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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
MORE sHARP PRACTICE.

Farmers in some parts of the coun-
try have recently been victimized by
swindler with a doubIe-ended fountain
pen, says the Rural New Yorker. Os-
tensibly he wrote out a. contract for
the sale of farm machinery. This the
farmer looked over, and finding it all
right, signed it with the sharper's pen.
But while the penholder was the same,
the pen and writing were not; the con-
tract was written with ink that soon
faded out, leaving nothing but blank
paper. But while the farmers atten-
ton was attracted, the swindler
changed ends with the pen, and the
farmers name was written with good
ink that didn't fade Then the swim
dler had blank sheet of paper with
the victims genuine signature, and
above this he wrote a genuine promls-
sorry note in ink that didn't fade. Be
ware of the stranger, for you. instead
Of him, are likely to be taken in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
BREEDING FoR BUTTER.

There's many a slip twixt the cup
and the lip, and many miss-cue in
breeding up a dairy herd. Granting
the truth of what has been taught as
to the value of intelligent breeding,
Rural Life says, it is also true that the
laws of heredity do not overpoWer all
other laws.
The most efficient rule in improving
a breed of hogs is the sled stakes
rule" That is, use a. sled stake on all
pigs not filling the requirements. In
milder form this rule sends to the
packing house all of one class and re-
serve as breeders the others. This
sorting out is positive necessity IN
all kinds of farming, saving SEED
grain, raising hogs, growing a beef
herd, or growing a dairy herd. Prog
ress is possible only by selection. The
rule that like produces like" is not
true when cut down to absolute limits.
If 1t were, progress would be lmpoSSl-
BILE Retrogression and progression
would both be unknown were the rule
Of like produces like absolute. We could
not average things by mixing, and
could not improve breed nor even
make a new one.
But like produces like, with varia-
ton. Some will be better than the
parents, some poorer. The sled stake
rule will keep the herd up to the high
est excellence, or selecting the best for
keeping and discarding all the others.
Sometimes man finds his dairy &C
tuaily inferior after breeding for but
ter than it was before. He may have
MIXED a few excellent cows of mixed
| ancestry and graded up with dairy
! sire. Some of the offspring may be
| better than the mothers, some poorer,
and if he keeps them all he has an in
ferior herd; If he disposes Of the infer
/ IL fl,A hog q
! should find the herd improving. ThlS
will be the result without buying any
! improved blood. Selection is the main
| thing but the number that must be
| discarded from a herd not bred in
dairy lines must be greater. Therein
and only there lies the advantage OF
! breeding for butter or for any other
purpose. The number that must be
rejected is lessened by breeding in the
direction desired.
Suppose farmer breeds to a Guern-
sey or a Jersey bull. The half-bloods
will almost surely please him. He goes
on grading up" and in some instances
finds the higher he grades the poorer
his herd as a whole. This is discourag-
ing, but if fact we should face it
honestly. Why may this be?
1t may be for the following reason:
In grading up he breeds from all the
half-bloods and a portion of the Off
spring inclines toward milk-giving and
a portion away from it. The law OF
variation gets in its work and some
of the higher grades are inferior to the
lower grades. and the farmer is slow
err to sacrifice them. Hence his herd
may as a whole actually retrograde.
Selection stands first of all as a
means of securing a good dairy herd.
Raise many, save few, feed well, and
success is sure. But, as said before
blood is helpful, for training in the
desired line ard selection for many
generations in that line measurably
fixes traits and fewer individual ami
mails have to be discarded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14

now to remove the calf within an hour or
two, at least before it has sucked, and
milk the COW as if no calf was in ex-
lstence- He likes the plan exceedingly
well, and there are no scenes incident to
removing a calf from it's mother after a
strong attachment has been formed for
each other. The cows milk equally as
well, with no holding up of milk; and as
the calf is fed from the pail from the
start. there is no teaching it to drink,
and its cries" are unlearned. and one
IS not compelled to introduce the element
of hunger TO compel it TO drink. We
strongly believe in this practice of Mr.
George, and especially so in the case Of
heifers, with their first calf. Then they
only know that there is one way to re-
heve the pressure of their udders. and il
gentle ways are used and good feeding,
The little heifer looks at once upon the
mixer as the worthy object of her mater
nal affections. and all can recall incidents
without number where the neifer has
seemingly transferred all her maternal
devotion to the person that feeds and
mllks her. All who have tried this plan
will quickly admit that Mr. Georges plan
is less work and bother. and in results.
even more satisfactory than the older
method, and WAT is all the more salts
factory there is continual peace in War
saw
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
WHAT COOPERATION WILL DO.
Fourth Prize Article, Glass II, Mar
I1et Method Contest.

Fourth Prize Article, Glass III, Mar
Iset Method Contest.
About ten years ago the Fruit Grow
ers' union of Hammonton, Atlantic
county, New Jersey, was organized. 1t
started with a few, but soon increased
to 100, and in less than four years had
over 400 members. 1t was started to
mutually help one another The mem
bership fee was 81, including both men
and women. The union hired one OF
their number to manage the store bust
ness the first year, paying him Sl2 a
week and no more for his services.
After that it was found necessary TO
increase the help, so that after five or
six years they employed four or i've
assistants.
The union bought and sold for cash
only. 1 think the seventh year the
sales went up to $4,000. The union
sold for a less per cent, or less proht,
than most stores and soon sold more
than ten other stores. A small amount
Of stock was issued to start the bust
ness. Those members who could spare
a little money put it in as stock at 3
pei. cent. But the managers soon had
from the 81 membership quite cap
ital to push things with. 1t has proved
a triumphant success. Some OF the
smartest members were sent into our
largest cities to find out as much as
possible about the financial standing
Of commission merchants, bringing
back the names of some of the best
for all members to select from. No
doubt this has proved very beneficial.
The association has secured special
freight and express rates to the big
cities, or rebates which amounted in
some years to $4,000 or $4,000. This
amount was saved to the members.
Some who traded wholly at the store
got very handsome rebates out of their
purchases. The weak point: They new
er organized a force of their own TO
sell their stuff at retail.-Prize Essay
in Farm and Home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
A KIND OF FARMING THAT WILL
Paw

One point needs to be emphasized at
this time, remarks the Orange Judd Far
rner: Farmers should inquire more close
" into the wants of local markets, and
try to meet their requirements. 1t is sur
prising to what an extent the interior
towns depend upon large cities-perhap5
thirty or fifty miles away-for their pro-
duets which should be supplied by nearby
farmers. In the more thiclxly populated
parts of the country, fresh vegetables,
Doultry eggs meat and dairy products
are always in demand, at fairly remuner-
alive prices. yet how little of the money
paid for these commodities goes into the
pockets of the farmers, who should re-
sight to see farmers buying for their own
tables vegetables which by little lore
thought might have been raised on the
farm and made a source of profit
We are not advocating the idea that
the general farmer should be market
gardener, but a well-provided garden or
truck patch" should be an adjunct 10
every farm. 1t should be an un1aillnS
source of good things for the home and
a profit to its owner The farmer engaged
in growing staple crops has little time 70
devote TO other matters; but at present
low. prices might it not pay better 10 grow
less wheat. corn and potatoes, and give
more attention to producing choice Vege-
tables. to improving and increasing tne
flock of poultry, and to suppantlhS SCRUB
stock with improved breeds Of cattle!
Early and late vegetables, 1reSh ESQ,
TouIfrv and choice butter are always In
good demand and farmers should pro-
duce these commodities, at least 70 sucn
an extent to supply their own famlleS
and fine demands OF neighboring market
or mining towns.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
SELLING HAT As BCa'qE,R.

The Livermore Valley farmer is TAX
ing a step forward. He is going out
of the raw material business and
more and more into the production of
the more valuable agricultural goods
which nearer approach the finished
article of commerce.
For instance, ton of hay sells for
$3.50, at the prevailing prices; it costs
one dollar a ton to cut and stack it,,
one dollar and a half to bale it, and
an average of fifty cents to haul it to
the warehouse or railroad. These ex-
penses cut the proceeds from a ton of
hay down to $3.50. A ton of hay fed ex-
clusively, will keep good cow 10 days
and good COW will produce a pound
of butter fat per day, worth 30 to %
cents per pound or from SO to SO; aside
from this she will yield in the same
time one half ton of skinned milk,
worth from $1.50 to 81 cash, or more
if fed to hogs and chickens; more over
her calf will add to the income. and
her pasturage will renew the land and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
ITE.ITY or WEEDS.

know philosophical gardener, and.
his philosophy is correct. AT a farm
ers' meeting, he said weeds were
gardeners best inanirnate friends. He
said the main thought of most was to
keep the weeds subdued, and to accom-
plish it, the soil has to be stirred often,
and this frequent stirring and letting in
air, light and sunshine was just what
the crops require for their best develop
ment; that weie there no weeds, not
one in ten would stir the soil often
enough He went to a field one morn
ing and observed the weeds getting
pretty rampant. He took off his hat,
bowed and said: Good morning,
weeds: excuse my delinquency. 1 had
no idea my potatoes were calling so
loudly for me to stir the soil;'' and now
he calls weeds his friendly monitors. y
-Galen Wilson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
TT Is PLuCN THAT WINS.

Now, young gentlemen, let me, for a
moment, address you touching your sue
cess in life; and 1 hope the very brevity
of my remarks will increase the chance
Of their making a lodgment in your
minds. Let me beg you in the outset of
your career, to dismiss from your minds
all idea of succeeding by luck. There is
no more common thought among young
people than that foolish one that by and
by something will turn up by which they
will suddenly achieve fame or fortune.
No, young gentlemen; things don't turn
up in this world unless somebody turns
them up. Inertia is one of the indispen-
sable laws of matter, and things lie fiat
where they are until by some intelligent
SPIRIT for nothing but spirit makes mo-
ton in this world they are endowed with
activity and life Do not dream that some
good luck is going to happen to you and
give you fortune. Luck is an gniS fatuus.
You may follow ii TO your ruin, but not
to success. The great Napoleon, who be-
lieved in his destiny, followed it until he
saw his star go down in blacklist night,
when the Old Guard persisted around him
and Waterloo was lost. A pound of pluck
is worth a ton of luck.
Young men talk of trusting to the spur
casions cannot make spurs, young gen
tlemen. If you wish to wear spurs, you
must win them. If you expect to use
them, you must buckle them to your own
heels before you go into the fight Amy
success you may achieve is not worth
having unless you fight for it. Whatever
You win in life, you must conquer by
your own efforts, and then it is yours-a
part of yourself.-James A. Garfield.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
result in good to all our citizens. We pre-

result in good to all our citizens. We pre-
sent a few as follows:
First-It would cause the country to be
more densely populated. which would be
the means of building up better schools
and churches and cause the country to
have better roads.
Second-It would make farm life more
pleasant and prevent the young from
Seeking homes and employment in the
towns and cities.
Fourth--It would cause much land that
is lying idle to be brought into cultivation
and made valuable.
Fffth-It would enable many intelligent
and worthy citizens of small means TO
provide for themselves homes and make
them more valuable members of society.
SiXth-It would encourage the raising of
a greater variety of crops and thus pre-
vent over-production in particular com
modities.
the country and make taxes lower.-DiXon
Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
HOGS AND CLOVER.

Hogs running on clover are singu-
larly free from disease. If a wind
proof shelter is given the sows at far
rowing time, with plenty of clean water
at all times, their care during the
gorwing season will not encroach on
the farmers time further than to irri-
gate the pasture occasionally to keep
the clover thrifty In the late fall,
feed on clover hay, turnips, beets and
a little grain. Large, rangy sows
should be kept, as they are the best
grazers and mixers, and should be
bred to fine-boned, quick-growlng
males. The mother will insure the pigs
a good start and the sire a quick
growth, so that they may be finished
with the least expense for grain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
AN ARr1EIcIAL HoTREn.

We have known locations where stable
manure for hot beds was not readily OBJ
tanned. and to meet such conditions we
give the following directions for manu-
featuring fermenting material for the
production of a moderate and continuous
heat, the quantities named being sufIi-
cient for a box twelve by seven feet.
Take as the crude materials 500 pounds
of straw. three bushels of powdered
quicl1lime, six pounds of muriatic acid,
six pounds of saltpetre. Having prepared
the excavation of proper dimensions,
spread three or four inches of alfalfa or
old native hay in the bottom. Upon that
spread eight inches of the straw, tramp
it down and sprinkle with one-third part
of the quicl1lime. Dilute the six pounds
of muriauc acid with twenty gallons of
water, and, by means of an old broom,
sprinkle the bed with one-third part of
the solution. Make another layer of
eight inches of straw, applying quicklime
and solution as before. Repeat for third
layer Upon this make a fourth layer or
straw, and upon it sprinkle the four
pounds of saltpetre dissolved in. thirty
gallons of water Place the box IN posi-
ton, bank up outside, and within the box
spread three inches of rich, finely pulver-
lied earth, and put on the sash. A heat
will soon be generated which will be con-
tinued for two or three weekS.-DenVer
Field and Farm.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
co-nPER.A1ayf1 C:Rr1lA ME.RIEs.

There are many cooperative cream
cries that are meeting with success,
making money for the stockholders,
and supplying the community with a
better grade of butter ehah that OBJ
tanned by the old methods
But it is also true that many cooper
alive creameries have in a, snort tune
come to grief, with no gain other than
to the smooth agent who had worked
up the scheme.
II your community can work together
in harmony, if you have men capable
of directing the business of such an
institution a cooperative creamery
may make you more money out of
your cows than you are now getting,
but if there is any doubt abou1 your
being able to do this, don't let a cream
cry agent talk you into such a scheme.
Better get smaller separator in con-
nection with your neighbor on the ad-
joining farm and continue your indi-
vidual work.-Farm News.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
a FREQUENT TROUBLE IN cows.

4 FREQUENT TROUBLE IN cows.
What is known as inflammation of
the udder or milk ducts is quite COM
mon disease in COWS, and almost every
dairyman has frequent occasion to note
it. The teats will show considerable
heat at one milking and at the next the
milk when drawn will be 1umpy, full
of small bits of curd. The difficulty
with the milk will sometimes continue
for several milkings and then pass
away or grow worse in the form of a
general bad condition and loss of milk
ing power in the cow. Almost every
owner of large herds of cows has lost
more or less animals by this trouble.
The difficulty is very largely due to ex-
ternal causes. The trouble is more apt
to occur in winter when the cows are
stabbed or in the latter fall months,
when they are allowed to lie out of
doors in cold, frosty nights, rather
than in warm summer weather.
There are but few dairymen who
really take the best care of the cows
udder and give her those conditions
that help her to keep this very impor-
tant organ in perfect working order. It
is almost pitiful to go into some dali
ries and note the number of injured
udders.
This trouble, says the Home, Field
and Forum, is quite often caused by
lying down on a hard, uneven floor, or
by lying on damp ground, which will
also produce garget, or by exposure to
cold drafts in the stable. One very OBJ
servant dairyman once told the edi-
; tor that he had noticed that those cows
that stood next to the stone wall and
also those that stood near the door in
an underground stable were more apt
to take on this ailment.
A good treatment for the disease is
to wash well the affected quarters in
as hot salt and water as the hand will
bear, and afterward rub we'll with cam
phorated ointment In obstinate cases
a dose of two teaspoonsfuls of nitrate of
potash and one teaspoonful of chic
rate of potash daily for three days in
the feed is a good remedy. But the
best thing of ali is to keep a careful
watch daily of the conditions the cow
lives in and a study of those conditions
that are hurtful to the health of the
udder. Prevention is better than cure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
nAuLING our MANURE.

1t has long been manifest to US that
the very best time to haul out manure
is as soon as you can do it. The best
place for manure is where it is mixed
with the soil. Plow it under and the
soil gets all the virtue there is In 1T.
Manure is damaged by becoming dry
If you cannot haul it out right away
make a pile outside; a good way is to
put it in rail pen. Here it will. get
all the rain and dampness going, and
all the ingredients will be preserved.
To our mind, however, its value is
greatly enhanced by blowing it under
as soon as possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14

There is nothing to prevent anyone
concocting a mixture and calling it
'sarsaparilla," and there is nothing to
prevent anyone spending good money
testing the stuff; but prudent people,
who wish to be sure of their remedy
take only Ayers Sarsaparilla, and so
get cured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14

not wear it out Taking all these things
into consideration a ton of hay fed on
the farm is worth easily $3.50 as
against $3.50 baled and hauled off TO
acknowledgements Herald
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14

The time has come when the country
should be divided into small farms. There
are many reasons why this policy would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14

Merit in medicine means the power 10
c,Ire The great cures by Hoods Sar-
csnar;1Ia prove it's unequalIed merit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
SHADE AND VENTILATION FOR
HIVES

AS a shade for the hive during the heat
ed term Mr.. d. H. Hutchinson recon-
mends light board, two by three feet in
size, laid upon the top of the hive. One
of the longest edges of the board is placed
parallel and even with the north edge
OF the top OF the hive. the opposite end
projecting beyond the south edge of the
hive. This shades the hive when shade
is needed. and only when needed-that is
IN the middle OF the day In a windy sit
uation it may ne necessary to lay a brick
or stone upon this board TO keep it in
place. These boards may be made by
mailing the thick ends of shingles to a
piece of inch board 4 inches wide and
feet long.
The color of the hive, he adds has a
great bearing upon the need for shade
BACK or a dark color absorbs heat while
u IS reflected back or repealed by white
combs have melted down in old weather.
beaten hives standing in the sun. but
never in white hives pofnt as i'm
portant as shade is the circulation of air
ABOUT the hives. Combs have melted
down in hives standing in shade so dense
that the sun never ShOne upon them. the
about them making it so close that the
air could not circulate.
This whole matter Of shade may be sum-
med up something as follows: If the
aplary is located where the ,coOl breeze
can ran the heating sides Of the hives car
rylng away the heat ere it accumulates.
and broad, generous entrance is fur
nShed each tidy white hive 7 am per-
suaded that shade is not so very essen
tai II the hives are dark in color, or
the apiary is located where there is not
absolute necessity TO prevent the combs
from melting, if for nothing else.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-04-17
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