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DAIRYMEN’S CONVENTION. 
Sixth Annual Mcetinir of the American 
Dairy in enn* Annoeintlon. 
[Concluded from page 142. last No.J 
THE LAST DAY’S SESSION. 
The seals in the court room were not so 
closely packed on Thursday, still there was 
a large audience in attendance. Mr. Carmen 
of the Elgin Milk Condensing Works was 
introduced to the Convention, and occupied 
a part of the morning session in explaining 
the general features of the milk condensing 
process. He showed samples of the products 
made at the Elgin works—condensed milk ; 
cheese made without cooking; cheese made 
by expelling the wliey with a centrifugal 
machine, and cheese three years old, &c. 
He gave the rules adopted at the condens¬ 
ing factory in regard to the care and de¬ 
livery of milk. At the conclusion of Mr. 
Ciiunon’s interesting remarks, the commit¬ 
tee on nomination of officers of the Associa¬ 
tion for the ensuing year reported the fol¬ 
lowing names, and the report was unani¬ 
mously accepted: 
I'rttiiimt.- Hod. sicvmocu, Utica, N. V. 
Vier-Prc»l(l*nt*. Til u*. (}. A Word, Hymcnxo; An¬ 
son Bartlett, Ohio, X. A. Willard, I fork liner; 1C. 
Wlk'iix. Detroit, Mich,: Henry Wade. Canada West; 
O. S. Bliss, Vermont; Joseph TnlTl, Illinois ; A. Burn- 
lmtn, Chautauqua: N. W. WOOiinu N. C.; C, II. Wil¬ 
bur, Michigan; J.uvl Wells, Pcniinlvuhia; .1. M 
Webb. New Voi le City ; 8. M Wells, Connecticut; II. 
Calmerx, Kentucky; J. II. Kll|>i>itrt, Ohio; S. A. 
B o thol'.mc.w, M iss.; T. L. Harrison, New Y ork ; C. 
E. Chadwick, v. 'V'.; C. VV. Vroommi. Minnesota; S. 
H. Ellis. Ponnsylvimln; U. Goodman, Mum.; A. R. 
(limp, Vermont; M. J. Iladcn, Kentucky; B. F. 
liruoe, Madison, N. Ohrlsau.v, Now Vorlc. 
tiecntari/- Gardner It. Week*, Hyriuni.-»«*, N. V. 
JVecwurrl’.— l»r. J,. L. Wight, Whltodmro, N. V. 
Fatieiiing Cows on Dairy Farina. 
The above topic was assigned to Mr. Jos. 
Harris of Rochester, N. Y.. who read an 
interesting paper, containing valuable sug¬ 
gestions in regard to the improvement of 
dairy farms and the management of cows. 
He commenced by giving a description of a 
farm in England, as managed by his uncle. 
The farm, through a series of years, was so 
improved as to he very productive. He said 
farms could be so managed that they would 
be no richer at the end of ten years than 
now, while by underdruining, thorough cul¬ 
tivation and proper manuring, they could he 
greatly improved and enriched. The dairy¬ 
man has an advantage over the grain grower. 
A dollar’s worth of cheese, sold from the 
farm, removes far less plant food Llian a dol¬ 
lar’s worth of grain. Five hundred pounds 
of cheese contain about twenty-live pounds 
of nitrogen and twenty pounds of mineral 
matter. A cow that would make this amount 
of cheese, would eat not less than six tons of 
liay, or its equivalent In grass or grain, in 
a year. 
The production of a farm does not de¬ 
pend on the absolute amount of plant food 
which the soil contains, hut ou the amount 
of plant food which is in an available condi¬ 
tion. An acre of laud that produces half a 
tou of hay may contain as much plant food 
as an acre that produces three tons of hay. 
In the one case the plant food is locked up 
so that the crops cannot absorb it, while in 
the other it is in an available condition, If 
the land is wet it should be underdrained. 
If the plant-food is locked up in insoluble 
combinations the soil must be plowed and 
pulverised so as to expose it to the oxygen 
of the atmosphere. If Hie farm is once 
brought to a condition of great fertility it 
would not require much effort to keep up 
its productiveness. Large crops must be 
raised on high priced land in order to make 
finning profitable. In the dairy districts 
land commands a higher price than in grain 
growing districts. Hence it follows that 
high fanning should lie I he aim of the 
American dairyman. lie urged high feed¬ 
ing of cattle on dairy farms in order to pro¬ 
duce greater quantities of milk, If a cow 
is not supplied with the requisite amount of 
food, she will take enough fat and flesh from 
her own body to make up the deficiency; 
and if she cannot get it, the machine will 
stop—in other words, the cow will die. He 
s lid if he was fortunate enough to be a 
dairy man, his first object would bo to get 
his land clean and rich, and at the same 
time he would select a herd of good com¬ 
mon cows and feed liberally. Then, he 
would select, a thorough-bred bull and com¬ 
mence breeding, and those animals that 
would stand high feeding he would retain, 
while those that got too fat should be turn¬ 
ed off. 
He should expect some of his grade 
Short-Horns to make six hundred pounds of 
cheese a year, besides producing a one hun¬ 
dred pound calf, and perhaps twenty to 
thirty pounds of butter. This would he 
about as good a cow as lie should expect, 
and lie should not hope to get it at once. He 
urged the feeding of the best and most nu¬ 
tritious grasses, or that kind of cattle food 
which should contain a large amount of nu¬ 
trition ill a small bulk. By the system sug¬ 
gested, the dairy farmer would be able to keep 
more and more stock and make more and 
more manure, and of better quality, year after 
year. The main difficulty is to get started. 
He estimated that four pounds of corn is 
equal to ten pounds of liny, and corn at 
seventy cents per bushel to be cheaper than 
hay at $12 per ton, while the latter is now 
worth from $20 to $25 in market. 
If a cow can digest it, we can give her as 
much nutriment as is contained in fifty 
pounds of hay, concentrated into a bulk of 
about, thirty-three pounds of hay per day. 
lie thought it made but little difference 
what food is used, provided it is easily di¬ 
gestible, and contains the requisite amount 
of nutriment In the desired Hulk. 
Referring to corn fodder, he said that it is 
succulent, easily digested, sweet and nutri¬ 
tious. If we could take away one-third of 
the water and one-third of the indigestible 
woody fiber, the part that remains would be 
of greater value than the whole. 
Mnnngeincnt. of a Butter Dairy. 
Mr. 0. 8. Bliss of Vermont read a good 
paper on this topic. lie said the essentials 
to the success of a good butter dairy were 
an abundance of good, rich feed, an abund¬ 
ant supply of good, clean water, a herd of 
good cows, good management of the same, 
and a discriminating judgment in the dairy 
room. He would have the milk room kept 
at about (J5°, and would not recommend the 
use of ice in the hi)Iter making, except in 
extreme cases. He thought that skimmed 
milk supplied with waste material from 
which to make the coarser and absorbent 
portion of the manure, will pay better than 
in any other way. It might well be a ques¬ 
tion, lie urged, whether the pigs themselves, 
one year with another will not pay quite as 
well as the skimmed cheese, and the manure 
remain as a profit. 
Clone of the Convention. 
There was an animated discussion on a 
variety of topics during the afternoon ses¬ 
sion, the chief of which were concerning the 
practice of coloring cIiccbc; tainted milk; 
floating curds, &c., &c. 
Mr. Ciiapjian of Madison Co., also read 
an elaborate and valuable paper in regard 
to cheese manufacture, in which lie alluded 
to the progress dial had been made in the 
cheese making art, and referred in terms of 
praise to those who had been instrumental 
in bringing about improvements. We regret 
that our space is too limited to give an 
abstract of Mr. Chapman’s address in this 
connection. 
We have endeavored to give the main 
features of the papers and discussions, or at 
least uut'li parts as have not been before the 
convention at its previous sessions. And in 
closing our report we may remark that the 
only fault, if any, of the convention, was that 
the papers read followed in too rapid succes¬ 
sion, leaving hut little time for their due 
consideration. 
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CHEESE FACTORIES. 
X. A. Wict.ahd, A. M.--De«r .Sir: There are a 
number of farmers in Mils vicinity desirous of start- 
iuu a cheese factory, and being unacquainted with 
the svsteiu upon which sneh operations are con¬ 
ducted. would like some general information upon 
the .subject. Can you, through the medium of the 
Rcitx i, Nbiv-Yokkeb or oil.wise, enlighten them 
nr to what is required lu oOunnunolOa sueh a busi¬ 
ness, ttm cost, uumiicr of cows necessary to make it 
protltable, the i.xpense ol Conducting, mid any gen¬ 
eral knowledge you may be kind enough to oiler. — B. 
A. Cox, Culpepper, Vu. 
Wl! contemplate building a butter and cheese 
factory in tins locality next spring, nod being desir¬ 
ous of obtaining some further information tn regard 
to Hi at business, wo know of -no person bettor quali¬ 
fied t bun v.nioutf to give ns that information. We 
would be rind to hoar, through Mm columns of (he 
Urn At. Nbw-Youkkk, your opinion nt the coin- 
C urative profits of cheese factories, with Che esc ami 
utter factories. Also the average profit, per cow 
which Hu: patrons of snob luolorles realize iu your 
County. t>. Loi..\N,Jfi.. Hurtstuu’ii, Cnai vjurd, Pu. 
THERE Is quite an excitement In this place about 
associated dairying. At a meeting of our Club, re¬ 
cently. we rlinsn a committee to mke slops towards 
organization, und, being one of that committee, I 
take the liberty to address you for some informal ion. 
Which is i lie besi way to curry on Mio business / lly 
associating out'selves together or by one man put¬ 
ting up 11 building und me bn mem paring him by i ho 
pound for the in.inulucluie add rule of the butter 
anrl cheese i \V Inn waves should wo have to pay a 
man I rota your place to cOme und take charge ol t he 
factor) t Could we obtain such u man In your State? 
llow large n building would wc need lor three hun¬ 
dred d«XI) >•• ova, aside trotn the tenement, of i he man 
who takes charge of It; .and wluit would it cost to 
furnlflli the same for butter and cheese? How fur 
would 11 be safe In carry Mio Oillk to the taf-tory Over 
our rough roads ? J. O. K YES, Not'th Jay, M r. 
Remarks.— In tlie first place, the persons 
desiring the establishment, of a factory 
should form an association or company for 
the purpose of building the factory and pul¬ 
ling it in operation. Each member of the 
Association should furnish not only a cer¬ 
tain amount of funds for the building and its 
appliances, but should also agree to patron¬ 
ize the establishment by delivering the milk 
from a certain number of cows. The loca¬ 
tion should be where au abundance of good 
spring water can be secured for the require¬ 
ments of the factory, and, if possible, should 
be central in respect to the patrons, or so as 
to be easily accessible in the delivery of 
milk, tor all concerned. 
About 300 cows, at least., should be se¬ 
cured or promised for the opening of opera¬ 
tions. The cost of buildings and fixtures 
varies for different sections and according to 
requirements or number of cows from which 
milk is delivered. A factory for 500 cows, 
with machinery and fixtures, will cost from 
$3,000 to $5,000. 
First-class cheese makers may be had at 
from $75 to $100 per month and board, or 
they can he engaged at a certain rate per 
pound of the cheese made. The usual rates 
in New York are from 75c. to $1 per 100 
pounds of cured cheese. In the latter case 
the cheese maker furnishes all extra help 
required, and pays all expenses for the board 
of himself and his help. 
Cheese and butter factories combined have 
generally been more profitable than ciieese 
alone. But the profits depend on the char¬ 
acter of goods made and the market demand 
for each kind of product. Butter, for a few 
years past, lots ruled high in price. 
As to the results from cheese making 
alone, we give an abstract of reports from 
the officers connected with three, cheese fac¬ 
tories located in three different comities of 
New York, The statements are for 1870. 
At the Smith Creek factory, Montgomery 
Co., the average number of cows delivering 
milk was 900. Number of pounds of cheese 
sold, 315,384, and it, took D 9-10 pounds of 
milk for one pound of cheese. The cheese 
sold for $40,520.01, or at an average of 
($14.75 3.10) fourteen dollars seventy-five 
and lliree-tenlh cents per hundred pounds. 
The factory opened March 19th and closed 
Dec. 9th, 1870. 
At the McLean factory, Tompkins county, 
the whole number of cows was 525; number 
pounds of cured cheese, 200,261. It took 
9 62-100 pounds milk for a pound of cured 
cheese. The whole amount of cush received 
for cheese and whey butter, was $28,974.19, 
and the average price to patrons was 
$12,40 8-10 per hundred pounds — com¬ 
menced April 20th, and closed November 
12th, 1870. 
At the Lee Center factory; Oneida county, 
it took 9 94-100 pounds of milk for a pound 
of cheese. The highest price obtained for 
cheese was 16c. and the lowest, lSj^c. per 
pound. The average price was 14c. per 
pound. 
If wo assume that 425 pounds of cheese to 
the cow is a fair average, and that 2c. per 
pound is the price paid for manufacturing 
and all expense in filling the goods for mar¬ 
ket,, then the amount which patrons realize 
per cow, may be easily calculated. 
Factories should be so located that none, 
of the patrons will have to travel more than 
two miles in the delivery of milk. If milk 
is cooled at the farm, it may be carried much 
farther without, injury; but long distances 
over rough roads make hard work for teams 
and, of course, occupy longer time, all of 
which is expensive. 
We have several other letters asking 
similar questions to those here presented. In 
building factories, it is always well for asso¬ 
ciations to select a suitable person from 
their members and send him with the mo- 
Chanic' who is to build tbe factory inlo some 
dairy region, where factories may be ex¬ 
amined and plans taken. 
iitnistrial (topics. 
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE 
Lookout Mountain, Tenn., 1 
February 11,1871. J 
About Tullo lioma. 
Returning from McMinnville to Tulla- 
homa, on the branch railroad which runs up 
to that place, while waiting for the down 
train for Chattanooga, I fell in with a gentle¬ 
man from Ohio, who is settled at Tullahoma 
as a physician. I believe there is no place 
so far out of tbe way but that somebody is 
there who would recognize me. On looking 
about Tullahoma, I found also a respectable 
club of subscribers to tbe Rubai, New- 
Youkek.so that with former personal friends 
and those of tbe Rural, I was quite at home 
l here at once. 
This town of Tullahoma is where General 
Buaoo bad entrenched Ins army so snugly, 
to resist the advance of Vanclkve and Mil- 
boy upon Chattanooga; but as there is plenty 
of room over towards McMinnville, the left 
wing of the army of the Cumberland pre¬ 
ferred to do as the Priest and Levite did by 
the man who went down from Jerusalem to 
Jericho and fell among thieves—they “passed 
by on the other side,” and left Gen. Bragg 
to hold the place with all bis might, while 
they rested and refreshed themselves on the 
highlands of McMinnville. 
The ground over which I have been 
traveling for some days, as well as that be¬ 
fore me, is historic in the annals of the war, 
but as I am on a civil, and not a military 
veconnoisance, I shall not re-write what was 
tbe burden of so many letters from the army 
during the stirring times of 1863-5 on this 
route, where every hill-top shows its fort 
and every hill-side is furrowed with trenches 
and dotted with rifle pits. 
Northern Alabama. 
Passing down from Tullahoma, my route 
takes a turn in Alabama, by way of Stephen¬ 
son and Bridgeport. Northern Alabama is 
a fertile and delightful agricultural region, 
particularly about Huntsville, Florence, etc., 
and a little farther to the south, the State is 
very rich iu minerals. 
The Great Basin. 
The necessity for this turn into Alabama 
is that the railroad must follow the valley of 
the Tennessee River in passing the moun¬ 
tains, so as to come into the great basin lying 
about Lookout, in which are Chattanooga 
and the lowlands of Cliicamauga. This 
great basin is very rich in sedimentary de¬ 
posit of alluvium and the mineral debris 
of the surrounding walk of conglomerate 
mountains, and was evidently once the lied 
of a vastly larger river than tlie Tennessee 
is at present, through which the waters 
surged with a mighty current, leaving their 
mark high up on the face of the soil rock 
which now overlooks the fertile valley of 
the Tennessee. 
A Day on Look-out Mountain. 
At Chattanooga I procured a saddle horse 
well used to climbing the mountain, and 
made the toilsome ascent of Look-out, which 
stands three miles from the town. I had 
been there before, but 1 find a second look 
is better than the first, for some things ; be¬ 
sides, 1 wanted to take a wider range than 
before; so, once on the top, and in the glo¬ 
rious noon-sun of a day as bright and balmy 
as April in Ohio, we (that is, the horse and 
his rider,) swung off in a long gallop along 
the crest of the mountain in the lonely 
woods-path which leads over the great 
earthworks and among the stone chinmies 
of what was the winter quarters of the army 
of Gen. Bragg, and on by tbe road which 
leads to Lu-lu Lake, at the West end of tbe 
mountain There arrived, I left the steed 
to recover his wind, while I went down into 
the deep gorge where flows a stream of 
water so pure, that not a pin could hide 
itself from sight at the depth of many feet. 
First in tlie series of beauties, the water 
leaps in a sheet of milky foam some thirty 
feet into a pool three to four hundred feet in 
diameter and very deep. This pool is walled 
in solid rock, overarching to the height of 
sixty feet, ou the two long sides, fringed 
with laurel and pine, and having a narrow 
outlet opposite the cascade above. These 
overarching rocks, this clear water, the 
green fringe, tlie cascade entrance, all con¬ 
spire to form a fairy grotto on the wild and 
lonely mountain, and to reach which one 
must swing down sixty feet of perpendicular 
rock, by pole and crevice ; but once there, 
one is paid for the toil a thousand-fold ! In 
all my experience by mountain and plain, 
by flood and field, I never before saw such 
a lovely pool as tlie one they call Lu-lu 
Lake, on Look-out Mountain ; and to finish 
the picture, a little further down, the waters 
take a sheer leap of near a hundred feet, and 
then go brawling away to joiii the broad 
waters of the Tennessee. 
1 remount my rested horse and ride hack 
to tbe point overlooking the town of Chat¬ 
tanooga, calling in, by the way, at the flour¬ 
ishing Educational Institute, which occu¬ 
pies the long range of buildings erected by 
the United States Government at the close 
of the war for a military hospital, but which 
was soon after sold and converted into a 
seminary of learning, where, under the 
faithful supervision of Mr, Bancroft and 
lady, and Mr. Carpenter, from tlie Stale 
of Massachusetts, nearly a hundred boys 
and girls find a nice place for study and re¬ 
creation. Besides this school, there is a 
summer hotel and half a dozen other fami¬ 
lies, which are located on this part of the 
Mountain. 
Point Lookout is familiar to all people 
who know anything of this mountain; here 
it, was that Gen. Hooker led his men to that 
“Battle above the Clouds,” which will al¬ 
ways live in the. history of the groat conflict. 
And here I seat myself on the outermost rock 
which juts above the tops of the tallest oaks 
below, and in the mellow light of the setting 
sun, take in a view most glorious to behold. 
Looking to the north, lies the town Of Chat¬ 
tanooga, spread out in the low valley like 
children’s toy houses; the dense smoke of 
the iron mills rises up and floats off towards 
the opposite hills; the blue sky is flecked 
here and there by fleecy white clouds of va¬ 
por; high in the air, but still below my lofty 
perch, lazily sail great vultures on the wing; 
for leagues and leagues away, I can see the 
waters of the broad Tennessee glistening iu 
tbe light of the evening aim ; right here be¬ 
low me is a garden, (which it seems I could 
jump into from this rock, but I know it is 
over half a mile off,) where a negro is plow¬ 
ing with a mule. I hear a buzzing sound, 
like tlie noise of a bumble bee, and looking 
away towards Alabama, I see a thin put!' of 
steamy vapor; it is the train from Memphis 
coming in, and such a train ! Fancy a row 
of cigar boxes, led by a self-heating fiat iron, 
crawling along at a leisure dog trot or less; 
now they pass into tlie deep cut of a hill and 
I cannot hear the buzz at all; now they 
emerge, and tbe smoke of the tiny locomo¬ 
tive lays back fiver the train like the lnisby 
tail of a gray squirrel over its back; all this 
while the train is coming nearer and grow¬ 
ing larger, till it rolls past Lookout Point, 
witli the locomotive the size of a cook stove, 
and the cars like trundle beds, and on they 
go to Chattanooga. 
I look to the west, and see the splinters of 
sunlight among the tops of the pines beyond 
Lu-lu Lake; it is a long hour’s work to creep 
down from this perch to the plain below, and 
then a smart gallop to town, where I must 
take tlie train to-night for Atlanta. And so 
my day-dream is ended. s. d. h. 
FARMING IN THE TERRITORIES. 
[Concluded from page 138, lust No.] 
Denver, Col.. Jan., 1871. 
Passing southward about, fifty miles we 
reached tbe Rio Trenchara branch of the 
Rio Grande, just, above the boundary line of 
New Mexico. Passing down the valley on . 
our road to Santa Fe, we were struck with 
the rich promise for agriculture over this 
vast area. Tlie small farms under cultiva¬ 
tion here and there by tbe lialf-tliorongh 
Spanish population, and tbe stories we heard 
about magnificent crops of all the cereals, as 
well as what we saw of the native product, 
convinced us that as this territory, now 
seeking admission as a State, became settled 
up by the intelligent American farmer, there 
would be results which would exceed the 
best we have seen in the garden State of 
Illinois. At present 
Stuck Raising 
is the chief industry of tlie population on the 
Rio Grande. We saw at many places large 
flocks of sheep, goats, cattle, horses and 
asses, invariably in good condition, without 
shelter or grain the year round. In our 
visit to tbe Cimmaron gold mines south of 
the Raton Mountains, we found a slock farm 
a little way out in the Rod River Valley, on 
which were fifty-five imported bucks, and 
three thousand ewes. It is expected that 
tlie yield of this cross will he four pounds to 
the fleece. When the danger from Indians 
is over, wool growing will, no doubt, become 
an important industry in this section. 
Snntn Fe 
is a dismal town of G,000 inhabitants, chiefly 
Mexicans and half-breeds. We were not 
prepared to find anything of ornamental 
farming here. But what was our surprise 
and pleasure to find many beautiful gardens 
and several nurseries. We visited one under 
careful cultivation, in which there were ap¬ 
ple, pear, peaches, plums, cherries, Siberian 
crab, apricots, quinces, grapes, and all varie¬ 
ties of ornamental shade trees and shrubs. 
We conversed with an intelligent farmer 
from Ohio, who had a quarter section under 
cultivation in the neighborhood of Santa Fe. 
He had been making some experiments in 
the raising of 
Sugar Beeti 
having heard of tlie success with which it 
had been raised at several points in Colorado. 
He put in two acres, sowing four pounds of 
seed to the acre. Tbe yield was fifty-one 
tons; and be paid out in raising and gath¬ 
ering the crop but ten dollars besides his 
own labor. It was found that in refining 
the per cent, of sugar contained in the beets 
was eight, a high average, and proving the 
superior adaptability of the soil for this 
product. This fanner kept a dairy of fifty 
cows. lie bad been making sugar beet a 
part of tlieil* food during the fall, and it un¬ 
doubtedly increased the supply and richness 
of the milk. Twenty of his cows had, dur¬ 
ing tlie six months ending December 1st, 
yielded seventy-five pounds of butter per 
cow, selling at forty»five cents per pound, 
which is at the rate of $33.75 for the six 
months to each cow, or $67.50 per year. He 
bought the cows at $30 apiece, and had 
during the fall sold several calves at $12 a 
head. He figured the net proceeds from 
each of his milch cows, after deducting his 
own labor, help and feed, at $65 for the 
year—Hie net income from the entire herd of 
fifty being placed at $3,250. We looked 
upon this statement as a little colored, but 
were assured by gentlemen conversant with 
the facts that the figures were doubt less cor¬ 
rect. 
We have thus Hastily sketched some facts 
of observation through Southern Colorado 
and New Mexico. We endeavored to glean 
some 
Statistics of Operations, 
but were successful only in part. An ex¬ 
amination of the assessment rolls of the 
Southern district of Colorado affords the 
following facts in regard to the tier of coun¬ 
ties bordering the Arkansas and Rio Grande 
for the year 1870: 
Pueblo. El Pk»o. Fremont. 
Acres under cultivation. 18,830 6,019 5,200 
Value of irrigating ditches_$108,550 $12,908 $19,850 
Bushels of corn raised.. 251,640 16,000 15,000 
; Average per acre. 37 21K 35 
Sucks notir manufactured. HJ!10 6.090 8,194 
Pounds “f wool produced. 18,800 13,680 
Value uf fruit trees. .... $i,lfla $;00 $4,070 
Gallons uf (fine made. 1.093 i00 800 
Rounds of butter made. 17,645 85,492 6,845 
Pounds of cheese made. 2,300 10.800 500 
Value of fttriUH .$188,300 $66,100 $52,000 
Value of farming implements. $43,293 $10,000 $o,285 
Huerfano. Costilla. Coneio*. 
Acres under cultivation. 14,000 4,800 3,000 
Acres under cultivation. 14,600 4,800 3,000 
Value of irrigating ditches—$90,000 $7,200 $10,000 
Bushels of corn raised. 23,000 7,000 
Aveiaue per acre. . 30 23 
Sank® flour manufactured. 12,000 1,200 
Pounds of wool produced. 127,000 100,000 400,000 
Value uf Ti hit trees. $450 
Gallons of wine made.. 
Pounds of butter made... 1,200 5,000 
Pouruls of cheese made. .dhoSi 
Value of firms.$140,000 $43,000 $30,000 
Value ul farming implements. $15,000 $*,000 $6,000 
Tiie two hitter counties are on the Rio 
Grande, tlie former on tlie Arkansas. Cos¬ 
tilla and Conejos are mostly stock raising 
areas, the former having 4,500 head of cattle 
and 60.000 sheep; and tlie latter 5,650 cattle 
and 200,000 sheep. 
An examination of tlie above figures will 
no doubt surprise your readers, as it has us, 
and will open their eyes as to the extent 
and importance of farming in the territo¬ 
ries.—B. 
zi 
1,200 
100,000 400,000 
