Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1901-03-22
EARNING MATTERS

winter hui the product OF tho hive 10
the original Packages IL full OF sweet |
ness. Every cell is full mrasur-. tbs |
result OF honest nnd considerations !
work.
New Yorkrrs are feeding bread TO
their horses. They grind IL up and
mix IL with other f-ci and IL makes
inst class TOoi. II is stale br-ai and
costs 10 cents barrel. Som. OF the
bread is only day old and is good
enough for any man to eat. but tile
brs-ud factJTiss cannot sell IT, Some
veterinarians say II is a good food.
healthy. nouFlshins and gives u glossy.
siiE.n coat of hnir.
Superintendent Converse. Of III. live
stock division ot the l'an'Nmcricnn
exposition, has planned 10 nccommo-
date morc than LOCO horses In Ia. cx'
hibit Of Amcrlcan.br-d animals The
breeds that Will b- rrsssnIEc,i ar-:
Standardized. thoroughbred, French
coach. French trpt,-rs. Cleveland bay.
OlicnburE. etc. belgian. Hackney.
Morgan. Atub. fcrch-rIn. Clyt.--'ini".
English shIT-. French draft. Suffolk
Punch. Shetland ponies. jacks and Jcn'
nets.
Fruit naics by ]. y. NicCiclinni:
'-rh. fruit buds of the European piums
nnd p.iincs have bccn severely injured
this winter Ia the no,iii"rn part OF
Colorado. Th"sc plum frul, buds which
b-rom" ~ prominent IT, the fnil nrc
the ONES first Killed by severe weather.
They arr too previous. The apple trees
are full OF fruit buds. The warm
spells succeeded In causing the codlinI
moth larvae to hnich out and then the
next cold spell killed ihcm-a good rid.
u H. Nsstl t.s
this spring. and Farm.
The location Of an npiary IL Of pnrn.
mount importance. Hives should II,
raised fran tn" ground. few inches
being sufficient to allow mir to clrcu-
late and prevent iampncss. AS TO the
position oil the hive east. west. south OF
north OF the entrance il "a matter OF
taste and plays no Important part.
The main point IL to have the hives
fairly sheltered 80 that they may have
some shade during the hottest part OF
the day. The ideal location would Ia
one or two hives under each apple tree
In nm orchard. or amy other kind or
tree near nu alfalfa field or where
sweet clover abounds. Very little
sweet clover * planted FOR bee forage
ns II Is looked upon with iisiavor by
the farmers Of Colorado.
Melon growers should consider Mt
this time OF the year any steps that
they propose taking preventing the
ravngcs OF III melon lousc during the
| coming scl.S.ss. II IL too late TO do
| anything nficr the ifcc appear. Their
habits arc such that no effective spray
/ Ing or other general treatment II pos
sIblc. Two methods have been sug-
gcstcd looking toward the prevention
| OF loss. one consists In thoroughly
| cleaning up and ploughing the old
! fields now. II melons are to be planted
on the same land this year. This
serves TO destroy many OF the Insects
which pass the winter In the trash
| and litter OF the old field. Perhaps u
| better method IL to change the crop TO
| n new field. If this plan of rotation Is
| followed. II discourages the insects, ns
/ II gives them nothing to work upon mt
the old location. and 1t takes consider
able time for them TO find the new
one.
| The secretary of the interior has or
! dcrcd the temporary withdrawal from
settlement. entry. sale or other dispos-
n. the vacated unappropriated portions
of certain public lands pending the
consideration of the application FOR the
creation of the proposed Las Animas
forest reserve. The land lies within
the counties of Hucrfano and Las An.
imas and includes eight full townships
and parts Of three others. most of
which are In Las Animas county. The
tract includes the Spanish peaks and
all the western part OF Las Animns
county. embracing the towns of STAN
ford, Hicks. Powell canon aud por'
tions of the beautiful Stonewall valley.
1t lies south of La Neta and is bounded
| on the west by the SaEgrc de Cristo
land grant and on the south by the
Maxwell grant. No part of the pro-
posed forest reserve held or already en-.
tered upon under the law Is affected
by this withdrawal.