Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-21
FARMING MATTERS.
(Notes from Field and Farm)

sheep and lambs will he shipped out
OF the Durango region In southwestern
Colorado within the next six or eight
wsesA, The woods are full OF buyers
from the corn country.
Robert Miskimmon OF Wyoming has
purchased l.O0O head OF the Hecht cat
tie ON the Laramie plains nj S:'i n head.
The Carey Bros. OF Route county
have purchased 900 head of steers In
New Mexico. II Is said that they ARE
going out OF the bloodcd horse business
entirely. and VIII put much money into
cattle.
The Curtis Bros. OF Colorado City.
| Texas, have lust purchased the IL
ranch In Union county. New Mexico.
FOR Sii2.OOO. tn. ranch has l2.cpD
head OF cattle upon the ranges. Tie
company headquarters ARE located ON
the head OF the siakcd Plains back
| from the breaks OF the Pecos. The
nearest postotiicc IL nj the He'll ranch.
The property was originally known as
the McEroom ranch.
The Fort Collins sheep feeders have
learned that they can get no conccs-
.ions from the railroads and this means
Il great falling on In feeding this sea-
son. The Increased rates from the
principal shipping points In New McSi-
co to the Missouri river under the new
order Will Ia ns follows. From Trim
chcra. Ss.02: Clayton. SIZES: Folsom.
Si0.35. There seems TO be- no prospect
OF obtaining any concessions from
these rates.
a Montana man bought 40 iinc Me-
rino bucks recently nt cost OF $l5
each and dipped them In carbolie dip
I La fN.. ~ 4 10 fnfn..I
them out TO grass. but one by one they
began TO die. 4 veterinary surgeon
made an examination OF one OF the
dead annals and found the lungs bad
ly infinmcd and the lining OF the sto-
mach peeled on when he scrapcd IL ns
though II had been cooked with some
acid. The dip should have been made
In the proportion Of ! to 50.
Fall piowinI. especially OF adobe land
for sugar beet cultivation. should h.
extensively pracuccd. II the ground IL
In poor physical condition. leave II
thrown up rough without narrowing.
that the clods may be- acted upon by
SHOWS and frosts and pulvcrixcd. The
water. instead OF running OF the sur
face. can sink into the soil and bc
saved. Fall plowin: will destroy the
larvne OF many Injurious insects. IN
Ntuutuk tuS NHtrEptttstE huHt
so much damage III Mesa county this
year. An adobe soil which IL In good
condition should have some cover crop
growing on II.
We have been asked for n ration suit
ed To a dairy COW In full milk by using
such feed stun as alfalfa. sugar bccts
and grain. A proper feed would bc
twenty or twenty-five pounds OF the
hay. fifteen pounds Of the bccts and
i've pounds OF corn meal. Ground bar.
ley or bran could bc substituted ut
times for the corn meal Is so desired.
but In amy event II would bc better to
begin with three pounds OF the grain
and run up TO fivc pounds In two or
three weeks time. The alfalfa hay Is
most valuable when fed In this way rs
roughagc for the better assimilation
Of the other feed stufrs.
A man In Mon,rosc county knows
how to pluck and market apples. lie
treats his apples rs if they were jew
els. his trees are tended with the great.
est care. He employs experienced and
careful men. His fruit IL picked by
hand as fast rs II ripcns. The perfect
apples are wrapped In paper and
packed In boxes. which are sent to cold
store houses and kept In mn even tenn
pcraturc OF about 30 degrees until the
market is favorable. Then they are
shipped to Chicago. New York. ST.
Louis. and other cities. There is nj
ways n demand for them. both Mt home
and abroad. and some years the crop
has brought as much MS $4,000. more
than half OF which liz profit.
The Akron cattle pool has sold for
October delivery to Kansas and Ne.
braska buyers 5000 head OF feeders all
one and two-ycar-old steers. The
prices realized will be from S3.hO to
Si.25 per 100 pounds. These comprise
two distinct purchases OF the pool
eighteen months sincc-stock from Ari.
zona and New Mexico and stock from
the far western ranges. The southern
steers will weigh out In October Mt
from 100 to 500 pounds. while the west
ern steers will run from 500 to 1.3oO
pounds. Next years marketing of the
pool will be OF native one and two
yenr-old steers. pulling the scales at
from 500 to LOO pounds. This years
calves are selling freely on the Akron
ranges Mt from SIG to SIS n head.
r. I. Boncbrcak OF Topeka. Kansas,
IL forming nm association to protect
dealers In live stock from swindlers.
Mr.. Borebrcak is president OF the Cen
trail National Bunk mt Topeka, and has
been nm officer of the National Bank
ers' Association. which Is to form the
model for the new organization. His
plan Is to form protective association
of cnttlcmcn and bankers who lend
money on stock. He purposes an ar
rangemcnt with the Pinl;crton detec.
tive agency. whereby that organization
will be paid by the association for
catching and securing the conviction
Of cattle swindlcrs. The organization
will be composed Of the dealers in
Kansas City. Chicago. Omaha. st,
Louis and st. Joseph. There are about
LOCO of them who will join. a thou
sand banks handling cattle paper will
also join.
Tho hnrnlnunl MINT Of tha 1a..a...