Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-05-25
FARMING MATTERS.

half dozen dangerous plants grow.
ing IN the hills and strange ms Il may
seem they are most fatal In early
spring before grass has become fairly
started.
The most successful farm places
around Denver for n distance OF fifty
miles or more are those where cows are
Kept Tor milking purposes and where
grass has been been depended upon AZ
the principal crop. Such farmers are
least burdened with mortgage obliga.
tions and are the best fixed OF all who
I'LL and reap.
This Is the time Of year when cattle
on the open range, or even In pasture.
may he bitten by rattiesnakcs. which
seem TO I've Increasing all over the great
plains. Cattle are usually bitten on the
feet. When this Is the case drive them
Into mud hole aud keep them there
for few hours. II bitten upon the
nose bind mud upon the injured spot
In such way as not to Interfere with
breathing. Soft clay mud is un excel.
lent application for snake bites ON per.
sons.
In speaking OF the effect OF fcrtili.
zafion by polarization correspondent
In Kansas has this to say: II have u
row OF Burton blackberries Just getting
ready to bloom but have been told that
they are not sclf.polienixIns. 80 I will
have TO clip branches OF others and
bring them To hang on these. as they
are too Tar from others to have pollen
carried TO them by bees. This pollen.
i2ation Is an important matter In fruit
raising and Is being better understood
than In former years. With Mary Stu.
art Strawberries I dig up ciumps Of
staminatcs and set them among them"
Wool shipments from Wyoming. Ida.
ho aud Utah nrc the chief concern OF
III. railway freight men now. The
shipments are moving ngnin after q
dispute over prices between eastern
buyer and growers which WIS spirited
enough 10 involve I'll. railroads. and
came near starting u rat. war from
the shipping point to Boston from
which city nearly the whole clip II
sent. Some of the growers threaten
TO net without the buyers and send
their wool 10 Boston ON their own ~
sponslbiii,y. taking chances on finding
a market FOR II nt better prices thau
nrc offered In the west
How tnaahy stockmcn know how TO
salt cattle ON the ranger The method
OF throwing salt out on the ground
once n week or possibly not 80 often
does the animal almost ~ much harm
ns good. Innsmurh n. great quantities
OF salt arc taken into the stomach nj
onc time. which often results In posi
tive injury To the animal. especially
when salt II not given frequently ani
I'll" animals have free access TO water.
The very best and most hcai'hfui
n,c.hoi known !. to Use lump rock salt
put plenty of 10 out on the pasture ct
range. on the ground n possible. an,i
allow the Stock Go iicL IL freely.
Their are many farmers In this coun.
try who io not raisc rutnhaHns or
other root crops because sh-y think u
too much work TO pull aud top them.
They think they would have To pull
them hs hand and then throw them
Into piles aud then cut the tops on
with knife. File hoe 80 good cut.
ting edge. nri prcrcc,l To top them
while they ar, standing. letting the
tops drop Between the rows. In CON.
ing back Of course the top. Of the next
row will fall In between the same row.
thereby harin. each alternate row for
the roots. Then take dull hoe or po.
tato hook and puli them. or rather haul
them out. Either topping or pulling
can b. don- so rapidly that two men
would easily top or pull 200 bushels
q day. In fact. last year two men top
ped. pulled and picked M nearly 300
bushels. pilinE up 100 bushels In the
ticli and putting The remainder In the
cellar. The caslcst crop ~ keep Is this
one. and every man can provide sutii.
cicnt storage ON his own plncc without
much effort.
Judge Miiius Of Missouri has discov.
crcj new and wonderful principle
In irrigation which he describes a.. fol.
lows: Il bnvc frequently noticed tina,
where the tracks Of = horse or Of any
cattle icft holes in the ground
and water collected IN them after n
shower. that the strawberries next 10
them were best. Often good shower
iocs not have time to soak In and
most Of the water run. OF. This il
particularly the ease In my issis which
are on sloping ground. I have an iron
weighing about twenty pounds that IL
used In making holes for large stakes
II Is about five feet long: the handle
the thickness Of broom stick. but
q foot from the bottom II II four inches
thick and from this point tapcrs To n
point. With this intend jabbinx holes
every two feet. six inches from che
row. and nearly n foot deep. This will
~ done In strips SO as to learn the
effect. Not having such an instrumcn,
a thick pointed stake OF hard wood
viii answer. The plan Is simple and
ran soon he carried out by a man or
boy working nt spare times and the
holes will las, season.
In a tomato contest In Garfield
sounty last season the object sought
was to determine if the fruit could be
grown for n factory ON the basis OF
IS n ton. Tie successful competitor
was the firm OF Hoover & Moore aud
the patch planted consisted OF n half |
acre and contained twelve rows OF to. |
mato plants. raised in n hot bed and |
transplantci once before setting In the |
field. The seed was sown tolcrably |