Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1898-10-13
FARMING MATTERS.


liam NJ. Roylnncc has shipped car
load of prime comb honey east ana
has engaged seven more carloads for
October shipment. The cOnsignments
go to Boston. The honey crop in east
crn Utah is the largest In the history
of the country, and nj the present rate
Will soon he second ms an industry
only to sheep md alfalfa.
The whca: crop Of northern Colorado
this year Is found to be of most excel
lent milling quality. On account of
the lack of gluten there Is an excess
of starch, which makes the wheat
hnty. as 1t is called by nlllers. and for
this reason separates more readily from
the bran and makes better flour. IL
will grade Ms hard wheat. and consiu-
cred chemically. ii contains over sew
rnty per cent. carbohydrates. which Is
the fat and muscle producing element
Of all bread stuifs.
y. &. Afford. one of the most prnc-
teal and successful bee keepers OF
Larimcr county. holds 10 the belief
that much of the possibility of bees
rowing may he removed by never TAX
ing away from the brood-clamber the
full sheets Of foundation. Better combs
are produced by having the weaker
colonies build mp the combs in the
early part of the season. However. the
natural course which bees take In
making the honey In the comb Is much
more perfect than when the formal
zion sheets are laid.
Some fruit from Colorado sent 10 the
Omaha Exposition was found Ia he
affected with the Putnam scale which
some Of the other exhibitors nistook
for the San Jose scale. There was Il
great scare u. once and the whole
al. a,
confiscatcd for the flames. II WAS III
lowed TO remain. however. and Is yet
to be Judged. \ story in Il Denver
daily paper about III" great number OF
premiums taken In Colorado IL all
false for the reason thar the awards
have not yet been made.
\ man is foolish 10 buy mp so many
thousand acres of land rs some have
been doing. They are land crazy. In
the first place II man cannot Dny
enough land on which 10 run II band or
sheep. The feed gets poorer all the
time where they feed on one piece OF
land continually. So long as there re-
mains open range II seems incNpedi-
cnt to load up with big parcel OF
land which In II few years may be OF
no earthly use whatever. 1t Is the free
grass which has made sheep raising
so profitable In this country.
Colorado fruit growers must learn
the art OF packing ;lclr goods IL they
expect to stay In business and wear
diamonds On Market street this week
we were amused Ia find Bartlett. kcif-
fer and Flemish Beauty pears packed
In one box. This little pleasantly on
the part of the packer cost him dock
age amounting to Il dollar box.
Stralght packed Barile;ts of even size
and uniform ripcncss sold nt 81 while
the mixed goods We're slow nj 81.
Such lessons as this will have to he
learned by every careless packer In
Colorado, lust ms IL WAS learned III Cal
ifOrnia twenty-five years ago. Live
and learn. but do not let the lesson
cost too much.
Many catilemcn make the mistake
OF waiting until the breeding 3eason
Is well opened before they make their
purchases of bulls. II Is then that
they must pay the highest prices. Dur
ing the fall months breeders always
have OH hand more stock than they
care to winter over. Their yards are
crowded and in order to make room
they are willing To make some Sacri-
tices and sell good stock at very rcn-
sonabIe rates. II Is not an unusual
thing for buyers IN the spring to lny
S1J or $50 more for stock than would
, have procured them the previous fall.
to say nothing of the advantage of
/; having the stock nrclimatcd before the
breeding season opens.
In every irrigated locality the effects
of ovcr-irrigation ar" chiefly visible In
the fall Of the year In orchards. fields
and gardens The soil that has had too
much water poured upon 1t during The
irrigation seu:on becomes lifclcss AMI
of no value for growin. crops. The
excess pcrcolatcs through the hard-Ian
or surface soil. where 1t forms n sheet
of pcnt-up mud. This undertake. of
lifclcss water soon rOhS the soil of its
loemy attributes and destroys The fer
tll.ty by causing II 10 form III clods or
mud-stones. a few years OF such irri-
cation will convert good farming land
into worthless meadows anu make Il
swamp of what ought to he we'll
drained fields. There are any number
of lust such places TO be seen around
Denver and other towns In the state
where the iris and foxtail are in pos
session of what were once fertile Farms
and productive garden patches.
Judge Ruckcr of Denver grew such
Z: fine crop of corn this season on II
dry and barren hillside by employing
Il s,Ibsoil pillow in the preparation of
the land that he is now II complete
convert to the new science of western
agriculture. and will put much of his
farm under the sub-soil pillow during
the coming winter and following
spring. The philosophy of subsoiling
IL easily understood. The subsoil pillow
loosens but does not raise to the sur
face the more compact lower soil and
renders II sufficiently fine for the en-
trance of roots. Many plants send
roots down to the depth of eighteen
inches to two feet or even more. If the
subsoil is sufficiently loose to allow
their entrance. II needs no argument
to sustain the proposition that II soil
loosened to n depth of two feet is more
productive than soil stirred only To the
Ilcnth of six inches. Fmrthrrmorr. in