Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-03
FARMING MATTERS.

Il
naasy Ca.eissl.aes's 1eesgG
Z. L. Nons0a. state dairy cammis-
aionef oe Colosadn. hAa dled his an
| nual report fur ltbl.
Rines his last ysport there have beep
established N tlse aaste zen eSeamesies
and four cheese fsesossas. located ~
follows:
Obssas Observation-Disclosures Amp-
ahos county: Cherry. Doagias county:
Ahmnna. couejoa eounty: caFhanialr.
GaFasad county.
CEeameFiss-Moaument. " Paso
coanty: PmnksioWa. cheTy. W~i
Greek and Spring ysiiey. Douglas
eounty: pteb,A Peeb1o county; Hax.
tun. Phillips county: stewart nnd
Toanrs. klowa county; Amity. Prov
cH county.
In 1900 lsesv Were sixiy-n ereamss-
iea and acventqlu clsesse factories Ia
the state the 6eW establishments fog
ifOl incSeaaing the former To srvenly,
nve and ths latter To tweuty-oue. An
awess received fFOsn Inquiries show the
incfraAe oe production of both cheese
and butter ranges from twenty-five 10
SD per cent for this year us cosn'
pared with 1900
The remainder os Commissioner Mon.
sons report 10 devoted To statistics
showing this coz ani ben prove more
profitable To the farmer than raising
any other Kind Of crop than corn: the
money 10 he made out Of the various
kinds Of cows: food for th~ dairy cow:
Sntiona foe dairy COWS: pastnrisation
polnrurope: difficulty of convictiou un'
der the color clause of our Law.
The report says: -ln my last annual
report I was glad To note tho progress
made In tho dairy Industry Of this
state over the psrrrsiins year. Il u
with satisfaction that ! am abic TO Ec.
port proGrcsa moro p-rccptiblc than
In 1000. tcanruins the amount of money
sent out of tho STATE for dairy products
several Thousand doilnrA, besides In
cTrasin9 tho revenue of the farmers
and dairyuscn u thc state. and ! am
aatisnrd that next yrar I Will be able
TO report . more dourtahinH coadltion
N TO the producers Of gsain.-
Continuing. Mr.. Noasou aaya the
home consumption IL ten times greater
than the production. In ProWers coun.
~ the Salvatiou Army has located Q
colouy on Q large tract of lard and
will snsaEe extsnsiveay In The dairy
b'intnrAa. In Logan county Q colony of
Duakaria have also suEasesi In the
dairy bualncaa on q larEr scale.
Under the caption Of olromarEnrinc
he says: ''As I uaeniioueti in my last
report. oleomaTRarine unco.ored Was
taking the place u cosorvd goodA and
that I thought eosospd oleomarEarine
would soon BE- Q thlnG of the past. and
from the present oatlook. have NO rea.
son to retract any assertion on that
llnr. and the modified GFoutt bill. re-
moving all tax On uncutorrd goods will
not be cppcsed % Bitterly By the man.
ufacturefs Of 'oaeosnarEariDe as last
year"
He touches npon ,hc Theory Of Pro.
fcasor Koch that Tuberculosis germs
cannot be transmitted to the human BE-.
Ing by drinking mllk from an affected
cUW. Then he called attention to the
o1comarEn1ne factory essahllahetl In
the state during the past yeats.and the
condensed milk plant at Fort Luptou.
A bulletin OF the experiment station
Of the New Mexico Agricultural Col.
lcHc gives directions In regard 10 plant.
Ing trees. As rule three can be set
out any time In the winter. while they
arc NJ rest: yet the b,~t time seems
to be late In the winter or early spring.
just before growth bcgina. Al the cx.
pertinent station II has becn observed
that some OF the trccs that arr plant.
cd In the cnriy winter die down to the
ground, and a few die entirely. before
growth starts. The reason for this
has not been thoroughly looked into.
but II seems TO be due 10 the loss OF
moisture by evaporation. Trees nrc
constantly losing moisture by cvnpOrn-
ton, winter and summer: and In this
dry climate the evaporation goes on
very rapidly. All things being equal.
the roots supply the tree with it's mois-
As.- Us. -
ly trnnsplanted trees the roots cannot
supply the tree tops with much mols-
turc. until they begin to grow. Thus
mn unbalanced condition exists be-
tween the supply and evaporation Of
moisture In the trees which. II contin-
ued for long while, causes the trce
tops to shrivel up or even die before
the roots start to grow. Shade trees
should he cultivated at least three or
four times during the season and be
given an abundance Of water until
they get well started. The cultivation
need not continue after the second or
third year. Plenty Of water Is one, II
not the most essential, condition in
getting trees well established.
Professor G. G. GeorgesOn, special
agent OF the Department Of Agricul-
ture. hns been making interesting in
vestigntions in regard to the prncti-
cability OF agriculture In Alaska. In
n recent interview he expressed the
opinion that the territory was capable
OF supporting nm agricultural populn-
ton of 3,OOO,OOO. He made numerous
experiments with cereals which DEM
onstrated that wheat, rye and barley
could be grown without difficulty. He
mentions In particular the fact that
barley sown In May rlpened by the
18th of August. This rapid develop
ment may be attributed In part to the
large percentage Of daylight In the far
North. Vegetation grows more rapidly
where there Is more light. other condi-
tlons being favorable. and near the
Arctic circle there is but little night
during the summer season. Professor
Georgeson says that horses allowed to