The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-30

locality must employ only such as prov,
reliable in every way, and this will have
to be tested before planting largely o.
any fruit, no matter what its reputation
may be elsewhere.
In Utah, as elsewhere, some advocate
the planting of trees in the fall, while
others say that spring is the best time
The question is answered by the Rura
NeW Yorker in this way: "If you live
north of Chicago or New York, set them
in the spring; if south of Chicago and
| New York, in the fall. But, wherever
mellow soil. Compact the earth well
about the roots, cover it with few inches
| of manure. or something of the kind.
Country Gentleman: Now that the
! leaves are falling everywhere, and can
be gathered up more plentifully than
| later, it is a good time to secure them
for mulching, lining frames, leaf soil,
bedding, manure, or to preserve till
spring to mix with stable manure for
hot-beds. Gather any and all kinds of
deciduous tree leaves. Maple leaves
are the first to blow about and the least
appreciated; walnut and hickory leaves,
toe, coined own early, but those who
-.
For mulching, dry leaves only should
be used, and over them scatter thin
Sprinkling of sedge, or other rough litter
or earth to keep them from blowing
away. do not like leaves as mulch
ing over uneven surfaces as they settle
into inequalities, and with snow and
rain get matted, and often rot the plants
| they were meant to protect. | never re-
move the leaf mulching from our shrub
! berry beds, but. year after year pile
mulching on the top of the old one.
which soon rots and becomes lining of
mould that the roots seek greedily.
Sea-thatch or hav, rank stable manure
or other straw mulchings, find harbor
field mice in winter, and those of US who
have to contend against these little ro-
dents know too well the mischief they
do by their runs everywhere under the
mulching, destroying roots and all that
comes i'll their way, and barking the
trees. But tree leaves have less induce
ments for them. For young and quick
growing pot plants, leaf mould is an
excellent addition to the soil For this
use gather the leaves into pile in some
low place and get well moistened. They
make good enough bedding and absorb
ents, but their own manurial strength
is not much.
1t can be shown concIusively that
COW can be raised for less money than
one can be bought, and just as certainly
that one can raise better cow than he
can buy. This should be obvious at the
first thought, because no man will sell
a tning-even a coW-for less than it costs
him, and If one man can produce a COW
for certain profit another man should,
: oil u, -
mind to the improvement Of his stock
by selecting the best and breeding care
fully. he cannot fail to produce better
cows than another man who merely
takes ordinary care-or, let us say, ex-
erciseS ordinary carelessneSS-in raising
his calves. A calf is TO be considered
and thought of and prepared for before
1t IS brought into the world, and perhaps
the most important part of the business
OF rearing cows IS that preliminary to
the birth of the calf-itS breeding in
/ fact For, If the stock is poor to begin
with, the produce will be poor but if
one has but poor COWS, and will yet
select the best and take especial care
with the product of these ne cannot fail
to effect a great improvement in course
of time and with patience and persist
epce. But good beginning-and to be-
ginwell should be the aim of every own
er of COWS. The first step in the i'm
proYeIhent of dairy herd is the intro
ductiOn OF good bull, selected for its
inherited dairy qualities. Then one has
a foundation to build upon.
The rearing of the calf should begin
as soon as it is in embryo, and this IS
done through the dam. The dam should
be well fed, kept docile, and petted so
that her disposition may be quite gentle
and friendly. Her milking capacity
should be encouraged in every possible
way and extended to within few week S
only, and not more than six at the most
of the birth of the calf. 1t is a maxim
among breeders that the dam cOnfers
upon the offspring the constitutional
peculiaritieS and the mental, or rather
instructive characteristics, while the
sire gives the form and other qualities
Il Er.
I keep the light brahma as best in this
locality have tried several breeds and
discarded all others. If change the
males every winter, and do not keep too
many, success with the young chicks is
pretty sure to reward my efforts. One
male to twenty-five or thirty females is
better than double the number, and q
male two years old is to be preferred if
to be had, but only one year is probably
best to buy, as the age then can be
known, after that the age by appearance
is quite uncertain.
Some people, and l might say, many
people, after they have procured faY-
orite bird will keep him in the flock year
after year, when he is more damage to
them in one season than ten such birds
are worth, and they do not know it and
will not believe it when they are told,
and after half or nearly all their little
chicks die with gaps and the older ones
with chicken Cholera" then they con-
clude that the chicken business does not
pay, and it does not in such course of
management. But by selecting a pro-
per number Of males, every winter, that
are of no blood kin to the females they
are to run with, the eggs are more likely
to hatch and the young chicks be healthy
and thrifty, and the pullets earlier and
better layers all their lives. and may be
kept to advantage for several years.
But, as a general thing, it will be best to
consign them to the pot in their third
year; take them as they stop laying and
commence setting is the proper time to
kill an old hen to advantage, and in
that part of the season when eggs are