The western recorder., 1898-04-14
FARM NOTES.
(From Field and Farm.l


The American Cattle Company OF
this city has sold Its New Mexico herd
In Socorro county. numbering 1000
head OF stock cattle. to Thomns Ash
ton Of Yuma county In this state. de-
livery 10 be made this spring. The
company was forced to sell out In New
Mexico on account OF the serious depre-
dafions OF r,istlcrs. which made their
business unremunerative.
There IL something OF boom on In
Colorado this spring In the way OF
building crcamcries. skim stations and
cheese factories. Among the new ones
to so in is one at Brush, Morgan county.
and one In Douglas county between
Castle Rock and scdalla. ]. 4. Bos-
tick Is establishing n cheese factory nj
Stamford. Lns Animas county. The
new creamery at Holyokc, Phillips
county. Is under construction and there
are others.
A new and destructive orchard pest
has made Its appearance In Kansas
and Missouri. and Is called the fringcd-
wing npple-bud moth. II is Increasing
rapidly, infcsting new orchards aud
promises To be a most difficult pest to
combat. owing to Its habits. II must
be sprayed early with bordeaux mix
turc 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
yenrs paet. The largest single planting
probably Is Frank Crowlcy's 100 acres
In Prowers county. The fifty-acrc
cherry orchard OF Evans 4 Son In
Larimer county IL the heaviest opera
tion 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 So and
1880 head In a year and are held by
owners ut SO for ewes. As Casper NJ.
l.. Bishop and Marion p. Wheeler have
each made the purchase of flock Of
2,300 sheep from Lewis A. Gnniz, pay
Ing 50 head, being OF all ages and
only about scventy-fivc per tent.
breeding stock. l. l.. Gantz also
bought 1000 more from L. A. Gnntz
for So head. George Voorhees, OF
Cheyenne recently made trip through
the southern portion of Carbon county,
along the Colorado Wyoming line and
reports sheep losses Of the past few
months TO have been unprecedented in
that locality.
The sheepmen nrc gradually absorb
Ing the old cattle ranges In many parts
OF the West. In Weld county, this
l Of ao, ...ts.
Rawlins, Wyoming. have leased the
Camfield ranch OF 1900 acres and will
soon bring In their Hocks. -Four other
shecpmen 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-rnnch, 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 yenrs only
hoofs and horns were seen.
II is a common practice among anna.
teurs and some professionals who SOW
seed OF various kinds indoors or In hol
beds, whether the soil Is moist or not
to winter II Immediately after sowing
This practice II mistake. II the sol
In which the seeds are sown IN moist ri
the time OF sowing do not water. as The
soil becomes stlff and forms n crust OF
fhe surface. which prevents the seed.
from pushing through. After sowing
the seed In any soil, except mn ex
tremely dry one. wait day or two be
fore watering until the soil dries VI
| mr. f.e .fsl
n fine sprinkler sufficiently to inolster
the soil moderately throughout, whicl
will suffice until the soil shows signs
OF drying again. DO not give LITTLE
sprinklIng every day. This only make,
the case worse. If In garden culture
the beds should be made 30 ns to irri
gate literally that the moisture may
arise from beneath by capillary at
traction.
There ls certainly money In frnli
growing when the business is conduct
ed along the proper lines, but which
unfortunately. Is not always the ease
Captain G. II. TIbbetts OF Newcastle
Garfield county. last year gathered 0ef
bushels OF Early and Laie Richmond
cherries from two acres. los trees Il
the acre, six to eight years old. They
sold for 81 800 gross. He also gath
cred $500 bushels OF pears from SIX
ncres OF land and shipped one carload
to Chicago, where they sold Mt an aver.
nge price OF 81 for foriy-two- pound
boxes. The varieties were Flemish
Beauty. Bartlett, Kruws Winter and
Louise Bonne de Jersey. Mr.. Tibbcits
has 103 acres planted to orchard IN
the spring Of 1889. In 1897 his npricots
bore ! 900 bushels OF fruit. In apples
he favors the Grimes Golden, Rome
Beauty. Jonathan. White Pearmnin,
Rhode Island GreenIng. Baldwin and
Ben Davis. One White Pearmain tree
nine years old the past year, yielded
seven barrels OF apples.
A Douglas county man named W. r.
Lambert irrigates 200-ncrc orchard
| containing nearly 1900 trees In n
rather unique manner. In the year
1895 tubular well was bored. 02O feet
In depth. with five and three-sixteenth.
inch casing TO the depth OF 800 feet
The water came within fifty feet OF
the surface. A twenty-foot windmill
on n sixty-foot tower IL delivering wat
er on top Of a hill about thrce-eighths
OF n mile distant, Into cementcd reser-
voir 100x10O feet In size. This reser-
voir Is above all the orchard. Its Gu.
pncity will afford ample work for the
windmill throughout the year. From
this reservoir iron pipes are laid
| throughout the orchard with water
faucets ut convenient distances for
hose attachments. Each irrigntor has
300 feet OF hose and at the end OF the
| hoze nozzle there IL n one-fonrth inch
pipe attached, nbout three feet long.
This IL inserted Into the ground mt the
roots Of n tree, the water being turned
on. and by applying a gentle pressure
the water Is soon delivered under and
around the roots.
The advantages Of the silo are