The silver star., 1898-03-03
FARM MITES.
rrom FIeld nnd FarmD

The midwintcr weather on this side
of the mountains Is so uniformly mild
and open that the plOws are running
In many sections and spring work may
be said to be well under way. The
ground Is In very good condition and
the season IL so young that much can
be accomplished.
The state veterinary sanitary board
has refused to do away with the one
and one-half cent inspection fee on
cattle passing through this state bound
for Kansas. The board has decided
that the statutes prohibit removal of
the fee. Kansas requested that 1t be
removed.
The central Kansas poultrymen have
started a movement to have the pOtll-
try meetings of the various counties
aided by the county commissioners out
OF public funds. They argue that nor
NAL institutes and county fairs are
thus aided. and the poultry industry Is
equally worthy of help.
Harry Hamilton. a young man from
Colorado, who located in the Pecos val
ley of New Mexico two years ago is do
ing very well with his winter lambs
and reports crop of half-breed Ok
fords equal to 1O1 per cent. Of the
ewes which he has had in breeding.
He has found 1t simple and easy mat
ter to provide what little shelter they
needed and has not lost one.
The Kit Carson county Stock Grow
ers' Association has organized with
membership of forty-six. and will hold
meeting on March 18th at Claremont.
Mrs. Robert Powers OF Eustis. Ne
braska, raised 400 broilers for the Den
YER market by hand last year, and
from twenty-seven hens, but we are
willing to wager that she did not make
three cents n piece on them in clear
profit.
The winter has been exceptionally
severe along the Colorado Utah line.
Range riders report cattle dying daily
on the range. One cattleman who is
ranging small bunch in that section
says that he fears the loss will amount
to from fifty to seventy-five per cent.
before the country dries up In the
spring. The heaviest losses in horned
stock are incurred during the spring
breakup. when the cattle. weak from
the cold and hunger. are unable to
drag through mud and slush.
At farmers institute in northern
ence In opinion as to the effect of rye
pastures on milk and butter developed,
some claiming IT to he harmless and
Others the reverse. The explanation
by those favoring rye pastures was
that the cows We're taken from the rye
three or four hours before milking. A
similar light was thrown on the qucs-
tion Of millet, but millct hay with the
seed was looked on with suspicion by
majority of those who discussed the
point.
A number OF Greeley potato dealers
and planters are visiting the Divide
country for their annual supply of seed
stock. and hereby hangs tale. 1t has
been found from years of experience
that seed grown at n higher altitude
does better when planted on lower lev
els and In case of potatoes those grown
without irrigation seem to give best
results when transplanted In irrigated
soil. This makes the Divide goods
preferable to all others. and the grow
ers up there ought to take wide view
OF the matter and introduce their seed
to Eastern buyers.
There IL going to he quite furore
In cantaloupe growing In the Arkansas
valley this year. and 1000 acres prob
ably will be required for this crop
alone from the foothills TO the state
line. distance of nearly 200 miles.
The very best patches under the care
OF experienced gardeners have yielded
as high as 300 crates to the acre. hut
under most favorable circumstances.
200 crates OF marketable cantaloupes
are considered a good heavy yield.
Last season. owing to Indifferent culti-
walton by few farmers the average
In OterO county was brought down TO
less than eighty crates to the acre.
The dairymen on the Platte valley.
between Brighton and In Sale are
aroused by the threatened encroach.
ment OF sheep on what they call the
dairy ranges ON both sides OF the river.
A mass meeting was held at Lupton
last Saturday for the purpose OF tax
Ing immediate action In defence OF the
vast interests which are threatened by
the sheep men. The dairymen passed
resolutions TO have the sheep removed
by March LIST. Resolutions are also
being circulated at Fort Lupton,
plattcvllle. Brighton. Henderson,
Frinkvilie and La Sale. pledging dairy
men to stand together and protect
their Interests now and hereafter by
"""sS''s u'stou ~ ueceHhuTy. There
are seven crcameries located In the sIx
| towns named.
Each OF the horticultural distrIcts OF
the Rocky Mountain region will wit.
ness a good denl OF planting this sen.
son. but the work Will probably mot be
NO general as In any OF the last fonr
years. Better varieties will be planted
nnd more attention will be given 10
the small fruits. Much Of the rtoch
Will come from the home nurseries
Black raspbcrries are more hsrdv
than the red. but the small fruit grow.
crs around Denver find the red ones
more ralablc. nnd we seldom see the
omckcnps planted here. The blackcaps
are suitable for drying purpoNe~ and
are In demand in local markets ana
tnose OF the mountain towns where
tney seem to command M large nrices
a. the red varieties. The Tyler r the
snr'Ies.' " OF medium size. bcars heav
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