Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-01-12
FARMING MATTERS.
(Fnm Field and Farm1

(From Field and FarmD
Some stock fed exclusively on alfalfa
and sugar beets sold in Denver at 4
cents u pound. One COW In the bunch
weighed 1,3OO pounds.
Active lamb shipping by tralnload
lots Will begin from Larimer county
within two weeks and will then con.
tInue throughout the season. AdvIccs
from Chicago advise holding back for
better prices late In the season and this
has been the prevailing rule for years.
G. Il. Thomas of Prowers county ~.
ports the Arkansas valley rs making
rapid strides US stock-feeding section.
The weather this winter has been quite
favorable. Now that the valley has
greatly improved Its acreage and made
II productive OF nll kinds OF feed. the
live stock Interest Is given more attcn.
tion to the extent OF improving herds,
and Hcrefords are given the prefer.
ence.
The Pitchfork Cattle Company Of
Wyoming IL feeding 400 head OF calves
this senson. About half this number
wear bells for the purpose Of soaring
away coyotes. Through experience
this has been found TO be cheap and
effective method of protecting herds
from the ravages OF these destructive
animals. This great number OF bells
makes never ceisinG sound that can
be heard for II long distance.
Jack Edwards. the owner of the larr.
est sheep band In America and who ~
Gently sold 100000 head of stock sheep
nt S3 round, tells the Field and Farm
that he West is on the verge OF great
times In flock husbandry and that
lao, yy.tl nj =
head. We are not quite so elatcd over
prospects rs all this. but hope Mr.
Edwards prediction may prove to he
all wool and a yard wide.
II mutton prices do not soon improve
II will be an indication that the Times
are out OF whack again and that the
American people cannot AFFORD 10 eat
such good stun as sheep. II Is the
pockctbooks Of the people. after all
which sets the pace and makes prices,
NJ. +. Rhodes OF Bent county recently
sent two double decks. or Al head. Of
lambs averaging seventy-flve pounds.
to Kansas City. for which he received
$5.35. Swift bought them. They Were
said to he as good as anything OF the
kind on the market this season.
Two months ago when stock sheep
sold in Utah ut $3.25 to $3.50 n head
owners thought the limit had been
reached. and many let go of their herds |
and congratulated themselves they
would not have them to feed through
what. to all appearances. would be 4
hard winter. However. the judgment F
of the best posted dealers was at fault
as to prices, ns Is shown by the fact
that 81 head was lately offered for
flock of $500 head mt present on feed
Nal. Ia,
Emery county. The offer was made by
w. T. Goslen OF Salt Lake to the
Spauldings of Pnyson.
Replying to your request as TO The
cost of producing u bushel of wheat
J. w. Meadows of Garfield county
writes: my wheat yielded thirty
eight bushels of siXty-two pounds al
acre. The market price here is 50 cents
per hundredweight. which would be
S1S.S5 an acre. The cost was as fol-
lows: Flowing. S1.25: seed and sowln:
broadcast. 81: narrowing. 80 cents;
cutting and binding. S1.25; putting up
in shock, % cents; hauling and stack.
ing. 81: tlreshing, 1925; sacks and
twine. S1.25; rent of land, $3.50. TOial
expense for an acre was $l3.I5. maxim:
n profit of $5.1O'an acre.
time for washing and spraying al
orchard. The trees are in dormaE
condition. and n much stronger solu
ton can be used than when the foliage
Is on. The trees are also free frCH
everything that will interfere with the
work In reaching the parts with tue
wash where the eggs or larvae ot ih
sects have been deposited during Tue
last few months upon the various paris
of the trees. and there is no fear ID
using the strong Washes il not pu'
on after the fruit buds begin to swell
We believe that more can he accOmlt
lished by one good. thorough sprlyia.
of the trees during the next sixty Ga.s
with any of the prescribed washes thaa
can be done by five sprayings after luz
foliage Is on the trees.
The tendency among Western ca'lt
raisers at present is toward OWNING
controlling their own ranges-Or' lIvs. A
exactly, pastures-instead of depehGi,.
on the public or open range. Lana
cheap and where it cannot be bousa.
on favorable terms. it can be rented !, "
s cents an acre. AS twenty acres WI
support one animal the rental lor
years pasturage for one anlhal
figured at 81. certainly cheap enousa
1t will be n long time, however UeIVI
all the open range ceases to De ava, ava,
able to those who wish to depend W.
it. Perhaps the best way to use Y.
open range is In connection will slna sla
farming. Where man with sua.
capital is able to secure an arabic qu..
ter section of homestead. or ,als Ia
tract by purchase, he can join %'i
cattle association, or pool, ana pm ps'j
small herd upon the open range ls.
ing the weaker ones in winter II 1e,
sary. The beginnings of many W, wr
potency have been made In TINS Ma w"
and there are opportunities in apup
ance for energetic men who care
try this plan.
To show what one farm of SUI I.I
with only 400 in cultivation VIII ,,".- uy
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