Gunnison news-champion., 1917-06-29

very fortunate Inc niShest wac
in history left most of the roads and
bridges intact and has caused com
paratively little damage to ranch
land.
The Denver Great Divide with Vol
ncy T. Hoggat editor, will initia;c
three measures next year upon which
the people will be asked to vote. a
local option herd law, a law for 4
state owned and operated smelter,
and law to prevent the leasing over
$50 acres of school land to one per
son.
Congressman Taylor has written 10
an eastern slope party that there is a
good deal of doubt as to the exemp-
ton of young men engaged in farm
work from the coming draft. So many
trades and occupations are urging the
importance of their work to the gov
ernment that there will be none left to
serve should all requests be granted.
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Mack Allen, who has several thous-
and cabbage plants out. at his ranch
on the Island, tells that he tried out
the bran mash dope for cut worms
printed in recent issue of the News
Champion and it did the work. Be
fore that he was loosing over hun
dred plants night. Now, very few
plants disappear. +
while crops are backward on ac-
count of the late spring, this hot
weather is causing them to make as
tonishing growth. 1t is the first time
that we recollect June without fros-
ty nights along the equinox period.
This season there has not been frost
since the warm weather started about
June fifth. As a consequence vegeta-
tion is leaping into the air
The scarcity of farm help may force
many place into a grazing PROPOSE
ton. for animals can do their own
harvesting. Oscar Lord of the San
Luis valley rented seventy acres Of
his big alfalfa tract for $50 an acre
to several hog men who are opera
ting in the Mosca section. With pesk
selling at present prices any grader
can afford to pay $50 the acre for
good place to run his pigs during the
pasture seaason. 1t is certainly The
easier way to rent the land than to
try to farm it in these days of scarce
help.
Increasing the storage capacity 10
form of conservation which is call-
ing for much attention. In the coun-
ties west of US every farmer is pre-
pairing bins and vegetable cellars to
hold vastly more perishable stuff than
ever before. 1t behooves us to Do
the same thing, SO far as our agri-
cultural products are of nature
which can be preserved. The city
residents, also, will find it greatly to
their advantage this fall to be able to
buy when prices are lowest and have
the storage room to hold potatoes
and beans and cabbage and fruit.
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81 would like to say to alfalfa rais-
ers," writes Oliver V. Query, of Cald-
well, Idaho, ''that they fall down when
they cut the crop just after a rim.
The ground being wet, the moisture
from below keeps the alfalfa from
curing. Then if rain falls on the cut
alfalfa it has double moisture to con-
tend with. On the other hand, il the
ground is dry when the hay is cut .
rain on it after cutting will not hart
SO much and it will cure much quicker.
II the alfalfa is irrigated, stop TIE
flow ten or twelve days before cuttin9.
l can't tell when to rake the alfalfa
for this depends on the stand and -
weather. Anyhow, rake it somewhaf
green and let it lay in windrows !
half day. Then put it in small coels,
. big fork full or even one dump =
the cocks, where it can finish cufjae.
II it is good hay weather we can -
gin to stack in two or three dayp
mean in = dry climate where thero =
lots Of sunshine. The hay win II
clean and bright. Some folks s
the same day, but this induces -
bangburn. SO that the hay is ne ~
for marketing. but is all right m
ranch feeding"