Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-11-30
FARMING MATTERS.
Note. From Field and Farm.


for the SwIfts.
Swift X Co. have been shipping 3d.
900 sheep from Prowers county this
week TO Kansas City.
New Mexico sheep are reported In
better condition this year and saib IL
rapidly disappearing. as the inspectors
OF the sheep sanitary board enforce
the law compelling the dipping OF
sheep strictly ana impartIally.
Cattle In western Kansas are not In
ns good condition as they We're nt this
time last year, owing TO the fact that
the grass IL less nutritious, caused by
the heavy rains. II used to be pro-
crb among cattle men that dry June
meant fat cattle. II Is truc OF every
growing month. Buffalo grass Is better
grazing with less moisture. There IL
mn abundance OF feed for wIntcring
the stock.
\ sure method To protect trees from
rabbits II TO wrap strips OF wire cloth
about them loosely and IL. with very
line wire. Cut the strips twenty inches
long, wind about the base OF the trunk
and work II Into the ground u little.
This Will protect from mice and rnb-
bits aud from the moths that lay eggs
which produc. borcrs. and the tree Will
not bo harmed. Wire cloth Is very
cheap.
We have not done much In Colorado
In raising broom corn. probably for
III. reason that there ar. other crops
fully ns profitable To grow. Several
farmers In III. Arkansas valley. how
ever. have raised good crops Of broom
corn each year. disposing OF Il To local
factories. One man sow.d twenty
acres AMI Few days ago sold thirteen
tons ut 81 ton. making u return OF
So nn acre. This pays better than
wheat at present prices.
II Is perhaps not generally known
that hot wnfcr viii kill great many
Injurious insects without harm To
plants. but II Il hardly safe to us. II
without having tested the temperature
with Thermometer. Most insects arr
Killed by water u; n temperature Of l:O
To Ito degrees. which Will not injur
any kind Of plants. though some will
not endure much crcatcr heat. This IL
worth remembering for house plants,
as II Is II remedy always at hand.
william Church. owner OF the X
Diamond ranch In Rouit county. win
build sheds ON u large scale for the pro-
lection OF stock during the winter. be-
licving this to be essential TO SUCCESS
ful ssoce raising. He will construct
six sheds III which two will bc 800 feet
long nnd four 10 feet each. Besides
thc-. thcrc will bc other small sheds
FOR the accommodation OF calvcI and
weak cattle when necessary. The
large sheds will have stone backs and
ends and will bc constructed OF sixteen
foot lumber. Water Will bc supplied tn
the stock by means OF two large wind.
mills.
\ firm n; Newcastle. Wyoming. start
cd In the sheep business u year ago.
buying 5000 head FOR $1,000. They
wir'crcd the iiock and last spring sold
their wool clip for $1,000. The lamb
crop Zoe til. year WIS 2.DID head which
sold FOR 5000. making n total OF So
900 profit in one year on a $1,000 In.
vc>imcnt. The loss from blizznr,is.
disease. etc. amounted to only one
and onc-half per cent. for the year The
wool clip was sold FOR sixteen and two
thirds cents u pound. and the firm
states that 1t can contract next years
clip for eighteen and twenty cents u
pound.
4 leading dairyman near Denver
complains that he Is working hard this
year and making nothing. During the
whole summer he fed just about tho
same amount OF hay required In win
ter. Now the hay is dear and likely to
get much higher before spring. Bran
and other feed show the same tcn-
w III IIl'ts Itt
the slight possible advances In the
price OF milk as inadequate compcnsn-
tiou for the increased cost OF keeping
cows. Then again the high price OF
beef helps to keep up the price OF cows
and makes 1t expensive to rcplcnish his
herd. He saves considerable by, buy
ing bran by the carload.
As we have often said 1t is very un-
hcalthful procticc TO store large guam
titles OF fruit under dwelling houses.
The decay Of the fruit results In the
propagation Of germs which rise into
the living rooms aud are often the oc-
casion Of sickness and death. Outdoor
cellars can be constructed that will bc
frost proof and maintain n more even
temperature than n cellar under a
house. No more fruit ought to be kept
in the house cellar than Is sufficient
for the family supply. and that should
he sorted over every little while and
all that shows signs Of rot picked out.
This process Is essential to the pre-
scrvntion OF fruit for any considerable
time. but when n large quantity IL
stored 1t sometimes results in the use
Of nothing but damaged fruit by the
family all winter.
Every now and then II protest comes
up In regard to dehorning. but we be-
lieve that animals in the feed lot should
be- d-,lorncd' every time. a herd
together. as Il the case In the
feed lot. will commit, mare crucltics
aud suffer more cruelty II dozen times
over by rca:on OF having horns than
any that may hc caused by the few mo-
Incnts OF pain which result from the
operation of dchorning. Indeed. from
our observation OF the operation and OF
the behavior of animals while under
going 1t. we are of the opinion that the
pain attending 1t is very much exag-
,crated In the popular MINI. No evil
follow itHand even the
milk function in cows which Is so
,nsily disturbed. suffers no disturbance