The western recorder., 1898-02-24
FARM NOTES.
rrom rleId and Farml

Farmers HFVunl i<th--hfNfft 49,
ing sugar beets to their hogs. perhaps
II, the hopes of raisiug sugar-cured
hams.
The midwinter weather on this side
Of the mountains is so uniformly Iniiu
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 ana
fbe season is so young that much can
be accomplished.
The state veterinary sanitary board
has refused to do away with the one
and one-lialf cent inspection fee on
cattIe passing through this state bound
for Kansas. The board has decided
that the statutes prohibit n removal OF
the fee. Kansas requested that 1t be
removed.
The central Kansas poultrymen have
started n movement TO have the poul-
try meetings of the various counties
aided by the county commissioners out
OF public funds. They argue that hor-
NAL institutes and county fairs are
thus aided, and the poultry industry Is
equally worthy of help.
Harry Hamilton. 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 it simple and easy mat
ter to provide what little shelter they
needed and has not lost one.
The Kit Carson county Stock Grow
crs' Association has organized with a
membership of forty-six, and will hold
n meeting on March 12th nj 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 a piece onsthem 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-fivc 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 COlu ana munger. are uiiuie ~
drag through mud and slush.
At farmers institute in northern
Colorado the other day a wide diverg-
ence in opinion as to the effect of rye
pastures on milk and butter developed,
some claiming It to be harmless and
others the reverse. The explanation
by those favoring rye pastures was
that the cows were taken from the rye
three or four hours before milking.
similar light was thrown on the ques-
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 a 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 II wide view
of the matter and introduce their seed
to Eastern buyers.
There is going to be 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, a distance of nearly 200 miles.
The very best patches under the care
of experienced gardeners have yielded
rs high as 800 crates TO the acre. but
IA. nssf
2G0 crates of marketable cuntaloupes
are considered a good heavy yield.
Last season. owing to Indifferent culti-
vation 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 La Sale are
aroused by the threatened encroa ch-
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 mt Fort Lupton
Plntteville. Brighton. Henderson.
Frinkville and La Sale. pledging dairy
men TO stand together and protect
their interests now and hereafter by
whatever action is necessary. There
are seven crcameries located in the six
towns named
Each of the horticultural districts of
the Rocky Mountain region will wit
ness u good deal of planting this sea-
son. but the work will probably not be
so general MS in any of the last four
years. Better varieties will be planted
and more attention will be given to
the small fruits. Much of the stock
will come from the home nurseries.
Black raspberries are more hardy
than the red but the small fruit grow
ers around Denver find the red ones
more salable. and we seldom see the
blackcaps planted here. The blackcaps
are suitable for drying purposes and
are in demand in local markets and
those of the mountain towns where
they seem to command as large prices
as the red varieties. Tie Tyler is the
earliest, is of medium size. bears heav-
lily and is n splendid berry in every
respect. The Souhegan comes next
and much resembles the Tyler. The
Gregg is the latest and one of the larg-
est 1t does not bear quite so heavily
as the others but is the best shipper of
all. OF the red ones the Marlboro and
Louden are the largest, of best quality
and most productive. while the new
purple Columbian is finding favor in
many places. Marlboro and Louden
are very much alike in fruit and bush,
but the Louden is the hardest red va
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