The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-09

The dairy COW is still on top of the
heap as a money maker, and viii con-
tinue so under good care.
The stock man who does not want
every animal on his farm a thorough
bred is not fully educated.
There is too much contentment in
farm life; i. e., contentment with COM
snonplace stock, crops and surround
1ngs.
work as wei in the dark as with a
light. The happy secret is in, having
q place fer everything and everything
in its place.
Persuade the farm boys that the
reading of good books while they are
boys is the best way TO become broad
minded men when they come to mans
estate.
The use of beet pulp for fattening
cattle IS increasing and will probably
be a factor in the further establish
.nent of the sugar industry in America.
Not q weed should be left in the
berry garden this fall. Destroy hox-
ious seed and insect eggs by burning
all weeds, dead brush and vines, thus
saving much labor another season
In the beehive each inmate has its
allotted task The field workers gather
nectar, pollen propolis or water. Those
in the hive secrete wax, build cells and
do the other work of che hive.
There is 20 better use to be made
of time than for a farmer TO take a
few days vacation, spending the time
in visiting the farms Of other men who
have made notable success in some
branch OF farming.
From this time forward until mid
winter prudent farmers and stockmen
weed out the old undesirable young an
imalS in their fiOcks and herds. It is
poor judgment and worse economy to
feed profitless stock
According to Rothamsted expert
ments the butchers carcass of>a fat OK
viii weigh about so per cent of the live
weight; of a sheep, SO per cent; of a
fat porker, SO per cent. These figures
Will vary slightly according to the
amount of fat the animal has taken on.
On nearly every farm where poultry
is raised in considerable numbers,
there win be noticed a few scrawny
runts, whose growth was checked from
some cause or other. You should not
winter any such stock as this. 1t does
not pay. a chick once Stunted will
never pay Tor its care, and it takes up
the room of one that could be earning
you money. And above all things,
never breed such a fowl.
An old sheep breeder gives the fol-
tOWlhS essentials IOG successful SEGeD
raising: First, dry. warm shelter; sec
ond, regular attention; third, salt in
their reach at all times; fourth.
plenty Of pure water throughout the
year, fifth, plenty of good clover hay;
sixth, do not stuff the ewes with grain
unless you are fattening them for mar
ket, but give them a small allowance
of corn and oe.ts, equal parts, twice a.
day, while they are carrying their
lambs. After they drop their lambs
Increase the feed, and with proper. care
and attention your sheep will do well.
To secure large, nice fruit, severe
pruning is necessary. New growth on
both old and new currants and goose
berries should be cut back and old
wood in center of bush removed. Lat
erals on black raspberries cut back
one-third or one-half Remove all
weak canes and broken branches. The
ideal bush should be round or oval in
form, stocky and pruned to admit free
circulation Of air. Currants are often
injured by the borer. The egg is de-
posted about June l, and as soon as
Matched the young bOrer eats its way
into the pith and feeds on the life Of
the plant. AS soon as the leaves start,
the affected canes, which now have
black center, are easily discovered by
their sickly appearance, and should be
cut out and burned at Once.-M. A.
Thayer.