Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-01-04
FARMING MATTERS

yentor. Thomas A. Edison. has recent
ly started fuel factory ut McCannn,
North Dakota. The claim IL made that
he can manufacture from straw ana
hay n fuel fully equal to coal at only
One-half the cost of the latter articie.
Captain \. =. Rowan, who IL with
his regiment on the island OF Cebu In
the Philippines, has written for let
tuce, radish and onion seeds. The ma
tives do not raise such things and the
soldiers have no fresh vegetables eS-
cept onions and potatoes shipped from
the United States.
The loss from blackleg In Kansas
cattle last year approNimated 3oOp
head or II cash value OF StpO.OOO. Inc
loss was much less in Colorado ana
Texas where vaccination was used rs u
preventative. II Is certainly n good
investment To inject fifteen cents worth
OF dope into II thirty dollar steer.
\ native bean found growing wild
along the mountain streams or western
Texas and New Mexico has been tried
the past two years In several states TO
observe Its behaviour under cultiva-
fion. IL Is u prostratc. often trailing.
icgumc. with very large tap root and
purplish flowers. The root Ii used by
the natives as blood purifier. II il
perennial and furnishes excellent graz
Ing for all kinds OF live stock.
one OF the wrinkles OF Divide farm
Ing Is thrcshIng corn. The corn on the
stalk II fed through the thresher and Is
separated nice and clean. while the
stalks are cut up line for fodder, max
Ing much better feed than before
thrc~hlng. There Is no loss Of fodder
In this way and the stock eat II with:
out waste and fatten faster than "
compelled to rustic In the fields for
tiicnscivcs.-ficid and Farm.
II Is not possible to Inspect fruit In
the same way that grain II Inspected.
when a barrel OF apples has been
headed NJ. the apples having been
pressed down. II would bc very de-
s,ruciiyc to the apples To have them
opened aud exposed io the brtiisins OF
r.packIng. r.prrssln. and rchcndinE.
Nevertheless the laws should bc strin-
gent enough To protect both the pnr-
chaser nnd the. grower. Much OF the
rascnlliy complained Of In the haniiin.
Of fruit Is due Ia the rrpnckins by deal
-rs who rcinii the fruit.
Experiments show that by short in-
t-ryai- between milking. richer mix N
obtained. aud Vice vcr>n. The forria-
lion OF tat rfpsttis tue Vut'kr-t W. wv
beginning. The morc milk Il formed
III. more tn. u,i,i-r il swcil-d and the
more hin,irnncc. IN the way of the for.
nation Of milk In general. especially
IA Tor III. formation of fat and less Tor
the other Substances. Therefore with
lon. intervals between milking times
more milk l. obtained than with short
or ones. hut the milk viii L. poorer In
fn,, This Il one OF the special rcfts-
ons why the noon milk IL richer than
the nights milk and the nights mix
richer than the mornings milk.
The mos; progressive dairymcn OF
the West expect their cows to each
Yield twenty-five pounds of milk day
during the first lon days. twenty
pounds during the second aud fifteen
pounds during the third. making toe
iai of I.oIn pounds In ~" days. leaving
sixiy.hv- days for t-cuprru,iun. With
proper facilities for rnisipx cram this
milk worked Into butter mnk-- 10
pounds. 4 very few dnirymcn mndc
their cows yield an average "f 80"
pounds OF milk year from which they
make 3,.p i,auni. of butter. The Ercni-
or nu,ni-r of COWS k.r, for dairy ptr.
i-n-r. yield less than i.ss' pounds "f
milk n year and from this ih" butter
produced l. less than lao pounds.