Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-07-13

had started out TO destroy the street
shade trees. The village authorities OF.
fcrcd to pay 80 much n quart Tor all
caterpiliars brought to them TO be
burned or buried alive. One day last
week 3Os people. residents and visitors.
brought the pests In pals aud pans
aud received 10 cents u quart for them.
Nearly 500 was paid out In one day.
This method Is found to he much more
effective than spraying the trees.
Writing from Peach Valley. Delta
county, A, NJ. Daniels says: "Ali kinds
Of fruit trees are making better growth
than they have for the last Two or
three years. Pears that grew only a
few inches last season have already
grown from twenty To thirty Inches.
They nre recupcrating from the past
cold winter. We have had few twis
borrrs this season hut nothing else.
The leaves are all perfect on every
thing. We will irrisate our trees but
twic. this summer-havc usually done
so three times. The trees must stop
making such great growth or they viii
not bcar fruit. I notice that fruit OF
most kind. has not set ns well ns COM
monty"
III. cut worms which have been ~
numerous In the alfalfa fields during
fli. past thrcc or four weeks are nn
entirely different species OF larvae from
the beet army worms which nrc now
Invading the beet fields, says Field
and Farm. The former. instead OF
leaving III. alfalfa for III. bccis and
other crops. as many suppose. are go
Ing Into the ground. The worms that
nrc now working ON the bceis are the
regular beet army worms ani are The
same as those which gave the beet
growers nt Grand Junction 10 much
trouble last year. We io not antici.
pate any serious results. however. from
the first brood. but would advise farm.
crs to bc ON the watch Tor the second
brood. which viii no doubt appear from
the Is, to the 18th OF August. Every
grower should provide himself with
u sprnycr nni the necessary polsons
with which To act promptly ms soon as
the pests appear. ns n Few days delay
may prove disastrous To the crop.
The Denver & Rio Grandc people pro-
pose TO build at ChnInn. New Mexico.
the largest sheep clipping and dipping
yards In the West. The traffic In sheep
between New Mexico and Arizona AMI
Colorado has so Increased within the
last year or two that the ordinary In
ciliiics for handling the stock ARE not
sufficient. The yards AMI buildings
Will bc Of unusual capacity. and when
moderately full Will accommodate ~
zoo sheep. The main yard as planned
will bc IJOS:IjO feet. In the middle OF
which Is to be- clipping shed 800 feet
long and 100 feet wide. holding booths
for thirty clippers. This clipping shed
will he surrounded 10y stock pens and
on one side OF the yard viii bc dip.
ping vat with boilers and other mr.
rangcmcnts for keeping the solution at
the proper temperature. Pens viii be
provided In which TO keep the shorn
sheep until they can be dipped. with
others for cutting out the lambs from
the sheep.
The Swan Land and Cattle Company
uhc Two BarD Il the largest concern Of
the kind In Wyoming. This company
owns 10000 ncrcs of land In Laramie
county and has 53.OOO acres leased.
They own the whole OF the Chugwntcr
valley than which there Is none bet
teri for thirty-four miles. and ten miles
OF Rcsbaw creek. The company has
leased also eighteen miles OF the North
Platte valley. twenty-five miles OF
Horse creek and eighteen miles along
Fox creek: also many other large
trncts. The land owned by this com.
pany Is valued Mt SIOO.OOO. They own
10000 stock cattle. and the value OF all
their cattle Is si.IOO.OOO. They brand
10000 calves every year. and although
last winter was exceptionally fine IT,
600 head OF cattle were fed on this com.
pany's ranches. They own $50 horses
and employ fifty men. Their pay roll
IL $1,000 n month, In fact. last year II
was exactly 23.SsO. Last year the conf
pany put up G.S3O tons OF hay. The
value OF their ranch improvements Is
S1JO.OOO. The original capital Invested
was S1.!OO.OJ. Last year the dividends
Were 12is per cent. besides $4,000 in
vested In land. 1t Is n British corpor.
alton with head offices In Edinbargh,
Scotland. Alexander Bowie Is the gen
eral manager. and Ed. Banks general
ranch manager.
The weather bureau furnishes the
following information regarding the
state of the crops: Irrigated crops
and early corn are making good
growth. but continued high tcmpera-
lures and absence OF precipitation are
proving detrimental to ranges, gar
and upland field crops. winter grains
are being harvested In the Arkansas
valley and western counties. and the
yield Is highly satisfactory; early seed.
ings OF wheat. rye and barley are ex-
ccptionally well advanced In most dis.
tricts and have headed and filed nice
ly; except the earlier varieties. pota-
toes are somewhat backward and sufii-
cient rain to moistcn the rapidly bak-
Ing soil would be of especial benefit to
this crop: oats show material improve
ment and are beginning to head, but
the straw is generally short: sugar
beets are clean. thrifty and an excel
lent stand; cantaloupes are slightly be-
low normal condition, but making rap
III advancement: tree fruits are grow
Ing rapidly. but the crop of berries and
small fruits Is considerably less than
anticipated; n large volume of water
Is being uspI fpr ir,.i iyn ttnp ,o,, .i,..