantations. We Of Colo
rado fully recognize that new lands,
when once subdued, are better than
older ones, that crops are better on
them and fruits and grains finer; and
yet, because our lands continue to prO-
duce profitable crops, and because the
decrease In size of fruit or quality of
grain Is SO gradual, some of us at
least, conclude that our soils are prac-
tically inexhaustible, and consequently
do not need any manuring. Another
thing which often leads people of the
west to think that manuring does not
pay is because they apply 1t mt the
wrong time or in the wrong place.
Strawy manure hauled directly to the
orchard and plowed In is worse than
useless, because 1t prevents the soil
from settling and thus allows the air
to dry 1t out Besides this, the manure
not being rotted does not disintegrate
and Is not available for the plant, 1t
therefore does little good and some
positive harm. 1t should be piled in
some out-Of-the-way place and allowed
to compost before 1t is used. The prop
er place to apply manure Is some dis
tance from the tree where the feeding
roots are found. How often do we see
1t piled up about the trunk of a tree
where 1t can do almost no good and
may do harm by harboring mice and
insect pests?