Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-09
FARMING MATTERS.

The railroads have crushed Lamp
'eedIng in Colorado. Without mincins
words or trying Ia cover up an iniqulty
his is all there is TO II.
The La Cueya Ranch Company OF
Nora county. New Mexico. has sold It's
.ntire crop OF spring calves. number,
ng LOO head. To J. II. Sechris,, ana
hey have been shipped TO Iowa.
The farmers around Eaton. Weld
county, have laid In 1900 northern
amhs for the winter. The TWO pfihcI'
1ai importers hnv. been ". j. Farr
tnd II. ]. Thompson. who formerly
went south for stock.
The G.,i,ies Sheep Company OF wyo-
ming delivered 1900 lambs 10 a Min'
i,s0la feeder last week. They wene
sOld by weight. and 1000 brought
sa35 head and 1000 si..5. making
M average for the entire dick"F OF
s.a..22.i. head.
| Tie way In which cattle growers are
going into puns-brri lines in Colorado
las never before been cSc"ll.d here
,ni Is encouraging 10 those who have
alorcd 70 many years To bring about
;hls end. The scrub Is going II In fac;
q has not already gone, nni this Is
I -lswEtul N->uEutlsE lbE Al' NFAa'rNs Ns
he stock Interests.
Colonel Moore OF the North Park
alll lay low now for III. next two
.,ar- and do no steer buying on spccu'
alton. He has this season driven OF
~ steers and the ranch Will be main
,,ain-d merely as a breeding establish
mcnt In small way until things look
more promising for higher prices. lie
will not ~ course go out OF cattle rails
ris entirely. but win merely lay by for
time 10 see how the wind will blow.
From tests made objects about six
weeks ago II Ii found that the iinc fall
weather which has prevailed with the
iSccItlop OF III. weeks storm a short
Tine ago has added from 20 10 100 per
sent. 20 the sugar contcits OF the bccis.
ri,is shows what Colorado sunshine
vii do md Is an argument In favor OF
'norc factories for the stale. II II yet
100 varH TO give n definite Idea Of the
amount OF bccts tho factory can count
ipoh. bu, the n1raEc yield per acrc
will not go below twciy. tons.
Sugar bee, harvesting has begun on
The western slope. INSTRUCTIONS having
been sen, TO the Refer brothers nt
fruita. whose nincIy.acrc patch Is the
lnrses, iu the valley. TO begin digging
aud delivering to the factory. Recent
innlysc~ made of the ll,ccts from this
patch. grown on ground piowed last
spring for the firN time. show high
per cent OF sugar. some reaching 10
per cent. II IN probable that the aver
rye for this patch will be II per cent.
sugar and 81 per cent. co-ciiicicnt OF
purity and tho general average OF the
valley Will no, go below !. per cent.
A new method Of handling the range
caitlc business Is announced ms on
rial. the Dunbar Cattle Company OF
Wyoming introdncing,i II for the. man-
lccmcni of Its enormous business. II
consists substantially of dividing the
great herds Into sBnll bunchcs, each
Of which Is To be managed and con.
trollei by n small separate company.
Ill such. companies 10 be under the
general supervision OF the mother cor
pora,lon. Judging by the articles filed
by the small companies thus far or
I.yanizcd. pursuant TO the plan. they
are 10 be capitalized at about $4,000
, zach. H. "a g' So --... .
The annual public meeting; OF. the
! Colorado Statt Board OF Horticulture
will be held In the capitol building In
Denver the last three. days OF Novcm-.
| Der. The! program Is now about CON-
| plctcd and shows the introduction OF
many new writer's and speakers. all
men OF experience In special lines for
which they have been assigned sub
| jects. The dry orcharding Of Colo
RADIO wHl have one session devoted to
It's peculiar interests and the regular
ordeal with insects will he taken up.
us well ns practical papers on all other
branches of tree culture in the arid
+ region. .t