Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-10-05
Farm Notes.

III" largest purchase OF wool made
In Colorado this year was that OF Ill.
owen clip OF over .DpDDp pounds. tax.
cn 10y T.. J. Mclean 4 Co. Of this city.
Mr. Mclean Is mn old ilrIc ani r-iln-
blc dealer who understands the wuot
trade from the ground up.
Shccp can hc marketed In onc-t third
the time In which cattle coin. to nm.
Inrliy. Shepherds profits come Ia
annual dividends. thosr OF the cattle
inrn IN three years. ThT,N, IL better
than one. And II II or- OF the special
features OF keeping sheep that -xi,csi.
chcr gained Is worth lot OF money
In the future.
l The Kansas agricultural college re-.
ports mn experiment with alfalfa rs
compared with nill-i Tor fs,riinE dairy
| cows. The alfalfa was f,i at the rate
of one ton every thirty days for Ihrcc
COWS. They had chance To- soil aI.
fnlfa. aud 80 stopped feeding IL aud
bcEnn to feed miliri. They thus had
hn opportunity IL compare the feeding
value of the two foods. In nCiuai but
. ter fat return the alfalfa wns found io
he worth Si.:i u ton mUrc Iinn inc
miilci.
Judg" I. wclihousr. ;hc heaviest ar.
pie grower In Kansas, il discouraged
over the nppl" crup this year II win
not have enough apples in pay rx.
[ prnscs." hc says. ~ f"w months ngo
the prospect was the most promising I
have ever known. but applies arr fall.
ing before they arc rlrc mud cannot b.
used for cider Ur any other purpose.
du not understand II, have never
seen anything like 1, brrnp,.' Judge
Wrllhnusr has go ncr.s In apples. \
Few years ago his Crnp would sell for
n small fortune. but hc has not had n
profitable crop In the last four years
/ He will evidently have To- install hn ir-
rignlion plant before he secures M.
other profitable harvest.
I The advent of sugar factories win
In tim" make some changes In urth.
Ods Of feeding lambs In Utah and
. Ncs Mexico feeders arr now fattcning
large iiocks of sheep for market ON nj.
/ fnlfa and beet pulp. The sheep r.
ccivc two pounds of hay and from
three TO four pounds OF pulp daily
/ TIL" pulp gives the hes, results in both
I cattle aud sheep feeding in Utah after
being fcrrnrnicd In the siloCs for thir.
/ ~ days. AZ Eddy. New Mexico. tli"
sheep eat from four to eight pounds
and one pound Of hay n head daily.
AT shelton. Nebraska. where 5000
lambs Were fed on pulp from Norfolk
last season they consumed three
pounds Of hay. Iiakc Bros. OF Grand
Island fed .D.eOD lambs about four
pounds OF pulp and one to one and one.
half pounds Of corn meal u day. mix
ci. besides what hay the lambs de.
sired.
fruit dealer who hnS been travel.
iiiE over the state to ascertain the con.
uI'Iph oi crops says that there was
! prospect Few weeks ago of mn I'm.
usually large crop OF apples In Cniorn.
do this year. hut that the extremely
not ana dry weather of the latter port
"t august and the first part Of Sep.
irni,cr had spoiled n large part of ,i,c
apple crop. which would not bc much
inorc than half i,s large as usual. The
quality Will bc very good. hovcv,r
The apple crop down in the Nrkonsns
valley. especially at Fowler and Man.
hah"ih has been almost nn entire fail.
u,'. Az canon City there will bc
nuom. hhii crop OF apples Of good
quality. At Rocky For n so ,,c-c vii,
y" light crop Of apples. At Grpul
Junction, where the rnis.nr of Cnlirnr'
ma Tokny. Damascus. Muscats rpi
ninc fnnlrois grapes has been cnrricd
w M sort OF experiment for some
'i'h". the crop is doing nicely. Al of
these grapes. will, the exception Of trc
Mnscnts. nrr said by experts I, he bct.
YER 'lian thos" raised In California md
'h" promoters Of this cspcrimeui
which hns proved So succcssru, orc
NOR" Than elntod. II IL Thought tbnt
hiiny more VINEYARDS will hc act ont
non. Arornh Canon CITY i,r cron Of
"" rd vrnp. 3 Is of v nv u 'ud ur"lity.
| though II VIII only "" abort half no
| rirgc ns usual. The ,rnn Of p,r,i %
'""ra "rnrni rc';a a"l G-rnd Tome.
on VIM" r"i nnreun'l'' 'nr..-, II frb,r
| hedinin TO fancy in quality.