The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
NOTES IN SEASON.

Well matured plans for spring work
will save much time in the field.
Improper feeding is the cause for
nine out of ten cases of sickness s.mong
your horses.
Horses that have to be whipped fire.
quently give unmistakable evidence of
bad ownership.
1t will be spring time by and by, and
some fellows will be caught with i'm
mature plans for next seasons farm
operations.
Manure in the yards will not produce
any better crop than rank growing
weeds. On the fields manure produces
grain CROPS or rich grass.
A writer on beef-making in farm
ing" lays down three prime requisites
to success: First, good cattle; second,
good food; third, good judgment.
The market for fat sheep shows these
days very clearly that the man who re-
members that carcasses as well as
fieeces are to be sold from his fiocks is
the shepherd who is going to win.
All young animals quickly learn to
eat ground oats, and there is no ground
grain better for them. They will grow
and thrive upon oats, even when draw
ing milk from the dams.
A little attention just now to the seed
catalogues should inspire some MEM
Der of the family with a sense of the
fitness of things in attempting to beau
tify the home surroundings with flow
ers.
1t is reported from all sections of the
state that the soil is now more fully
saturated with moisture than at this
season of the year for many years past.
There are excellent prospects ahead for
good crops
Energetic, pushing men who make a
practice Of doing things at just the
right time always have the advantage
of their work, While the shiftless, be-
hindhand man ALWAYS works at dis
advantage.
If the old farm machinery is worn
out lose no time in selling it for Junk.
The ira Yelling public is sure to think
a machine abandoned in the fields is
brand new reaper left out in the
weather to rot And a mans reputa-
ton is worth more than old iron
Forehanded farmers are now busy
with preparatory work. and as soon
as the ground is in order will start the
pillow and go right ahead without
balk Then neighbor Slowboy will
start upon a tour of discovery with
view of locating and investigating the
conditions of his implements.
planting this spring? Remember that
trees grow just as well during hard
times as when other things generally
are prosperous. The present year should
mark an epoch in tree planting The
ground will be in the best OF condition
and trees are cheap as dirt Plan for
wind breaks, shade, fruit, ornament,
fuel, etc. and be happy and ccnfort-
able in your old age.
1t is not enough that our cattle have
two o. three crosses of pure blood IN
them; we must remember that 1t is the
cattle os the right type which feed
best Notice what was actually seen
in a cattle market. Six steers were
sold. They would average about 1925
pounds all grades, but little rough
The highest price paid was 10. The
next animal was a well bred, round
ribbed. smooth, compact little beast
that would weigh about 1,250 pounds
This was sold for $50. Here was dit
ference of $40 in prieefion form alone
The type brought the price, for the
other steers outweighed them.
It is in the very nature of things that
the live stock of the farm must ever
remain Che farmers dependence for
finding the most ready and profitable
market for the various products of the
farm Our hay, fodder, and root crops
can never be disposed of to any ad-
vantage except as they are fed to live
stock on the farms where produced. 1t
is no more nor less than PLAYING into
other peoples hands TO produce I'M
mense crops of grain and other prod
ucts and then be compelled to part
ownership with such crops at Whatever
prices are offered simply from want OF
a market right on the farm for all
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