The silver star., 1898-04-21
EARN NOTES.
fErom EIeld nnd t,nrm.l

FED on Alfalfa or Otner Iceu.hS tue ueets
produce a finer quality which requires
no butter color.
The American Cattle Company OF
this city has sold Its New Mexico herd
In SOcOrrO county. numbering 2,WU
head of stock cattle, to Thomas Ash
ton Of Yuma county In this state, de-
livery to be made this spring. The
company was forced to sell out In New
Mexico ON account OF the serious depre-
dations of rustlers, which made their
business unremunerativc.
There is something OF Il boom on in
Colorado this spring IN the way Of
building creamerics. skim stations and
cheese factories. Among the new ones
to 20 in is one nt Brush. Morgan county.
and one In Douglas county between
Castle Rock and Sedalia. J. Il. Bos
tick Is establishing cheese factory n.
Stamford. Las Animas county. The
new creamery mt Holyoke, Phillips
county, is under construction and there
nre others.
A new and destructive orchard pest
has made its appearance in Kansas
and Missouri. and is called the fringed-
wing apple-bud moth. 1t Is increasing
rapidly, infesting new orchards and
promises to be a most difficult pest to
combat. owing to its habits. 1t must
be sprayed early with bordeaux mix
ture and paris green combined. One
pound of pure green and two pounds
of fresh lime should be added to every
200 gallons of the bordeaux.
Planting operations In Colorado are
lighter this spring than for several
years past. The largest single planting
probably is Frank Crowley's 100 acres
In Prowers county. The fifty-acre
cherry orchard of Evans & Son In
Larimer county is the heaviest opera
ton In the northern part of the state.
The western slope will witness mere
ly nominal planting with no large set
tings anywhere. The idea seems to
prevail that we have now put out
about all the trees that the occasion de-
mnnds.
Everybody in Wyoming has gone
wild over sheep prospects. The price
has gone from $3.50 and So to IS and
$3.50 head in year and are held by
owners at SO for ewes AS Casper NJ.
l.. Bishop and Marion p. Wheeler have
each made the purchase of n flock Of
2.3OO sheep from Lewis A. Gantz. pay
Ing IS head, being Of all ages and
only about seventy-fve per cent.
breeding stock. l. l.. Gantz also
bought 1000 more from l.. A. Gantz
for IS head. George Voorhees, Of
Cheyenne recently made trip through
the southern portion OF Carbon county,
along the Colorado-W Wyoming line and
reports sheep losses of the past few
months to have been unprecedented in
that locality.
The sheepmen are gradually absorb
Ing the old cattle ranges In many parts
OF the West. In Weld county, this
state, n pool Of four flockmasters from
Rawlins. Wyoming. have leased the
Camfield ranch Of $1,000 acres and will
soon bring in their focks. Four other
sheepmen have secured range on Grow
creek In the same county, and some Of
the local men have been buying more
sheep. In wyoming some masters have
purchased the 2-ranch, comprising
several thousand acres OF patented
hay land In the Bates Park region Of
Laramie county. This was for years
the home of the Swan Land and Cattle
Company. Other big deals are pend
ing. and the tread Of the sheep will
soon resound where for years only
hoofs and horns We're seen.
1t is common practice among ANA
teurs and some professionals who SOW
seed OF various kinds indoors or In hot
beds. whether the soil Is moist or not,
TO water it Immediately after sowing.
This practice IL mistake. If the soil
In which the seeds are sown is moist mt
the time OF sowing do not water, as the
soil becomes stiff and forms IA crust on
the surface, which prevents the seeds
from pushing through. After sowing
the seed In nny soil. except an ex-
tremely dry one. wait day or two be-
fore watering until the soil dries up
pretty well. Then water gently witt
fine sprinkler sufficiently to mols.en
the soil moderately throughout, which
will suffice until the soil shows signs
of drying again. DO not give little
sprinkling every day. This only makes
the case worse. If in garden culture
the beds should he made so MS to irri.
gate laterally that the moisture may
arise from beneath by capillary at-
traction.
There Ii certainly money In fruit
growing when the business In conduct
ed. along the proper lines. but which,
unfortunately, IL not always the case.
Captain G. II. TIbbetts OF Newcastle,
Garfield county. last year gathered 300
bushels OF Enrly and Late Richmond
cherries from two acrcs, 10S trees to
the acre. six TO eight years old. They
sold for $500 gross. He nls0 gath
cred $500 bushels OF pears from six
acres Of land and shipped one carload
to Chicago, where they sold mt nm aver
age price of SO for forty two pound
boxes. The varieties were Flemish
Beauty. Bartlett. Kruws Winter and
Louise B0nne de Jersey. MFR. Tibbetts
has 1O8 acres planted to orchard In
the spring Of 1880. In 1907 hs apricots
bore 1000 bushels Of fruit. In apples
he favorx the Grimes Golden. Rome
Beauty, Jonathan. white Pearmain,
Rhode Island Greening, Baldwin and
Ben Davis. One White Pearnain tree
nine years old the pnst year, yielded
seven barrels Of apples.
A D0uglas county man named w. r..
Lambert irrigntes 2OO-acre orchard
containing nearly 22.OOO trees In =
rather unique manner. In the year
1905 n tubular well was bored. D2O feet
In depth. with five and sixteenth
inch casing to the depth Of 700 feet.