The Ordway new era., 1909-07-16
FARM NOTES

| wheat going In shock at from 20 To 10
buslleis per acre. Some smut has
made It's appearance in a few pieces
something never known in Ordway
experience. Spring wheat and oats
are common victims OF the disease
ana should always be thoroughly Wit
riollZed, but we have never heard of
smut on winter wheat before. Oats
seldom have been more promising,
ana II no unseen accident happens to
them should yield from 80 to 100 bush.
els per acre. Bccts that were not in,
Jurcd by the wire worm are loukinp
tine. Superintendent Edwards thinks
many helds viii go over 20 tons and
expects an average Of II tons. Thor
ough culture and small paintings are
helping wonderfully this crop and
Will do more rs we learn more Of its
nature.
With Twin Lakes and Henry Lake
full to the brim the Bob Creek farmer
should have no trouble in meeting the
grocery bills this fall
Prices are looming up aud oats.
wheat and hay will certainly com
mand fancy figures.
CantalOupes are setting on the ear
ly patches and bid fair to rival 'Os In
numbers and quality.
While estimating crops | must not
forget the weed outlook, for IL never
was better. This type OF original sin
has tlourishcd abundantly these heat
ed days and sent its roots down to
their sulphuric home, apparently, un-
less the "man behind the hoe" has
been ruStling.
The season is already in full blast
for the small fruits-chcrrics, etc
and the prune and apple will soon fol-
low. Results are more than promised.
Cherry trees of mature agc-say ten
years old-are producing from 20 to p
| gallons per tree. These even at can
ming factory prices of 30 cents rer gal
lon. Qocal price 35 ccnts,) and 200
trees per acre, will figure up enough
for any booming pamphlet for Califor-
idea, either. The Wragg cherry will
produce a handful OF fruit even the
first year aud a quart the second, Il
gallon the third and ) to 10 gallons the
fourth, and by the sixth year should
be in full bearing, producing an aver.
age OF 20 gallons per tree. Either
drain with tiling your cherry orchard
about to feet deep, or plant on a
sandy ridge, and you will not be diss-
appointed in the foregoing estimate.
can say nothing cheerful OF the
weather for three weeks to the man
.'whose blood Is warm Within" and
has mopped necessarily his honest
brow; perhaps, though, the sub-tropi-
cal citizen will tell us 1t has been
"perfectly lovely" Let us hope tho,
that the remainder OF our summer
will consider our suiTerings and drop
little more moisture occasionally TO
cool our valley homes. or course this
Just suits the Bee family whose vari-
Gus relatives have been moving out OF
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camping for day on branches of trees
as well as church stecples, water
tanks, sides OF houses and the under
side OF barb wire. "Strcnuous work,
YOU say? / should think so. Neigh
Dor Il must have seriously brok-
en- the dccaloguc in several places
those hot Sundays with a half dozen
swarms in the air at the same time.
The nectar of the flowers If not of tn
gods, has been poured upon us with
out stint and the brokcn-hearted ana
discouraged bcekeeper who has waited
three years for his increase, mas al
last. reaped his reward and should
have his life as well as his sauce
swcetened to his taste this year.
This interesting family who has the
reputation OF working for nothins
and boarding themselves" has many
characteristics common to our human
family. They get move on them
when the parent domicile becomes too
hot for mother. Like us, they lay uE
stores far beyond their life needs ana
fight for it as valiantly as though
they expected to carry 1t to future
existence. They rob, they sting some
times without provocation as we do'
and yet aside from these fcatures'
they are sociable, civil and happy, ap
parently. Too bad we should use them
for commercial purposes. The money
bee should represent and employ tne
practical side of our life. My idea IL
that every family should have acolony
or two OF bees In the back yard and
keep them in straw skep, such as Is
seen ip the old pictures OF this indus
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