Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-02-01
Note. r,.., ,,.,., ana r.,.

shipment. Of southern cattle io the
ranges OF Wyoming and South Dakota
have ALREADY -pmmcnvsi. Thirty ear
leads of cattle went north this week.
IN unusual nuni-r of cnttlc will ~
shipped north this year. an.i the .-a.on
Is oi'-nlns ninety days earlier.
Dnirymcn who have neither grain nor
alfalfa should put In crops 'hi. spring
that VIII supply green fcvsi when the
summer dfuutli comes on the yuugc,
Vlnn to-day. Green wheat. rrccn
oats and green miii-t nrc good hut las,
only u short time. begin cutting these
CROPS ns soon ns the iirs; head. appear
and continue until iii, stalk. begin 10
harden. Sweet corn comes early. and
u good milk producing fc,-i. i,ii the
yield Is too small. Field corn. knHir
corn nni sorghum arr the most profit.
able srrcn crops for the dairyman who
does not have alfalfa.
few years neo the Colorado -xi.,ri.
mont station rrupl- nj Fort Collins
mnuc some trials with the Australian
salt bush rs u remedy Tor alknIi soils
1nd made s'icli iizzl- with the -xp,ri.
tncfit- that they rJrrir,i adversely ON
the plant for this country. Sui..,l,,cn,
trials. however. 10y farmers, among
whom was Mr. Nnnicmark OF Eort ynl.
li's. proved that the bush made a Sni.
isfac'ory growth and had some effect
in absorbing surface aiknii from valu.
able lnnh. such reports rs come to- us
w"ulu seem iu warrant further expert.
incnfHiinn 10y competent bcuplc. The
iand to l,' ."wu should br piowr,i, and
reasonably well puiycriz.i i,y harrow
or other tool. Nt least u slis. harrow
should hc used to loosen the soil, and
give tie seeds not only an ouportuuity
To ccrninair. hut tn. Young u,nuts
conditions favorable to is-,umC speedily
established. One pound Of seed is sum.
cirnt Tor an acre. " evenly scattered
over the surface. The seed should I,r
mixed with ten times its weigh, of
sand or ashes to facilitate its distTibu.
ton Sow the Scc'i In tho Early spring
before rain II possible. on well pul.
NcriZcd soil. nnd cover Il lightly, Di,o,t
.ne-cirhth of an Inch. with n light
float or brush.
Mr. Watson. The heavy alfalfa grow.
cr oi hcarilcI, Nebraska. says: "In
The spring Of lsG Z broke fifty acres
OF what has always been termed the
scmi-nrid hills " NchTn- n-kH-tIosn hills
which burler the Platte valley fot
more than .sp milcs. II was Ny in
- NflNN Illlt tult
nhd subs"ii 1t. but was prevented from
doing 50 hy ,llc early freezing of ,br
gronnh This was juuc In the sprinv
OF 1877. aud. ~ it proved. ut n very
unfortunate time. rs thcru was no rain
for more than siN weeks. which made
the prospect Of good alfalfa catch in
the hills quite gloomy At IDst. buy.
ever. carly in June. the r,iius cam,
and In few days there was snch n
color upon those hills as had nrvcr
hccn seen there before. AMI thc nex,
season. ia spite uf an unusunIly dry
summer. cut one ton iu the acre
aud then had four months uf ..ood ms
turing. Being curious to- ascertain
TO how. great depth the roots of
these plants had penetrated. took n
spade and found them NOR, tlihu iiyc
fert deep on u average. now iuduc
that these hills in place uf bciu. worth.
less are worth $50 an acre fo grow
crops upon with alfalfa us a pioneer
crop. Anoihcr advantage in LDyiut,
these hills in alfalfa is that since tIlny
were seeded there has been 10 wnsbin,
ni the hillsidcs no matter low violent
ihc storm. nll Uf tile moisture tiutlin,.
IT'S way into the ground AMI being con.
served" >