North Park union., 1901-09-06
FARMING NATTER.

eecfetary 6huts OF the Colorado
State Board sof Hoetieulture received
word from Fremont county recently
that A. Weber, representing = Chicago
arm, ,ad putchased from the Rocka-
fellow fruit farm and other farms In
the county 1beD00 barrels OF apples.
This ID considered the largest single
purs nase made In the state for many
yesvs.
The culture Of tobacco promises to
b, -ome an important industry in New
Mexico In the near future. Tobacco
culture win also bring tobacco ware
,iouses and cigar factories. 1t would
be q good thing, therefore, to encour-
age the raising Of tobacco, to which the
soil and the climate OF the territory
seem to be well adapted.-Santa Fe
New Mexican.
Professor Mark Alfred Carleton has
gone into west Texas to arrange for a
series Of experiments in the growing
of hard or macArOni wheat. There are
15O 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 II is believed that
within q few years the wheat produc-
tion Of the United States will be In
creased at least 100000 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 times which previously
<-rao>d<H o,,r %op<ruoa All anv 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.-Field and
Farm.
During the last twelve months the
total shipment Of poultry and eggs
from Missouri has been $12, ,611 ,467.S3.
This IL an Increase Of almost $SOOOOO
over the previous year. The state Ia
bor bureau has made some coinpari-
sons with these figures as 4 basis. Ag-
gregating the shipments Of wheat.
corn, oats, fiaxseed. 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 $75,OOO.
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 So
100000 bushels. that of France q!
100000, 600 bushels. and the crops OF
Belgium and Holland at 10000, 600
bushels, a total of 800, ,O0O. 600 bushels
for the great wheat importing area Of
Northwestern n Europe, which needs
,a;4, ,OUO.OOO bushels. America. with
home wants not exceeding 4OO,OOO.OOO
bushels, has 675, ,OOO.O)O bushels. and Is
therefore able to deal with the deficit
single handed"
A farm paper says that all western
cattlemen 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 be in a position to
carry their stock through the winter
at much less cost than their unfor-
tunate 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-
ton paid to hlgh-grade stock. There
has never been 30 large a proportion
increasing constantly.