The Delta independent., 1899-11-03
FARMING MATTERS.

fAD0eQVC MAJ lEkSS
n Faflroads have erUshej lamb
,eeAlAg In C0sOeado. withOut ninrin9
x0e6s Or trying to cover mp an iniquity
his b an there b to II.
The La Cueva Ranch Company Of
Nora county. New Mexico. has Sold its
-ntire crop of spring calves number
NJ l.10O head, to J. H. sechrist, and
-hey have been shipped to Iowa.
The farmers around Eaton. Weld
,oanfy. have laid In 10000 northern
Amhs for the winter. The two princi-
al Importer have been ". J. Farr
and H. ]. Thompson, who formerly
vent south for stock
The Gedlles Sheep Company Of Wyo-
ming delivered 1000 lambs to q Min
1cnotA feeder last week. They were
aold by weight. and 1GGO brought
IN average for the entire decker OF
2.2854 q head.
The way In which cattle growers are
going into pure-bred lines In Colorado
las never before been exes.lls<i here
and II encouraging to thOse who have
alpored no many years to bring about
his end. The scrub In going II In fac,
has not already gone. and this is
cheerful ASSURANCE for the welfare OF
be stock interests.
CobOnel Moore Of the North Park
~in lay low now for the next two
Tears and do DO steer buying ON kpecu
alton. He has this season driven on
1lG steers and the ranch will he main
aimed merely As breeding eSta blish-
ment In . small way until things look
more promising for higher prices. He
Gil1 not Of cOurAe 20 out Of cattle rails
nx entirely. but will merely lay by for
time to aee how the wind will blow.
From tests made Of heets ai,out six
seeks ago II 10 found that the Ane fan
~eatbes which has prevailed with the
Exception Of the weeks storm . short
lime ago. has added from 20 to 1taD per
,ent. to the sugar cOntents OF the beets-
This shows what Colorado sunshine
win do and In an argument In favor Of
nsore factories for the state. 1t In yet
amount Of beets the factory can count
npoa. but the average yield PER acre
will lot 90 below twelve tons.
Sugar beet harvesting has begun On
the western alope. Instructions having
tDeen sent to the Keller brothefa at
Fruita. whose ninety acre patch In the
largest In the valley. to begin digging
and delivering to the factory. Recent
analyses made Of the bets from this
Patch, grown o. GrouDd pS0wcsl hast
spring for the arst time. show . high
per cent of sugar. some reaching l6
per cent II b probabae that The aver
we for this patch viii be II PER eent.
<aeaP aDd Il pr ceat. eo<0eiant o{
pasrity and the general average Of the
Galley will not 20 below II par ceat.
A new method Of handling the range
cattle business b ann00Dcesl - On
rial the Dunhar Cattle Company Of
wyoning INTRODUCING II fse the mar
Aeen,eat o1 its eooemoas b0s1DeoA 1t
coaststs Substantially e divjding The
xreat herds Into suaan banehea. eoeh
II WhieA = b be managed anA eo0-
trolDed b. Q snan separate eo0pany,
IN s1eA eonpanies - be 1naar TIE
seoesal s1QaTvinasa sf ths unsAhes 60
Pseafisn. JoAg1ng hv II. aftiear0 ~
~ IT, salAn esnpan1ss th0s Tar -
x1niDed, pannant 10 the PaaA. they
srp - Be caratalised ct ahosa &1a.000
zach
The annual Pui,iic neetia& of tAs
Colombo State Board ot Horticulture
win be held in the capitol but]dinG In
Denver the last three days oe Novea-
her The program b now aboat con-
plete<l and shows the intr0ducti00 Of
many new writers and speakera, all
men Of experience In special lines for
which they have been assigned sab
jerta The dry orchariinx Of Colo
rado will have one sp,ssiOn devoted I"
tts peculiar interpsts and the regular
ordeal With Insects will BE- taken up
as we'll ~ practical papers on all other
branches u tree culturr in the arid
rcGton.