Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-14
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G. Peterson Of brigham City. Utah.
has Just sent In j.UO spring lambs to
the eastern markets. The lamb. are
In prime condition.
The new cheese factory Mt Eibcrt. or
the Divide. IL now turning out 2..0O
pounds Of cheese week and will run
the output up to :i.0JO pounds hy De-
tohcr LIST. The Divide factories ARE
now paying twenty-five cents u gauge
for milk. instead OF nineteen cents.
which was the summer scale.
\. +. Wheeler Of Weld county has
been engaged In running sheep mt
Meadow Springs for the past quarter
OF century. and now feel. that he
would like To retire. This season he
marketed i:so.OO0 pounds OF wool and
his lamb crop averaged over ~ per
cent. OF the ewes In breeding.
Some Of the Weld county lamb feed.
crs have given New Mexico the horse
laugh AMI have put or To Oregon To
buy their stock. Oregon IL pretty well
ovcrrin with buyers and lambs are no
cheaper there than In the southern ter
ritory. but they are larger and better.
Louis Eabcll. one OF the most promi.
ncnt sheep owners OF Vcrnal. Utah.
has disposed OF his fiocks to james
Powers for 100000. Seven thousand
head of sheep Were transferred, the
price being SLID n head. delivery to i,c
made next week. II IL rumorcd that
other sales will follow. as the rcstric-
lions on the range by the setting apart
OF the forest reserve has caused no end
OF inconvenience In the handling OF
the tiocks.
The best time 10 plow an orchard IL
Ill tne fnIl, as heavy application OF
stable manure can be applied on the
land and left as n mulch 10 remain
during the winter. The frosis will dis
integratc the manure and the soluble
matter Will be carried down to the
roots by the time spring opens. II pre-
ferred the manure may be narrowed
In and rye sowcd which may be turn
ed under In the spring and the land
then lined as partial protection
against disease and insects, and also
to neutrnlizc the effects of an excess
OF acid generated by the decomposI-
ton OF the green material. If the su.
gar beet growers OF the western slope
would plow their patches In the fall
and lime the land they would not have
the cnterpillars chewing up their good
bcets next summer.
Early in the fnlh hor as soon as the
currnnt leaves will part easily from
the stem is the time to cut pieces of
the present years currant growth to
plant as cuttings. If possible have n
small piece of old wood attached to
the cutting. The lower part OF this
should be made smooth with II sharp
knife and rs soon as possible plunged
In eonrse sand, which should also he
shaded. In this coarse sand fine roots
white In color will start from the hDrd-
cned sap or cnllOus with which the cut
place Will be covered. Beneath the
coarse sand there should be some rich
soil which will supply plant food ns
soon as the roots are well enough de-
veloped to use 1t. Plants prepared thus
and hecled in during the winter will
be well rooted by spring and can be
set out then. making II large growth
the same season.
We are receiving reports of fine
yields nll over the prairie region In the
eastern part of the state and the
strnngest thing nbout 1t all Is. that the
crops have been grown wholly with.
out irrigation during the drlest year of
our agricultural history. Sometime ago
we told of the fine yield grown by l. ID.
lrowbridge of Hnxtun, Phillips coun-
ty, and we now learn of one fully ns
good. IL not better raised by N. v.
Schermerhorn In the northeastern nor.
tion of Bent county. A man on horse
back In this field could not he seen by
one on the outside. II such corn can
be grown In yenr like this, whnt
may we not expect from scientific til
lage along modern lines on lnnds that
can be watered by n ditch? We have
been thinking about growing corn In
Colorado for the last thirty years, and
IL Is now time to start in and grow it
In earnest.