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not sufficient give them a frame of sealed
honey. | think l would prefer to feed
syrup: they would then have time to
store 1t in the frames where they cluster
and could the more easily reach it if cold
days should come afterwards. But what
ever is fed should be in quantity sufficient
10 last until the warm weather has set in
A thorough examination of the hives is
most important, because it is well known
that colonies of the same size consume
very different quantities of honey through
the winter, and We are very liable to be
mistaken in our estimate of the quantity
OF honey the bees may have.
Should any fear arise of chilling
brood the hive should never be opened
unless the weather is favorable. 1t is
not necessary TO expose the brood nest
to ascertain the quantity of honey a
colony may have: simply throw back
the quilt, or covering if used and feel
the weight of a few of the frames The
general prosperity of a colony of bees
in spring depends upon proper care, IA
vorable weather, and plenty to eat the
latter condition being absolutely indiS-
pensable. A great many beekeepers
claim that to get the best results it is
necessary to resort to daily feeding,
whether the bees have plenty of stores
or not, but j think the work of the queen
depends upon the care and attention the
workers give her, and it is certainly
conclusive that he bees have natural
sagacity enough to feed their mother
well when they have plenty in store,
whether fresh supplies are coming in or
not Many experts advise not to begin too
early if feeding is conaidered advisable,
because we are liable to have our hives
full of bees which we may have to feed
too long before the honey flow COM
mences. I myself would prefer to have
my colonies strong a month too soon than
a month too late.
"a warm, dry, clean hive with an av-
erage queen and a full supply of stores
through the spring means a strong col
ony by the time the honey flow begins.
''I find shallow dish filed with syrup
placed on top of frames and covered with
cheese cloth. a very simple way of feed
ing The following question was asked in
lately: with plenty of stores in the hive
in spring, should a colony be fed?' Most
of the answers are against feeding,
while a few recommend uncapping a
frame or two of sealed honey to stimu-
late brood rearing"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
LITTLE HELPS IN COOKING.

When frying eggs cover them close
" and cook for two minutes and they
will be soft, not need turning, yet the
white will all be set and be much nicer
than if cooked in the old way without
a cover.
If one has no regular roasting pan,
two pans of the same size make very
fair substitute, by using one as a
cover for the other. But if one has not
two. and has to roast meats, etc, in a
common open dripping pan, when
roasting a chicken if they will first
cut off the drum sticks and lay them
in the pan beside the fowl. when done
they will be tender and juicy instead
of being dry. tough and scorched as
they usually are.
When seeding raisins, have dish
of -four near at hand and dip the fin
gers into it often. 1t will prevent the
seeds from sticking to ones fingers.
If on dishing some article Of food
some of it is found to have cooked
fast to the bottom Of the vessel. rem
dering the washing Of it a difficult
task. if q pint or so of boiling water is
put in and the vessel closely covered,
by the time one is ready to wash it it
will have softened and can be readily
cleaned. CLARA S. EVERTS.
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KEEP THE MOISTURE IN THE
GROUND.

]. S. Adair of Kearney writes the Ne
braska Farmer that there is plenty of
rain to raise a crop if we will only keep
it. We can educate ourselves about a
good many things if we will only look
great many farmers say: II will have to
To avoid this, when the ground is first
in condition to pillow, why not run over
the ground. You are going to pillow with a
disc and then harrow it, which will make
fine mulch that will keep the ground
moist even without rain, so you can plow
right along. Horses are plenty and
cheap and all blowing should be done
say twelve inches deep. This will in prac-
tice give you about eight inches deep,
as few men ever plow as deep as they
tell you they are doing.
Then quit in time in the evening to
harrow well what has been plowed
through the day, and at the end of ev-
cry two or three days put on a heavy
roller and roll the ground thoroughly.
This keeps the moisture in the ground
and after planting your corn then har-
row so that there will be a. fine mulch
again to retain the moisture.
In laying by your corn after it has
reached a heighth where you cannot use
the double cultivator, use twelve tooth
harrow like the Planet jr., with one horse
between the rows, once say in every
eight days, until the middle of August
or later This keeps the ground level and
open and does not break off any of the
fine roots of the corn that is now all
through the ground taking up moisture.
Corn planted and cultivated this way in
1895 yielded good crops, while in old way
it was almost a failure. Narrowing oats
every ten days until six inches high also
brought good crops where others got
none.
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great body of the experience possessed
by all the people engaged in the same
lines Every man, or Whatever calling,
should desire to escape narrowness of
view, and the non-reading farmer is
very apt to fall into tho habit of limit
ing the sum of all useful knowledge
upon any given subject by his own ex-
perience. I'VE argue what we know,
says the poet, and the tendency just
referred to increases as a man in
creases in years, until he is very likely
to think and act as though he thought
that what he has not seen does not
exist. The man who sees nothing but
his own farm is very likely to fall into
ruts All will admit that it does him
good to now and then take observa-
lions on the farms of his neighbors,
to see what they are doing and swap
experiences with them The reading
farmer only extends the principle to a
larger field, and gets the advantage of
sibly cover by his personal presence
In this age, too, when investigation
is so general, the farmer needs a
means which will bring its results, so
far as they concern him, home to his
own home and hearthstone. These in
vestigations lead to mental interest
in his employment and take it out of
the narrow monotony of purely me-
chanical labor They make it interest
ing and employ the mind as well as
the hand, and it ceases to be the I'M
mitigated drudgery that it would
otherwise be. It interests the boys on
the farm, too, and makes them better
contented with their work, and content
is, after all, happiness. Reading farm
ers are the very first to recognize the
obligation they owe to the pages that
are printed for their use. They do not
agree with all they read. nor blindly
follow every printed suggestion, but
they think about them all, and weigh
them and their value, holding fast to
what is good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
GARDENING AS A BUSINESS.

For early potatoes, sweet corn, toma-
toes, melons and all vine crops we should
choose a sandy loan, while for cabbage.
caulilower and celery a we'll drained
black loan is need for the best results
The best soil without plenty of manure
will give unsatisfactory results, for not
only do large crops of vegetables make
heavy drafts on the land, but there must
be a surplus of fertility in the soil, as only
part of the fertilizing elements are in an
available condition for the growing crops.
Especially is this true early in the season
with our first early crops, and also on the
low, cool, moist lands, where heat is
needed to prepare plant food in a condi-
ton to be digeSted and aSsimilated by the
growing plant. | think we have reached a
point where we will have TO charge our
crops with a larger expense account for
is true wherever special crops are grown,
it has been the practice to make the
whole farm contribute its fertility to the
few acres devoted to these crOpS. This is
hardly fair, and if we increase our bust
mes we must go outside for our fertilizers.
Land that has been in alfalfa or the same
followed with corn or potatoes will be in
good condition for most any garden crop.
Its preparation in thorough manner is
of the utmost importance. Not only should
the surface be leveled and made fine, but
it should be worked ana mellowed TO the
depth of six inches with disc harrow,
roller and smooth harraw. This not only
makes a perfect seed bed and gives the
roots of the young plants chance to
make a quick and perfect growth. but the
moisture is drawn and held near the sur
face After this thorough preparation the
labor of caring for the crop is much
lessened, as the smoothing harrow or
Breeds weeder can be used after the crop
is up with less liability of injuring the
young plants. With the best of soil well
prepared our work is for naught unless
we use good seed. The best should be
procured. Unless seed that is pure and in
perfect condition can be saved it is best
to purchase of reliable seedmen, always
considering quality before price. Seed
should be ordered early and tested for its
terminating qualities. The difference be-
tween a crop grown from seed that makes
a feeble start, or from seed that shows
strong vitality, often amounts to many
times the price of the seed. Planting and
sowing should be done with the best pos
sible care. The rows should be as straight
as can be marked and no farther apart
than is necessary for the plant to properly
mature, and for convenience of cultiva-
ton and irrigation. The ground should
be firmed after sowing, but should not be
allowed to crust over; this can he avoided
by cultivating after each irrigation. Dali
bert Utter in Denver Field and Farm.
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Combination gives the farmer a
power that no other class of men can
gain, and which he can gain in no
other way. By cooperation. the tiller
of the soil may grasp in his hand the
tiller of the world. 1t adds to his uni
versally recognized independence. An
instance of this is to be seen in cases
of insurance associations, which are
being organized among the farmers.
In Wake county, N. c., an association
was organized, officers elected, policies
issued, and to defray necessary ex-
penses of organizing, fee of so cents
on $40 was assessed. None but isolated
property was admitted, which prac-
tically excluded all but farmers. No
officer is to receive a salary, so there
will be no further expenses until there
is loss of property when this loss
will be equally assessed on all the pro-
perty insured.-A. H. Prince in Farm
and Home.
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R0OK FARMING.

The undertaking of book farming, .
in which expression was included
pretty much all agricultural teaching
that happened to get into print, is not
so common as it once was. Now the
most successful and prosperous farm
ers in any community are the reading
farmers, and when just one live farmer
of this class comes into neighbor-
hood, and is not too knowing" and
conceited, he is pretty certain to make
his influence felt almost Immediately.
The advantage which the reading
farmer possesses over those who do not
read about their business is that he
has constant opportunity to compare
his own methods with those of others.
The actual experience that any one
man can possibly have, even in the
course of a long life, is of necessity
quite limited as compared with the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
BEES BY THE POUND.

About the middle of May 1 received
from Texas, two 2-pound lots of bees
with tested queens-one 3-banded, the
other 5-banded. They were placed in
S-frame doyetailed hives, and the hives
filled with frames of foundation as
needed. These lots have been treated ex-
actly alike. Sections have been put on
and taken off at the same time. The cost
of the two lots was the same. The yell
low bees have completed 50 sections of
honey-the 3-banded completed "a. So it
seems that 1 have paid the price of two
sections of honey for yellowness. In
readiness to sting, 1 see but little diff
ference between the two lots. They are
not at all difficult to handle, but L have
some milder-mannered bees in the
apiary Mr.. Macarthur will agree that
this kind of migratory Bookkeeping has
not been improbable to me, when he
learns that the cost of each lot was ex-
actly s3.6712 each, and that the sections
of honey bring Is cents each.-Edwin
Bevins in American Bee Journal
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FEEDING BEES.

At a recent meeting of the Muswell-
brook (Australia) Beekeepers' association,
Mr.. Paul read an interesting paper from
which the following extracts are made in
the Australasian:
Bees must be properly managed in the
spring or the crop of honey will be dis
appointing in any season. If the bees have
been provided at the end of the previous
years honey crop with plenty of stores
to last them through the winter and until
spring has fairly commenced, nothing
need be done to them except to see that
the covering on top of frames is dry and
that the hive contains a good queen. II
any are queenless give them one at once
Should any doubt exist that the stores are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
FARM AND GARDEN

braska, from Wisconsin in 1879 and
bought four acres of land just west Of
the original town site. He was a prac-
teal gardener and horticulturist. The
first year netted him enough to pay for
his land, and in the year 1885 he took
in $500 in cash. He has now 5000 acres,
every foot of which can be irrigated.
which he bought, fenced, built dams, ir-
rigating bitches, buildings, sheds, cor
rails, planted trees, made a beautiful
lake and stocked his farm with cattle
and horses of the choicest breeds, and
all this was done with money Aade from
his original four acres. Every foot was
made to produce, and every kind of
plant and tree and shrub and flower,
that grows in that latitude, was grown
there in the rankest luXuriance.
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be long and cultivated with the horse
Let there be no trees in or about the
acre; shade will do for grapes and every
thing else is better away from trees.
The orchard should be on the highest
clay ridge on the farm, but the garden
the best soil and near the house OF
course the garden on high ground will
escape the late frosts and be all the bet
ter if the ground is rich. Blackberries
and raspberries do fairly we'll in the or
chard but better have the orchard dis
tinct from the garden.-George ]. Kellogg
in Farm, Field and Garden
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SHADE FOR HIVES.

Sunf1owers make neat, effectual
and desirable shade for hives. The
seed must be planted early and the
ground hich in order to- have the plants
large enough to furnish shade during
the hot days of June and July. Plant
five or six seeds in row four feet long
and a foot south of each hive. AS the
plants grow they can be thinned out
if necessary. A sunfower apiary lis
decidedly picturesque-Re
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MEANS OF AGRICULTURAL AD-
VANCEMENT.

There is clear evidence of advance
ment in the conduct of agricultural
affairs throughout the state, and in
some localities more than in others.
the result of organization. discussion
and study. The sources of information
are four-fold namely: the lecture Of
the scientist and advanced farmer at
the farmers meetings. the reliable
farm weekly and monthly papers. the
bulletins of the Experiment Station.
and the practical object lessons af-
forded by the more progressive farm
ers on their farms the County Boards
of Agriculture and the Farmers In
stitutes connected with the State
Board: the meetings of the Grange and
the University Extension lecture
courses furnished at small expense
to the farmer by the State Agricultural
College. These afford the most popu-
lar, cheap and accessible means Of
placing at the disposition of the farm
ers, in their own immediate neighbour
hoods, the lectures and discussions
named, connected with the scientific,
more advanced and even the more
abstrue phases of the eyer-varying
question Of agriculture.-Franklyn Dye,
Secretary Board of Agriculture, N. ].
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
ASPARAGUS CULTURE.

Asparagus is one of the good crops for
the irrigated garden and more would be
grown were it not for the fact that it
takes two or three seasons to secure a
full growth. The usual method has been
to transplant the asparagus into beds
five feet wide, with three rows planted
in each bed, one in the middle and one
on each side, a foot distant, thus bring
ing the rows one foot apart, with alleys
two feet wide between the beds; the
plants being set in the rows nine inches
apart In planting, a line is set, and an
opening made a little slanting to the
depth Of six or eight inches, according to
the size of the plants. The plants are
then laid against the side Of this trench
at distance of nine or ten inches, care
being taken to firm the roots well with
the foot. The plants should be covered
with about three inches Of soil, and i'm
mediately after planting the beds should
be touched over with a rake, or, if on
a large scale, the brush harrow, Which
will destroy the weeds. This raklng or
narrowing should be continued at inter-
walls of six or eight days until the plants
start to grow, when the hoe or cultiVa-
tor may be applied between the rows
and alleys, but the weeds that come up
close to the plants must of necessity be
taken away with the hands. Another
method, and which would probably be
more simple for the farmer to pursue, is
to line out just as for turnips or man
gels, the lines being three feet apart, IN
which the asparagus seed SHOULD be soWn
about the first week in April by seed
drill, using at the rate of six pounds to
the acre. This would be less expensive
than the roots. both in labor and seed:
In the beginning, in most cases it would
probably not be well to plant more than
one-fourth of an acre, but to be sure
of getting stand not less than two
pounds Of seed should be used for a
Quarter Of an acre, the seed for which
would cost about 81, while the plants
for that amount of land would cost at
least so, and there is more labor IN
planting the roots The advantage in
using the plants, however, is that a
years time would probably be gained,
as the plants are usually from one to two
years old when planted. If the asparagus
crop is to be grown from seed in this
way it is all-important that the ground
ebo,,Id ba kent clean
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
DOUGLAS MIXTURE FOR POULTRY.

The Indiana Farmer gives the fol-
lowing formula for the Douglas mix
t1re" for poultry: lone pound sui
pbate iron (copperass); two gallons
water; carefully dissolve in it one
ounce sulphuric acid. Dose tablespoon
full to each quart of drinking water
Use carefully and for only a short
time. 1t is given for roup and
cholera"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
PROFIT In FEEDING WHEAT TO
HOGS.

P. D. Armour jr., has just completed an
actual test of feeding wheat to hogs on
his farm at Oconomowoc. September %
he weighed eighteen pigs, 1875 pounds;
pounds, gaining 523 pounds, and receiving
nothing for feed except 1900 pounds of
crushed wheat. Taking the present mar
ket value for hogs, cents, it would make
the value received for the wheat $26.25, or
a little over 95 cents per bushel against a
cost of about So cents for the wheat.
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In pruning, train every tree to shade,
it's own body; let there be symmetry
and uniformity in the growth of the
limbs, that their weight and that of
the fruit be well distributed about a
point of support Shorten the limbs,
to enable them to bear their own pro-
ducts, and then shorten the fruit bear
ing shoots. to lessen quantity Of fruit.
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LAWYERS.

LAWYERS.
RAY VAN COLT.
Room 507 Mccormick Block.
PENCE & ALLEN.
BOOTH. LEE & GRAY,
S2-65 Commercial Block. Tel. 5O7.
ANDERSON & ANDERSON,
Eagle Building. Rooms 2-2
COCHRAN &c MURPHY,
POWERS, STRAUI- & LIPPMAN.
SONNEDECKER N W.,
s0S Mccormick Building
SHEPARD RICHARD B..
$40 Commercial Block.
FLAVoRING EXTRACTS.
AMERICAN MFG. CO.,
27s South West Temple.
PIANOS, ORGANS AND MUSIC.
CALDER'S MUSIC PALACE,
A West First South.
DAYNES & COALTER.
SO South Main.
CoALTER & SNELGRovE co,
IA South Main street
BATHS.
BECKs EoT SPRINGS.
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A BONANZA IN -FOUR ACRES.
william Kruger came tc Sidney. Ne
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SADDLES AND HARNESS.
LOUIS HOOK.
Manufactures and dealer, SO4 State ST.
BREWERS.

ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING co.
Tel Nos. 80 and 3S2
FISCHER A BREWING CO.,
160 South Tenth West.
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Catarrh is a constitutional disease.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a constitutional
remedy. It cures catarrh. Give It
trial
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LEADING BUSINESS FIRMS OF SALT LAKE CITY.
BARRIERS.

FTHR CHRISTIAN.
DAVID REESE & H. M. McCUNE.
New proprietors-Cullen hotel
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BAKERIES.

LAWRENCE BAKERY, 81 E. First
South.
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ADVANTAGES OF COOPERATION.

Sparta, Wis.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-13
THE HELPLESS STAIN.
Sixteen Wounded Insurgents
Murdered by Spanish.
ATTENDING DOCTORS ALsoKILLEr

A Small Hospital Of the Rebel Forces
Captured aud the Maehete Put a.
the Inmates weyieF Has iieportea
the omeeFs Commanding For Promo
tion or Decoration.
NEw YoRK, Dec IA Worlds Ha.
vana letter says private advices from
MatanEas report the surprise and cap.
ture Of another rebel hospital By Spanish
forces OF Galicia and Pavia AZ a point
midway between the towns Of Mordag
and Canajas, Santa Clara province, tho
raid taking place at midnight.
Sixteen helpless inmates and two sur
geons. one OF these DIR, Platindo, woro
killed with the machete. The hospital
buildings were burned by the raiders.
The report omits the names Of the OF
hcers commanding, but IL Is understoo,
that they have been congratulated b.
Captain General weyler and recon
mended 10 the minister Of war for pro
motion or decoration for bravery"
The wife. sister and niece Of the robe
chieftain DuneE have been arrested Of
MatanEas aud thrown into prison by on
der Of Governor Perez.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-13
AFEAlRs nm BRAZIL.
Terms with Italy settled aud Terms
with France nelnx Negotiated.

Terms with Italy settled aud Terms
with France nelRg Negotiated.
New YoRK, Dec. Ia The correspond,
ent OF The Herald ut Rio de Janeiro,
Brnzil, tolenaphs that the minister Of
foreign affairs is making an attempt 70
arrange terms with France in relation
TO the disputed territory OF Ampa. The
unyielding attitude OF the French gov,
eminent places almost innumerable OBJ.
jects in the way Of a settlement
The Brazilian national treasury has
received an order to pay the Italian 10.
cation the sum agreed upon In settle.
ment Of the claims Of Italy.
The commercial situation In Brasil Is
improving and confidence In business
circles is IN some degree restored.
The recent lease OF the Central rail.
way for % years az a rental Of 10000.
600 is regarded a. excellent business.
A syndicate Of the English, French
and Belgian capitalists has offered 70
take all the government railways at fair
rental The government will appoint a
commission to investigate and report on
the advisability Of accepting sho offer.