The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
THE FARM AND RANGE

A very clean, cheap and convenient
fertilizers for house plants is ordinary
''bousehold' ammonia. Commence
with five or six drops of ammonia to a
cupIul of water, and as the plants get
used to ii increase the dose. but never
let il exceed half teaspoonful to a
breakfast cup of water. A teaspOonful
of the special plant fertilizer sprinkled
on the top of siX-inch pot more or
less. according TO the size of the pot
is sufficient. Then water il in. One
application every two weeks should be
sufficient
Prof. J. A. Mclean of the animal
husbandry department of the State Ag-
ricultural College at Fort Collins is in
the city and made visit to the yards.
Professor Mclean is enthusiastic over
the live stock show to be held here
during the week of January 29th to
February Sd, and believes that it will
be of incalculabIe value, not only to
the stockmen of this state, but TO the
entire West. THE show will mark a
new era in live stock production in
Colorado and the West" said Professor
Mclean, land will no doubt be great
educator. Certainly the time is most
opportune for such show as this. The
demand for finished meat products on
the Denver market is increasing rap
idly, and 1t seems to me that this show
will do much In the way of educating
the stockmen of the state as to the
best way Of finishing their stock for
the market.-Denver Record-Stockman.
The sugar factory owners at Fort
Collins made the final payment on the
18th inst. for sugar beets grown and
delivered this season, the total amount
ing to little over 100000. The total
tonnage of beets for the season is a
fraction over 100000, an increase of
$4,000 tons over the crop of 1904. The
average number of tons per acre this
year Is twelve, as against thirteen and
fraction last year, the falling off in
average tonnage being due to larger
acreage, many new planters without
experience and the effects of the hail
storm in July. which cut down many
promising fields to yield much below
the average. The largest check, $31,-
900, was issued to the Fort Collins Beet
Growers Association, but there were
several individual checks ranging
from $4,000 to 100000. E. G. Giddings
raised 120 acres of beets, which
brought him returns amounting to 49,
G62, or little over $50 per acre. His
profit on the crop amounted to over
$4,000.
Warren McCord, travelling agent of
the Chicago & Northwestern railway,
has been looking over the sheep indus
try in northern Colorado, and he is of
the opinion that 100000 sheep are be-
ing raised by the farmers in that part
Of the state this year. This is slight
increase over the number fed last
year. The sheep are between Long
mont and Greeley on the Colorado Il
Southern road and on the Union Pa
cific between La Sale and Julesburg
and Platteville and Ault The lambs
are fed from ninety to one hundred and
twenty days and are then ready for the
market. The price for sheep Is little
better than last year, but the cost of
the lambs was higher, so that the prof
its will be about the same. The ewes
and wethers are fed on sugar beet pulp
from the beet sugar factories. Mr.. Nc
Cord stated that there were fifty per
cent. more cattle being fed in northern
Colorado than at any other time in
the history of the state.-Denver Re-
publican.