The state herald., 1901-08-30
FARMING MATTER.

Secretary Shute of the Colorado
State Board Of Horticulture received
word from Fremont county recently
| that A. Weber, representing Chicago
firm, had purchased from the Rocka-
fellow fruit farm and other farms In
the county 1900 barrels of apples.
This Is considered the largest single
purchase made In the state for many
years.
The culture of tobacco promises to
become an important industry In New
Mexico in the near future. Tobacco
culture will also bring tobacco ware
houses and cigar factories. 1t would
be good thing. therefore, to encour-
age the raising of tobacco, to which the
soil and the climate of the territory
seem to he well adapted.-Santa Fc
New Mexican.
Professor Mark Alfred Carleton has
gone into west Texas to arrange for n
series of experiments in the growing
of hard or macaroni wheat There are
$50 new varieties of hard wheat and 1t
Is the Intention To have these seeds
planted throughout the plains of the
West. The planting will extend to the
Tooth meridian and 1t is believed that
within a few years the wheat prOduc-
ton of the United States will Ike in-
creased at least S0,00O,O00 bushels.
Ever since the farmers OF Colorado
have moved In onto Comfortable ave
nue., which has occurred within the
past few weeks. the great cause of ag-
riculture out this way has taken on
new impetus and we are again remind
ed of the good fines which previously
frescoed our fortunes. All any trade
needs is a scale of fair prices by which
decent profits may be made, and we
are now for the first time In years
travelling along that road.-Fleld and
Farm.
During the last twelve months the
total shipment of poultry and eggs
from Missouri has been $12,571 ,IGI.S3.
This is an increase of almost S500,OOO
over the previous year. The state la
Dor bureau has made some compari-
sons with these figures as a basis. Ag-
gregating the shipments of wheat,
corn. oats, flaXseed. rye. barley. tim
othy seed, clover seed. millet seed, cane
seed, castor beans, broomcorn, hay.
straw and apples. and the Missouri
hen beats the aggregation 100000
The Mark Lane Express to-day, sum-
ming up the crop situation, says: "The
best authorities estimate the wheat
crop of the United Kingdom at 56,-
100000 bushels. that of France nj
300,0OOOOO bushels. and the crops of
Belgium and Holland at i0,OOO,0O0
bushels, n total Of 96.OOOOO0 bushels
for the great wheat imDorting area of
northwester II Europe, which needs
ijI 900 900 bushels. America, with
home wants not exceeding lOO.O0OOOO
therefore able 10 deal with the deficit
single handed"
A farm paper says that all western
cnttlemen agree among themselves
that beef will probably be high next
year. They base their calculations on
the increase In the price of corn and
the fact that hay will also be higher.
Men who have to buy forage must get
good prices for their stock. Those In
the mountain regions who have not
suffered from drouth and have har-
vested immense crops OF alfalfa and
native hay Will he In n position to
carry their stock through the winter
at much less cost than their unfor-
tunnte brethren and will profit more
largely by the higher prices. One fea-
ture OF the new rush of cattlemen TO
Colorado and Wyoming is the atten-
tlon paid to high-grade stock. There
has never been 20 large a proportion
OF choice stock on the ranges and 1t is
increasing constantly.