Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-12-22
THE FARM AND RANGE

A very clean, cheap and convenient
fertilizers for house plants Is ordinary
'househoid' ammonia. Commence
with five or six drops of ammonia To
cupful II water. and as the plants get
used TO II increase the dose. but never
let II exceed half teaspoonful TO u
breakfast cup OF water. A teaspoonfui
of the special plant fertilizer sprinkled
on the top Of II six.inch pot. more or
less. according Ia the Size Of the pot
Is sufficient. Then water II In. One
application every TWO weeks should be
sufficient.
Prof. J. A. Mclean OF the animal
husbandry department OF the State Az
ricultural College at Fort Collins Is In
the city and made u visit To the yards.
Professor Mclean Is enthusiastic over
the live stock show Ia be held here
during the week OF January 2sth TO
February Sd. and believes that II will
be OF incaicniabie value. not only to
the stockmen OF this state. but Ia the
entire West. THE show will mark Il
new era In live stock production In
Colorado and the West" said Professor
Mclean. "and will no doubt be a great
educator. Certainly the time Is most
opportune for such show as this. The
demand for finished meat products ON
the Denver market IL increasing rap
idly. and II seems To me that this show
will do much In the way OF educating
the stockmen OF the state m To the
best way Of finishing their stock for
the market.-Dcnyer Record'Stochinan.
The susar factory owners at Fort
Collins made tn. finai payment ON the
18th inst. for sugar beets grown and
delivered this season. the total amount
Ing To n little over 100000. The total
tonnage OF bects for the season In
fraction over 10000. nm Increase al
$1,000 tons over the crop of 1901. The
average number Of tons per acre this
year In twelve. nm against thirteen ana
fraction last year. the falling on In
average tonnage being du. to "a larger
acreage. many new planters without
experience and the effects ot the hall
storm In July. which cut down many
promising fields To yield much below
the average. The largest check. $751;
900. was issued to III. Fort Collins Beet
Growers Association. but there were
several Individual checks ranging
from $1,000 to 10000. r. q. Giddinss
raised 40 acres Of Bcets. which
brought him returns amounting TO So
GG2. or a little over $50 per acre. His
HNout on tuc Ctop uuouh''u W wv
s. 1000.
Warren McCord. travelling agent Of
the Chicago & Northwestern railway.
has been looking over the sheep indus.
try In northern Colorado. and he In Of
the opinion that 100000 sheep are be-
Ing raised by the farmers In that part
of the state this year. This In slight
increase over the number fed last
year. The sheep arc between Lone
mont and Greeley on the Colorado n
Southern road and on the Union Pa
cific between La Sale and JnlcsburE
and Piaticviilc and Auit. 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. No that the prof
Its vii be abou, the same. The ewes
and wcthcrS are fed on sugar beet pulp
from tho beet sugar factories. Mr.. Nc.
Cord stated that there were hfty per
cent. more cattle being fed In northern
Colorado than nj any other time In
the history OF the s,atc.-Dcnrcr Re
publican.