Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-02
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.
(From Field and Farm.)

We must learn to use the new weed.
Ing machines and pulvcrizcrs ana pull
veriZcr attachments for cultivation In
the growing of small fruits and come
to the full knowledge of the fact that
whatever may be- said of extensive vs..
Intensive farming, II IL only the latter
that Will pay in fruit growing. Ilic
man who commands the markets ana
dictates prices of his productions must
have II superior article to offer.
Winter wheat culture Is gradually
coming into favor In Colorado ana
certain sections Of the state Will In
time adopt II for the principal grain
crops. Near In Junta, Otcro county.
John l.. Gaugcr one Of the splendid
farmers of the Arkansas valley. has
fifteen acres of Turkey Red. which Is
now fifteen inches high and looks
very fine. He thinks II will run nj
least 800 bushels. There certainly
must be profit In such crops ms these.
How many hockmastcrs on the open
range ever thought of using sheep
bells In their flock to protect their an
imnls from the attacks Of coyotes:
We know II man out on the eastern
plains who bells every twentieth sheep
with II No. = sheep bell. This scarcs
away animals which might do them
injury, and protects them by the tink-
ling sounds when In munon. Five per
cent of this mans sheep are black.
This enables the shepherd to keep
track of the herd by counting the
black ones daily. He can generally
tell by the shepherd instinct whether
any have straycd away. The bells
also assist in iindIng them II lost. If
the full number of black sheep. with
others known by special marks. are
not In the main herd. lie coupts and
then sets out To hunt them up. He
does not herd very closely.
III an article In January we said
that there were no horses except the
thOroughbrcds. bred in the United
States. suitable for cavalry purposes.
II Colorado was called upon for one
regiment of cavalry there would not
he enough horses in the state to mount
the men under strict examination. The
broncho has not the strength. the
draft horse lacks activity, and the
American trottcr has not the activity.
courage or constitution required for
hard marches with heavy weight. \
cavalry horse should be onc-half or
thrcc-uunrters thoroughbred. the more
of this blood the better. Then II would
he n good cavalry horse In any part
around farm horse that can he bred.
and II the farmers would only breed
their mares to large thoroughbred stall
lions they could always iird II ready
market for their surplus stock.
A reader in San Juan county. New
Mexico. believes that blight has struck
his orchard and asks for II description
of the disease. 1t Is not difficult to
distinguish 1t from other diseases.
Limbs affected become dead and black
cncd. as do also the leaves. flowers or
fruit which they bear. The injury
may be confined to one or few limbs,
or II may appear in blotches OH the
trunks and gradually extend to the
whole tree. This is known as twig
blight or fire blight. The germs of the
blight are so minute that they are cas-
lily carried in the air by light winds.
A method by which they gain access
most frequently is through the bios
SONS. They light upon the somewhat
viscd interior Of the Towering cup
and there begin 10 develop, passing
down through the stem into the twi.
below. They are also supposed to gain
access to the tree through the tips of
growing branches. where the growth
Is soft and Succulcnt. and they also
doubtless occasionally enter through
cracks in the bark. The damage may
be greatly reduced by watching the
trees from now OH through the grow
ing season and cutting OFF any affected
twigs that may appear. ut least n foot
below the lower point of injury. The
cuttings should be burned.