El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-27
Farm and
Ranch.

; were 145 separate exhibits of butter
scoring "a points and over, the high
est being 9S4.-Ex.
Nurserymen about Denison, Tex, say
the drouth has not materially affected
their trees, though great many
trawberries have been killed
Herald.
Farmers about Ennis, Tex, say that
there ia absolutely no cotton now max
ing and that the entire crop will be
gathered in two .or three weeks
Sherman Register.
The Denver ordinances regard milk
containing less than three per cent OF
fat as skim milk whether it has been
skinned by the cow or her owner. A
COW with q SIN aller per cent of fat in
the milk than this is not worth keep
ing in dairy.
The fruit packers of the east are now
turning out tomatoes in three-pOund
cans at sixty-fve cents q case while the
prices last year was S1.1O. This looks
like some more of the advance agents
prosperity for the poor devils who
grow the love apples.
The spread of alfalfa has become so
wide-cast that there is no telling
where it may yet be found in this great
land of ours. Away up in South d.
kota, where the winters are so disas-
trous, the alfalfa dourishes quite as
we'll as in mild-wintered Colorado
Elk.
| Short grass makes higher prices for
dairy products and butter and cheese
have not sold for years on the Denver
market at such high figures as now
prevail: Still the dairymen do not
stand to win any more profit than
usual as all feed stuffs are out of sight
except alfalfa and it will 60 higher
Elk.
Statistician Snow, in his Weekly crop
summary, says: The government corn
area is considerable under the estima-
| ties by the state assessors. He predicts
| that the final figures will show q corn
area of about "a, 000,O acres, instead
of 81 500, 600, and that the crop will be
about 2. $50, 600, 900 bushels-not quite
up to the record, however.
| Many vineyards around Las Cruces,
| this year, had not a single grape, and
the most plentiful yield was not over
| have ruled at least double of ordinary
years, but the enhanced value has not
made up for the shortage. On the
whole the crop is not over 6 per cent
of ordinary years.-Dona Ana Repub-
licsn.
Denver buyers who have been scour-
ing Idaho, Nevada and Utah for feed
ers report that there are very few cat
tie to re moved east from these states.
California men, not content with
cleaning up all the iivailable beef, are
that steers are too nigh to be shipped
east at profit. On the Idaho ranges
yearlipgs are said to be selling at
S21(d23: two-year-olds, S2S(03O: and
three-year-olds, S30(632.-Range News.
B. Frank Howard of the Chicago
Daily Trade Bulletin says: On GUS
tomary averages based on government
report of acreage the indicated wheat
crop is 497 900, 900 bushels; corn, 2,O3O,-
600, 600, and oats 706, 900, 600 bushels.
A revision of the wheat crop will prob
ably increase the above figures 5O,ooO,-
600 bushels largely in the spring
wheat states. Yield in California is to
high. Government undoubtedly is
short in acreage on wheat, corn and
oats.
Fall blowing, especially of adobe
land for culture, shout be extensively
prscticed. If the ground is in poor
physical condition, leave il thrown up
rough without narrowing, that the
clods may be acted upon by SHOWS and
frosts and pulverized. The water in
sink into the soil and be saved. Fall
blowing will destroy the larvae of
many injurious insects, including the
caterpillar that has done 30 much dam
ages in Mesa county this year. An
adobe soil which is in good condition
should have some cover crop growing
on Tx.
Nearly every farmer has some idea
of the mixing of various grains in such
proportions as to make q balanced ra-
ton, mixtures including such grains,
for instance, as oats, corn, peas, and
possibly other grains. Now comes a
farmer who does the mixing at thresh-
ing time. He threshes oats and corn
fodder at the same time. By doing
this he mixes the threshed grain and
also the shredded fodder with the oat
straw. The fodder will communicate
some of its aroma to the straw, making
it more palstable and the straw will
help to keep the shredded fodder
Elk.
To prevent roup is something not
by the weather. In cold, dry seasons
rOup does not prevail as much as in
the fall when rains are frequent. To
guard against the disease the windows
of the poultry house should be so ar
ranged as to permit plenty of sunshine
in order that the floor and walls may be
warmed and moisture evaporated.
While pure air may be admitted when
desired through the doors and windows
1t should not be overlooked that
draughts Of air on the birds hasten an
outbreak of the disease. By keeping
the floor we'll busted with fine air
slsked lime the disease may be check
ed in the beginning. Farm and Ranch.
This will be good bean year for
those who grow such crop and high
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