Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-19
TIE CULTURE OF MUSTARD.
v,,li # Prove Profitable TO U,ah
lgrIculturlllSi3
,.r,rmation a. 60 Growing "nh
Price. -En-ct of'h' ~ 'H'o o"
thr soil

s,tr LAKE Cry, Feb. IS, 1895.
pt,o, sls-c' NcvE
From time immemofial mus'ari h's
ain mvorlte use W oondimsn'
~. msdeclur, aud vast quantities
~. now ussd Tor these purposes anu
sh.mspuflctuto Of mustard oil. In
~. r,fri,ory thcto are many ihont-
100 dollars spent annually f9r''he
Manufactured products OF mustard
Tni.morey goes ouI Of the rerfl'ory'
,.,,,,,isn no effort that um aware Of
,.soF the rlant here In asysiema'ic
mannfc. a.. .-t...i.. c,,it
-.,,,p of mustard would be rfactcanie
W. though 10 would grow well IA
~. paft Of Utah where 0atef u
s,'aiiitil. but to limited extent l be-
'.',s,psfs could make u profitable
an effort were made IA mat
g,,i,tiou. success attends tue cult
,i., In California, where IN
80, Bsrbara county alone from
ab,lf 10 tuTeUquaftcfs of n
.'tiiisn p5uuds Be- marketed annually,
H.m,.Ht Of $50 aud upwards an acre.
~ ~. sltirrt VI mustard growing tue
,isyipg iist OF questions and answers,
~ i,8,n the Calif0Tbia CulhrutJri
NV be OF interest 20 many
,ybat tiud OF Hjil 10 bctt adapted 10
,,,.,sfI growing, and how should 10 Oe
rtgpafelg Adobe Or heavy lunm. ihe
l,,i,ri h prepared tue same "a iot
sbsat, There are two kinds 81 mus.
al ralsuI-rnCsic or hgpWni uau
When should Il be sowcd7 When
t.,vestgdg rno Trieste N rDwud oil
tBs Way from February let ~ the mit-
Sisof March. Tho yellow from AlnIcn
idb glth. Harvested Ia July.
H5V much seed 10 the acTe2 From
a 05l pounds
isirits cue Il is cut when u IL not
Wbat You might call thoroughly ripe
but nearly DO, OF the berry would
thf.ut.
uls cut with reaper and thrrshti ON
a lafge butiap sheet, % or 80 feet
,auafe. Tho branches iu the field arc
csfriully pitched into clipper bed anu
baliel onto the sheet, the whole Load
belpg dumped ai ouce by means 81
iofes OF net, then placed Ia circle
on ,he sheet, alter which large roller
drawn BY two aou0s II run over It
while q man on tue sheet turns the
s,mw. After tue eeed IL 0ut tue straw
ku.t.hti Oh aud new load brought
ou,unul sufficient amount h thfoshed
10 clean VI Win tanning mill, when
Hh sacked iot market Three men can
ihtrh on 90 ayerabo about 30 sacks
yet day.
whaIhths average yield per acre2
The average Yield In good year Ia
about ~ sacks pet acre, although 30
taeks j. frequently raised, and even 20,
tu, 90 might beo5nsideTed an average.
sack holds ab5gte pounds.
Whist prices have been received dur
Jog iheIsii lev seasont2 In 1903 tue
Highest pncU was 2! cent? per pound
-'lbe lowest, two cents. Ia 1894 the
bighugvN Sl.5 cents and the lowest
9lT cents.
I1vhon Il the crop usually sold
70 lhe manufacturers or TO commission
msti Usually TO commission men.
WAT Opposition II made Of the
iiiti aisf the grain IL throshedp They
iis banned In the field.
D.eiIle crop impoyerish the laud,
ahid9yyu iofiili1p ~ Mustard does
lmp1yriish tho land aud Is seldom
hitd on the same land moro than two
ysinln succession, when II II planted
70 btans on corn Tor year or two to
lullL We DO not fertiliLs moro than
70 uie W the accumulation In barn
yatii.
II there Il any department In which
We can add a little 10 Utah's pToduc-
u'n'and Keep our money NJ home, 4
1slisve u should be- operated In, aud
!llls such iimcs M the present are op.
perfume TOT any suggustlonH that .Aay
nlla lhls direction; therefore / have
shNh attention 10 thissui juci.
HONE lNDUsrEY.