Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-23
FARMING MATTERS.
Note. From Field and Farm.


steady income Is encouraging TO future
plantations. The North Fork Orchard
Company Is clearing u large acreage
%. sage brush land which will be plant
cd to trees next year.
One man In the San Luis valley is
! evidently not satisfied ytih the present
rrIce OF wool and Is holding 100000
pounds for prospective advances. i.
N. Harskin OF Otcro county, one
Of the best feeders In the Arkansas val
lev. has purchased several thousand
head OF lambs round about Clayton.
New Mexico, and will soon bring them
up.
The Shropshire Sheep Company OF
New Mexico Is now putting In the
largest dipping tank In the West. This
company has 10000 head OF sheep OF
Its own and will do large dipping
business for other breeders. The plant
Is at Magdalena and the galvanized
steel tank Is seventy feet long. placed
In a stone building l05N30 feet, with II
steel roof and cement floors and drain
pens.
Secretary McCallIstcr of the Utah
Wool Growers Association reports the
outlook for the sheep business brighter
now than nj any other time In the his
tory OF the state. and believes wool
Will he 20 cents pound next year.
The clip Will also he heavy unless all
signs fail. The winter ranges are In
splendid condition. This will keep the
sheep fat and cause the wool TO grow
rapidly.
The sugar beet crop or the rccos
valley Is not up 10 the average this
season on account OF n dry. hot sum
mcr. \ good parr OF the bccis raised
have been contracted for fatirnlnE
lambs and young cattle. This 10 one
OF the beauties OF sugar beet growing
In this country. II III. roots fall down
In size. quality or good looks they need
not then bc lost. but can b- utilized
In feeding stock OF various kinds. We
win always have the stock here In the
West aud disappointment In som" OF
our farm crops VIII tend TO make bet
ter beef. mutton and pork.
I'll. Yuma county stock association
met Inst week nni transacted cunsid-
crnbic business. II has fixed n bounty
Of $40 OH gray wolves KILLED within
the limits of the association. ]. ".
Gruham wus elected delegate To the
National Live Stock Association to bc
held nj Fort Worth. Texas. In January.
Some Denver butchers seem to make
n point OF kc-pins the toughest beef
they tan and. Their steak seems TO II.
n cro-s between manila rolr and
ho. handle. Co.orn'lo people ar- will.
Ing tn pay for the b~st. md they are
always charged Tor II. bat somehow
the good beef appears TO b. shipped
east.
/ \ representative OF a local creamery
supply house who spent some time this
season out In New Mexico aud Utah.
says those sections nrc becoming dairy
regions III. same as Colorado. The
cool temperatures. particularly Mt
, night. render the keeping OF milk n
1 very easy matter and sour milk II nh
unusual thing compared with other sec.
tlous OF the country. Grazing Ian Il nJc
abundant and cheap and many crop
srowtbs suitable for the dairy are
adapted to the climate. Some Of the
residents there nrc nlrrliy taking hold
ir earnest and the next few years arc
| expected TO develop the industry to
large proportions.
The farmers OF Utah have discount.
cd lis In the growing and marketing Of
alfalfa seed. In Miilnri county alone
II Is estimated that no, less than $50.
COO will he distributed among the farm.
crs for alfalfa seed during the present
season. The local seed buyers have
| put up n steam cleaning plant thnt
cost over 5000. II il now In perfect
running order. turnin. out about 200
bushels OF cleaned seed n day. Colo.
rndo does not produce ns much seed
now as II did few years since. when
hs many rs ninety carloads were ship.
| ped from the Arkansas valley. The
utilization OF the hay crops in feeding
sheep aud cattle has deferred most
growers from taking n seed crop. The
low price for seed also had good deal
to do toward lcsscnci production.
a cattle dealer who had just made
tour OF the southern counties Of wyo-
ming and North Park. Colorado. says
that in all his experience on the west.
| crn range he has never seen the wea-
thcr better. the grass on the plains and
mountains cured ns well. cattle scarccr
or fnttcr than nj the present time. He
has Just left North Park. where he
says the weather Is rs mild and beau.
tiful as In the country around Denver,
there being no snow whatever in the
Park. and only about foot In the
timber on the top Of the divide he.
tween North Park nnd the Laramie
plains. This gentleman says he saw n
lot Of whitcfaced steers in the park
| NHi'n HNerlECu l,hr pounds. ami
which are being held for Christmas
beef for til" Denver market The hay
crop In the hands OF the ranchmcn *
adequate to care for nil the stock dur
ing the winter
The utterly absurd manner In which
the state of Colorado Is divided into
horticultural districts is something
lnughnblc. and the scheme ought TO I've
l.chnngch and no doubt will be Mt the
Forthcoming meeting Of the official
board. Attitudes have cut n figure
only in ridiculous way which causes
people to smile who know anything
about the geography of the states. For
instance, Pitkin county, highest In nj.
tltudc. is put with Yuma. 800 miles dis.
tnnt and having the lowest level in the
state. One IL high in the mountains.
the other low on the plains. and this
OF all things should bc altered In the