Semi-weekly herald., 1917-06-25


The San Juan basin ard the made
quacy Of transportation facilities OF
iormer years warn us that it may he
necessary TO store large part of
The present crop safely from danger
of frost, that we may place our sur
slus potato crop upon the market
-ater in the season that the digging
,me, and as a matter of insurance
gainst loss it will be wise method
. provide suitable pits during the
Id times this summer, that we may
larvest and store this crop before the
ianeer of frost occurs, and thus safe
y protect against a possible contin-
gency of freight cars.
IA VA
From present indications our fruit
Iop will exceed the yields of any
oimer years in our history, and for
this reason we should begin early to
syaporate a large part of those vari-
cites that our experience in the past
aas proved to be non-commercial, and
At the same time much of the fruit
damaged by worm stings can be thus
conserved for food purposes. Small
4vaporating outfits can be provided
II Il cost Of from ten dollars up, and
rhen we stop to consider that from
o TO 30 per cent of our vegetables
md fruit Is moisture, and we only
ave to eyaporate the larges part Of
his to enable US to store such food
or an almost indefinite length OF
time, we should make every effort ne
eessary, to thus conserve these fruits
nd vegetables that have heretofore
gone to waste, and thus do our part
n feeding a world that now bids fair
| 10 be hungry.
We produce but 20 per cent of the
sugar consumed in the United States
and it would seem 70 be the wise
hing to do to provide against this
shortage of sugar production by US
ing as much honey in our domestic
uses as is possible, and thus provide
ior home demand for the honey crop
chat is now being gathered in the
San Juan section.
The high waters will probably have
destroyed some of our potato fields,
as planted potatoes can not stand ex-
ecssive moisture before germination.
Should there seem to be demand
for re-planting at this season of the
year any Of these inundated areas,
or should you have any fields that
have not yet been planted, good
crop of forage can be secured by
planting such felds to millet especial
" the foXtail millet, which is short
season crop very valuable as forage;
in fact equal to timothy.
M ~
The planting season is practically
over. 1t now behooves us to use every
effort at our command to make our
yields the largest possible. We have
done well in increasing our acreage.
Now we can do just as good work in
increasing our acre yields by proper
cultivation and irrigation of the crops
row planted; so let us cultivate, not
only primarily to kill the weeds, but
70 stimulate the growth and yield,
for the more we cultivate, the more
rapid will be the growth of our crops
and the less need will there be for
the use of irrigation water.
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Every farmers who has live stock
to feed, whether it be sheep, beef
stock or dairy cattle, should begin
now to provide silo for the present
seasons crop of forage. Many have
signified their intention Of either
building staye silos or building pit or
concrete types. In either case it
would be well for those interested to
get in touch with the county agricul-
tural agents, that we may work in
harmony and buy collectively, thus
perhaps securing discount in the
purchase price Of materials and saw
ing in freight rates. We will be glad
to put you in touch with all the agents
FOR silos in this territory and to fur
Rish additional information in the
form of bulletins and other material
necessary for the construction of si-
los.
W pa M "A
AIDJNG EhJSEp