Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-09
FARMING MATTERS.

has liked October Goth as the date OF
hearing in the ease Of Ed II. Reid
asainst the state OF Colorado. Held is
charged with violating the Colorado
catIie inspection laws by refusing u
pay inspection fees on cattle shipped
through the state last summer from
Texas. This is test ease which the
eattiemen OF Colorado ar. watching
with some Interest. Involving what
they consider unjust regulations con
c-rnins the Inspection Of cattle passing
through the stats.
Colorado Is soin: To find little dim,
Guilty in providing all the bsef wanted
for this market, hut the hog proposition
| il different. There IL u strong demand
here for hogs on this market. The bulk
| OF the supply at present IN coming from
Nebraska and Kansas hut there is no
reason why Colorado should not ir
able To raise the bis end OF the hogs
needed ON this market There In NO
branch OF the live stock business that
| pays better and pays all the time.
Hogs AR. u staple product that will al
ways bring good money In the mar,
k-t. Every farm Ia Colorado should
raise u few hogs ana the way they
would help out on the years Income
would nrionish the owners.-Denver
Record -Stockman.
bulletin No. ~ OF the Colorado Agri.
cultural College Experiment Station
-oniains an article On strawberry leaf
biisSf: The iesrr- OF susceptibility
that "a variety exhibits toward this dis
eas. varies In different localities, hut
good kinds may bc found for every To-
caiity which arr comparatively IRE"
from attacks Of rust. Selection of ~.
/ sisIant varieties II the most practical
II may IL. controlled by spraying with
bordeaux mixture II II seems ic-irsi.ic
to do -o. When setting new plants. uu
| diseased foliage should L. removed aud
| destroyed. aud the plants should bc
sprayed "a few days after settling. Thc
new growth must b- protected with
| the Inixtur, during the FOR. part OF the
| >. ason. This will require about four
| sprnyins-. The next season II Ii recon.
il.n,icd that the plants bc sprayed Just
| hrfor. they blossom nnd nEnin n~ soon
| as the biocming p-rio'i IL oyrv. lr thc
plant. arr to bc fruiicd another season.
ih. beds should L. mown and burned
over ns soon ms the picking season Ii
| pass..i lf III. burning II properly
| done no hnrm will result io the plants.
nnd many spores OF the fungus VIII bc
destroyed.
| HulI-tln Ma ~ OF the Colorado ES-
pertinent Station on plant diseases Inns
| lust been published. II contains de.
| .eriptIon. mud Illustrations or various
| Diseases that have been found to bs'
destructive during the year. ANON.
the number the following may bc men
tionrd ns being uf especial Interest:
Hoo, rot OF fruit trees IL more or less
plentiful In many localities nnd doing
no small amount of dnninEc. These
Il "a. sas~
| by tii. inJudicious use of water IN If
rira,lon. Too much water Injuries the
ruoi- OF trees. thu. nfrording various
| fungi 10 ready means of entrance.
| Th,.-.. fungi are low forms of plant
III. which rapidly extend the injuries.
| and the combination Of s.tuscs II rr'
>pon-ibic for the death of many trees.
| Less wafer and morr cultivation are
recommended as important aids In pre-
venting this condition. Blnckbcrrics
and rasplrrrics are often attacked by
root fungi. especially In heavy. poorly
| drained soils. This disease cannot bc
cured. hut II may bc prevented by
planting clean plants ON wcll-drnincd
soil that has not grown berries for
| four ar five years. \ destructive pea
| disease WIS Investigated and found to
| be- due Ia the attack OF fungi ON ger
minnt!ng plants. In localities where
| this trouble occurs. peas should not he
| plnntc,i In heavy or poorly drained
soil. Asparagus rust. n disease that
has been very destructive To this crop
In other states. Is reported FOR the first
time ns occurring In Colorado. Form
uins for spraying mixtures are given
| and u line of treatment recommended
for the various diseases discussed.
An underground fungus has been rc-
| spousiblr for the failure OF the potato
crop In many localities. In II press bul-
| lctin the agricultural experiment sta
lion at Fort Collins calls attention to
n report ON the subject about to he
| published as bulletin No. 40. which
will he sent ON request. The fungus
lives over winter ON the potato nnno-
ticcd and il planted with them. Under
favorable conditions II soon starts into
growth and attacks the young plants.
and the injuries produced may result
In one or more OF the conditions de-
scribed above. The treatment of the
disease Is complicated by the fact that
after II has been introduced into the
soil IL will live for II number OF years
on dccaying vegetable matter and on
roots of many different kinds of plants.
In order to entirely overcome the dis
ease, then, Ii viii he seen that clean
seed must he planted in soil which is
free from the fungus. In order 10 ap-
proacl this ideal, seed potntoes should
he sorted carefully. then disinfcctcd by
soaking in one of the solutions given
In the following formulas. Then in To-
caltics where failures have been most
severe. potatoes should not be planted
on land that has grown this crop for
live years. The fungus tllrives best
In heavy. poorly-lrained land. there
fore such soils should be avoided IL
possible. The first solution consists OF
corrosive sublimatc, one ounce. in eight
gallons of water. Dissolve the corro-
sivc sublimatc in one gallon of hot
wnicr. then dilute with seven gallons
of water. Allow the potatoes to soak
one and one-half hours. When dry
they may be cut and planted. though
1t has been found to be good practice
to treat the potatoes week or more
before planting, since the treatment
may rctnrd germination If done just
before planting. Corrosive sublimate
is II deadly poison, and 1t should be
used in wooden or enrthen vessels
since 1t cOrrodes metals. The second
solution Is composed of formalin. eight