Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-22
FARMING Ma
Notes from, PI.l,i

Major Towers has pu7,
tion Of them in Grant
Mexico. This stock is 10 =
county. south of III. All =
The caniaioupe blight
siderable damage duTIn.
to the canlnlouI- crop ia
valley. This was foun,I ,
prevented. nnd the lualid 4
improved by tests ma,l..
sas valley branch Of tIi4
Experiment Station. VII
Bordeaux mixture for ~,
bulletin No. I cah h. oil,
cost upon application o.
Fort Collins. Colorado.
The army'worm has dol
age to the sugar becIs ID
OF Grand Junction durins
and may do damage duFI
season. Professor Giilcu
cultural College. has pTrr
press bulletin giving inr
baiins the pest by Paris 4
purple and white nrs.nir.
tin may be obtained uI-1
To the director Of the -Sj
iion. Fort Collins. CoiorHi
A correspondent In v
writes: u have discovenssi
scitin. tomato plants VII
easier than the old onc
hole or plowins "a furroW
by hand. Mark the ground
mon corn.mnrkcr thr- I
feet apart each way. It'd
Jr. corn cuitivator ciosc,i
three teeth following In Il
way opens n little fufnw
the soil loose and tin-. TIA
then dropped lcngthwi... Ia
the roots lying whrrr the
planted. A man follows
pressing the roots down d
the plants up struight. n
then iirincd around th-
touching the plants or l--
than II necessary la hnndlI
I have practic,si this m-i,,
seasons aud have not lost
The Oregon cxIcrimcn, u
a valuable test of the lmtI
regular hours for feeding 4
the cows. d matter which
many times urged upon II
They took six cows ani diy
into two lots as near alike Il
as To age nnd length of It'd
AS they could. One 10, VA
MIXED regularly at 5;:bn u. d
y. in.. while the other lot vi
MIXED nt hours ranging ID
u. III. and from I To- u y. IA.
II . too common practice ard
crs. This was kept up for I'D
the amount OF feed hrlns ihS
each lot. As n RESULT ihoss
MIXED regularly Increased
production 30 per cent. viii
cr lot sh1ink ~ p-r cent. r
cncc OF ten per cent. In ths
emphasizes what we have
said.
The movement Of irrienilou
the soil II governed by twd
that OF gravitation which Il
water downward. and caplll1
which forces II to the surfaces
influences. Hence. II We suhsd
we not only separate the pai
earth no they will contain ma
ns much water ns In Its natuf
condition. thus actually crati
crvoir under each plant VIII
proper surface cultivation viii
over the most protractcd dr
are ever called upon To cncoui
the plant food thus rendered 4
returned to the surface FOR tb
the plants. There IL still anoil1
In connection with small frui
on which growers do not plal
cicnt stress and that Il iinin.
face before planting. ON clay
loan soils. or In fact anything
light sands. the surface is "a
broken up and returned TO the
OF the furrow leaving n mass o.
and air-chambcrs which no afiei
Will close. The Jumps are q
that the oxygen of the atmosphe
not enter II to render the foc
able. hence. there is no induccm
the feeding roots TO enter II, thu
Ing a combination which great
tails the area of root rastur1
ability of the plant to bring It's
u high standard OF perfection.
good practice to break up and 4
izs the GROUND to n depth OF twd
thirty inches. using the disk or 4
harrow, rolling. plowinG. sul1
and narrowing until every li
crushed and the whole made l
sifted ashes and firmcd so water
he drawn up by capillarity an
whole surface could he Kept lnC
the dust mulch of an inch at ID
face which should always he
tanned.
There IL altogether too much l'
cured In the branding of range
which ingenuity should cndca'
obviate. The present branding 5
Is cruel and riinOus to the hlhes
animals when slaughtered. Most
brands now in use are of such SD
placed in such position that the!
at least n cent n pound of the va
the hides when marketed.
brands and ear-marks' would Ut"
with this loss to cattle raisrrs'
ers and tanners and should Ger
take the place Of the barharou
ruinous methods of branding III
use here and in other countries,
cheek branding system Wou'
so apply to horses, aN
mustangs are branded III
outrageous manner. or {,
in these cases the car-mnrhS '"u
Al