Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-07-06
FARMING MATTERS.
From Field and Fnrm.)

Eight new crcameries ana three
cheese factories have been established
IN Colorado during the past SIX months.
These are at Elizabeth. Case. Amo,
Louisville, Fowler, Arvada, Colburn
and AmIty, the latter being the Saliva
tIon Army plant. II the butter ana
cheese Industry OF the state increases
Mt the same ratio 1t has for the past
six months the home supply Will Dc
equal to the home consumption, provid-
ed. OF course. bull butter can he kept
out OF the market. But this now seems
too much OF an improbability.
Thinning is not practIccd to the cx-
tent that II deserves. for while direct
experiments are wanting. the fact re-
mains that the removal OF third or
half Of the number on the tree as oc-
casion demands greatly Increases the
size ana quality OF the remaining fruits
ana that as much ana more prime
fruit Is obtained Nth fewer culls than
II left unthInncd. Thinning Il secured
In two ways. either by hand picking OF
all the small and imperfect fruit AMI
sufficient OF the remainder 10 leave
none closer than four or six Inches.
ana this IL best done after the June
drop occurs.
sugar becis should be- Irrigated Ia make
the growing crop do Its best during the
season. one man afiirms that he can
secure n How of water once In every
fortnight and desires u be- Informed "
this Is sufficient. In general terms we
should say that from twelve To fourteen
days during the months OF July ana
August II too long between watcrings.
How Ia remedy this should call for the
best thought and action OF the lrriIntor.
| The time VIII come when every irri.
gator will consider I'll. Importance OF
having reservoir on his place 81 as
to hnv. III. use Of water when need
ell.
Water should H. applied In advance
OF suif-rln: 10y ia" tree. II Il n mistake
To allow the tree to fall into distress
and then seek suddenly to relieve II.
On. advantage of irrigation l. that IL
may save tile ir,s. from unscasonubi-
efforts which result In irregular
growth. untim-iy blooming. etc. as has
been so often noticed. II l. usually
too Int. io apply water To- the best ai.
vantage after the tr-r sl"ws the need
of II. II. need. should H. anticipated.
This year ,hcrr hHs bc-n plenty of WI,
ter for Irrigation up to date. hut We
mr., somewhat dubious nis.ut the sup
ply holding out during July nni AuE.
usi.
The range owner. wh. years ago
iumbl.i over on- another To get rid Of
their COWS. hcif-rs nnd bulls arr now
paying the p-nniiy. Th-y have this
spring h-n farr-i to- pny So to s., n
head Tor ycariinss of the better quality
nni up 10 So for two-y-aroiis. while
for calves SIS ani even 81, has hr-n
paid. When TO these prices Hr- added
the cos, Of shipment To srass. the cost
of h-E'iins. sailing and shipping to
market. the margin of profit will no,
nearly r'!uHl that made hy the man
who stuck io his aid COWS, his Young
h-if-rs AMI his hull.. and whs l. now
In n position Ia sell for the prev. nam.
-i the calves that cost him aniy -, to
T-lr or the ycnriinss that cusi him ir.s
than $40.
The orchard mrn Of San Juan county.
New Mexico. have adopted standard
fruit ioSr. nnd will us.. them -Srlus.
lively in their packing Operations. Com.
petition in fruit will l.. brisk and the
man or grower who il careful with the
work Of harvesting aud packing will
hud II easier q. market his crop. Ap.
pies should H. of three grades aiti uni.
FORM w stsrs or n$ near nS possible
fancy. m-rchnn'nbi- aud hotel. Tile
latter il usci almost exclusively hy ha.
tells. hut they do not desire large al.
pies. but they must bc perfect In con.
tour aud cniorins and of small siG-.
Every ipS should H. marked with stem
oil or stamp aud the uwprr's nam-
should stand rs y guarantee n to quail.
iiy and honesty In packing.
In describing tTr- baud< for catching
ih" larvae II the cutiiius moth David
HTnth-rs uf this city says: Il make
hands from buriap sacks. cutting them
Into four parts for the crotch II trc-s.
making the bands eight or ten Inrhc.
wide. then iouhl. the sack with the
raw edge downward. putting the ls,uts
rather loosely around the trrrS aul
eighteen or twenty inches frum the
ground. fastcn them with sharp.
pointed inck pressed in by the tlnmi,
putting the tack In the middle nf the
band 80 rs to catch the worms aS they
60 M or down the tire. take III.
hands and sacks ofr every ten DAYS
until the second week in September, n
this is not done many Of the mjIlrr-
VIII tc lost. for ii takes from ten TO
twelve days only for the worm after Il
"rawls under the sack to turn to q
moth. We get two and sometimes
three crups n worms n year in Colo.
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