The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-02-01
SOME GOOD POINTS.
PROM \ \. Nt. ~ the Utah Agricultural
College.

LuGAN. Utah, Jan. "a. 1875.
ENRON rmgs-l have watched with
some hope your endcayors and the On.
deayors Of your llcncier correspondent
10 arouse the people 4 Summit county
TO move IN the line oi sei.improvement
These hopes have been strengthened
when the endsayors have been directed
along the agricultural line. Right at
the time hoped the matter would ma.
tcrialize into soncihinr tangible. your
spondent says Venus
soon look for something outsids 81 neri.
culture here
Granted that be- is right. Nhat aye the
people To look ior2 Is IL tanning fac.
tories that will cover acres and scre- NJ
ground aud he builded from ten to
Venty stories high IL IL 20 be- WOODEN
and cotton mills that will employ thou
sands and thousand. Of men, women
and children? Or IL 1t to the develop.
meut d the silver and coal mines II
50 ihe picture, Tor some. il vivid aud
fascinating one. Hut are such within
tie realm Of probabilities? A.. to tan.
neries, Utah should in short time be
tanning her own leather. This industry,
however, will likely move farther south
~ II Is claimed that the canaigre grows
wild there. and this is to be the great
source of tho fannie acid Again IL IL
quite probable that the acid can bs
manufactured and shipped north much
cheaper than the hides can be shipped
south. As 10 cotton and wooden manu-
featuring. that must still pay its diyi.
dends In the pleasant mind OF pictures
The coal mines NAV develop To some ex-
tent and would with general revival
Of business. As To the silver mining, we
have hoped without faith and declared
We have had faitb. when hope was en-
tircly dead. should any ono or all Of
these industries materialize ior summit
county to morrow, everybody would re-.
ioice, and none more than the man who
does now and who intends To ill the
soil.
However, hold that along the line
Of agriculture there Is room aud Old.
portunity for development, and tho best
time 10 begin is now. In Summit county
there are four distinct line. that can he
develoDed with but little addition Of
capital, but with'the addition Of brain.
work and industry. You have it all
there. All that is needed is proper Ill.
reotion and education.
As to education, II is given free here
at the Agricultural College. Our winter
term OF lectures to farmers are now in
progress. Summit county could we'll
afford 10 send two or three Young men
from each town.
The four fines ui development are
Hog feeding, cattle feeding, dairying
and potato farming, with possibly po-
;ato starch factories. As to hog feeding,
let every many who has one or more
hogs feed them all they will eat OF what
grain he has until good and fat. Along
with this feed mixture of salt and
wood ashes and charcoal about twice
week, at least. This 10 very important
during the winter. Give the hogs a run
Of yard with good dry place to sleep,
but do not keep them shut up In small
pens. II a man has the hogs and not
the grain let him swap" with the man
who has the grain and not the hogs. so
that the hogs and grain will get to-
gether. When they are fat, or Just I've
fore, get ready to shipthem Clay Rob
inson & Co. OF Salt Lake City will
handle them to good advantage, cheaply.
Let four or five ship together in car load
lots. The Utah Strengthening Company
wrote mo only few days ago that we
are buyers for fat hogs every week in
the year" However, they are flooded
in December aud January. Breed and
feed to sell from May to September.
As to beef raising, let the men who
have the hay, grain and beef, ised the
beef well till spring and then prepare to
ship to Omaha il there lie no local
market. But ths cattle u.ust be we'll