Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-11
FARMING MATTERS.
FEED IN TRANSIT RATE,
Aimest psubi~ tho foraser hsrEs f"T
This s-rsise-ksirA Charges Tackled ""s

| >hlptrf thhh were ths sohsiitiohs 't 'h'
original rui-. The Santa fr VIII
grant III. feeding In iransi, privilege
/ for seven cents "a hundred pounds
above the regular through rate. II ap'
IlI.s to cattle ani sheep in doubl.rsicck
car-. ioih in EAR load lois only. The
time of feeding Ia transit vii! b- limit
ed ,o one year froin the time the cattle
| aTc put dawn on the feeding ground.
| the dat. To l@ catered an thu way bill.
The minimum RATES are II 80 pound,
fIIIn Colorado oliiiiOn paints, anh H.
C.0 from Kansas poini-, I'll. feeding
In transit rite uf seven cents arriles
onIy .l the original weight Of tM
| s-iFs, For any .A-,--s over the original
weight of iiI- rurs found when the
Caiiic nf- forwarded to III" market
paint The regular l0ssiI rate frum the
feeding point Z" tbs. market VIII lie
charged This will result ia some
heavy additional charges io h. horne
lay the Shipper. which h" ''ih nn, have
Ia pay when the oil charge If $40 q
rnr for f,.'llns IN transit wn, IN effect.
For example. cattle shipped from Den
yer ia Knnsa, city nj III" minimum
weight Of .i.'sn pounds would L. fof
II cents hun'ir.,i, or x'siiS car.
For feeding Mt Dodge City seven cents
charged. or si5,c,. The cattle would
incrra,.. Ia weight -ay. TO :i.5Sp
pounds. and from Dods. City To Kan.
-ns City thciocg,i rut-of - cents hun
dr-i. or xis". would bc charged. The
real charge for feeding In transit ut'
der the new system would then bc
<ic.s5 cnr. whereas the old rate was
SO n ear.
Cattle from points east Of Pueblo.
Colorado Springs nnd Trinidad aud
Denver to H. fed In Kansas Will be
carried nj the special rate for a mini.
mum rate of 1900 pounds carload.
u. Mcinto-h of Rnca county has
purchased 1000 head Of stock sheep
from J. ". Miller Of Chnvcs county.
New Mexico. The sheep VIII come m
Ia Colorado Just n sooa us iamhins
!. over.
=. l.. Culver. while riding near i.uf.
faio. ON the range near Crn.gy noun
tain. found twenty. seven head OF eat
u. In n starving condition. They arr
browsing ON the trees nnd barely keep
Ing alive. Other scattered bands In
pitiabic condition were seen on other
parts Of the range.
Alfalfa Is great thing morr ways
than one. Ewes arc unusually prolific
In Colorado this year. Charles Trim
bile OF Fort Collins hns four ewes that
gave birth TO twelve lambs. or three
apiece. lie |. also raising 40 pairs OF
twin lambs. This II u record OF breed.
inc that IL hard to beat and Ia due TO
liberal alfalfa feeding morc than any
other one thing.
\ man In western Kansas sowci T..
sex rape seed with 100 acres of wheat
last year. He came TO Colorado.
bought 1000 lambs and turned on the
Held after harvesting the wheat. The
lambs gained 1900 pounds while eat.
Ing the rape. The cost OF the rape
seed was $40. The land had produced
Its crop OF wheat and then instead OF
being Idle II fattcncd ten lambs mn acre
between harvest time and winter. put.
ting nm average OF eleven pounds on.
to each one. butchers who bought
the lambs report that the sell rs well rs
those that are partly grain fed, nj.
though they dress away a little more.
Many sheep are fnttcncd for market
on rape seed alone and have brought
good prices.
Writing from AlbupucrQuc. New
Mexico. TO the American Sheep Breed.
er our old Amigo Andrew Jackson
Crawford says: 1--WE have had a very
mild winter. with no snow since No
vcmbcr. and very little then. In fact,
Il has been an exceptional one. and
for the most part real spring weather.
All stock wintcrcd well: sheep values
are the best for fifteen years and am
confident present values will he sus.
tanned and l expect another twelve
~, bali, utt l,t.
I recently sold u thousand average
ewes out OF my flock Mt 81 n head and
could sell more At the same price. but
10 not care to dispose OF any more. ms
every indication points to Ii 30 20
cents n pound for our wool this spring
and good season In general for spring
!ambing. Sheep are too good prop.
erty to SELL"
An ingenious fellow over In the San
Luis valley has invented n home made
spud planter on which there Is no pat.
snt and which may be duplicated by
any one with brains and n few tools.
II consists Of a shoe from press drill.
so placed in u frame on four wheels
HAT 1t runs at u depth of four inches.
Immediately behind and fastened to
the shoe Is n tin funnel through which
the cuttings may be dropped behind
! the shoe. and In the slit thus made The
dirt falls back alone as soon ns the
shoe and funnel have passed. thus
, planting and covering at one operat-
ton with all cuttings placed ut uni
form depth. Tliis takes II team and
driver and one to drop from the basket
Of cuttings placed in front of the drop
per, who sits behind the funnel and
let's steady stream Of cuttings fall
from the hand. If the team is held at
n slow walk, this gait distributes the
eyes ut from six to ten inches apart.
1t Is not good policy to plant trees
at once after breaking sagebrush or al
falfa ground. 1t pays to wait another
year. Put the soil in some kind of
hoed crop the first year and plant the
trees the following season. This has
been proved to the satisfaction of many
planters. On soil properly prepared
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