The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
WESTERN FARM NOTES.


Word has been received from Wash
ngton of the selection of Hon. Elwood
lead, state engineer Of Wyoming, as
onsulting expert Of the Department. Of
Agriculture in the Bureau of Irrigation
Investigation about to be established,
md for which an appropriation has
)een made by Congress. This appoint
nent will not interfere with Professor
Mead's duties or position in Wyoming,
Through the efforts of Frank Mon
iell, assistant general land commits
sioner, large body of land in the vi
Unity of DEVILS Tower, Wyoming,
which had been withdrawn from set
Element, is restored to the public do
main and is open for settlement. A
reservation of 1900 acres in the inn
mediate vicinity and including the
tower has been reserved as a public
park.
Denverites will not have to go hunt
ing for their favorite berry this sum-
mer. There will be almost superflui-
ty, as there was last year. The great
ranches in the Arkansas valley have al
ready begun to send in their boxes of
heart-shaped fruit, and they will con-
tinue to send their thousands of crates
of delicious strawberries to this mar
ket Market street wholesale men are
preparing for the deluge. They count
on not little profit for the season.
The Minneapolis Journal says: mot
for years has the Northwest been so
short of wheat as now. Country
stocks have reached a very low point,
there being probably less than 2,000,-
900 bushels at this time held by coun-
try houses, only a very small portion
of which is contract wheat. This ex-
plains why the Minneapolis wheat
market has advanced over twenty
cents in one week. The wheat to fill
contracts is not in sight
The State Veterinary Sanitary
Boards of Colorado and Kansas have
agreed to Jointly inspect all cattle des-
tined for points in Kansas and the
Kansas City stock yards and which
come through the state of Colorado.
To cover the expense of the joint in
spection, a fee of 2 cents a head will
be charged payable before bill Of
health is issued. All cattle from the
state of California entering the state
of Colorado, either to remain in the
state or passing through the state des-
tined to other points, must be provid-
ed with a government permit to leave
California, and must also be inspected
| before crossing the state line of Colo
RADIO. On the western border they will
| be inspected by II. G. Ballard of
ThOmpson's Springs, Utah, at the near
est point of unloading to the state
line; on the southern border by p. J.
| Towner Of East Las Vegas, New Mex
leo, or Deputy William Cooper at Ra-
ton, New Mexico.
In estimating the damage done by
the November cold snap in Mesa coun-
| ty the Grand Junction News says:
peach trees suffered the most, the
tops of many being killed back one
| seasons growth. Bartlett pear trees
appear to be all right, and in some in
stances will bear fruit, although last
winter the authorities on such mat
ters insisted that every Bartlett tree
| was killed. Keifer and other varieties
will bear fair crops. Plums, prunes,
cherries and grapes are practically I'M
! injured and will bear heavily. Apples
are not injured at all and the crop
will be at least two and One-half times
as large as last year, owing to in
creased acreage in bearing. ApricOts
win be a partial crop. Small fruits
promise well. Catalogues are being
planted quite extensively this season
and will take the place of the loss in
our peach crop" There are any num-
Der of things that can be grown as
filters and the setback which the trees
/ have received may prove benefit in
time. Certain it is that the seasons
rest which they will receive can do
no harm and may do considerable
good.