The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-02-12
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS

When a farmer has plenty Of land
and fails TO grow his own fence posts
and irewood, he IL not living up to hl,
privileges
Some Of our cattle feeders have learn.
ed that a plump, meaty tioo.pound J..
year'old steer will bring more cash than
a long 4.year.oid.
The chap who IL wondering whether
It will pay him to I'LL his land next sea.
son should ask himself what he can get
out Of land u Il lies idle.
A. a matter OF business, u II were not
gain to cut the feed. II would not be
the common practice OF the employers
OF hundreds Of horses In single stables
to use cut feed.
The depression In prices and general
encouragement Of farming must no, be
permitted to interfere with plans for I'm.
proved farming. Improvement Il the
way to overcome depression.
A very valuable book for all who are
ln,ere ted In farm dsrying Is "Good
Butter and How to Make IT," published
BY the Kneelsnd Crystal Creamery com.
pany. Lansing. Mich. They send II free
to all applicants
When pruning the old orchard and
removing large limb. frat saw a notch
on the under side OF the limb then saw
down from the upper side to meet that
below. This will prevent splitting the
limb. Use gum shellsck dissolved In
alcohol. or thin, iight.eoiored paint to
coat the wounds.
One reason Why women are ever.
verked on farms 10 because they have
not disrovefed that men can Do most Of
the heavy vsrk about the house. And
there should be nothing discreditasie On
g man doing work which u honorable,
Tor woman. provided, 81 eour,r. HE
time 10 not worth more Al SOME other
labor.
Cleanliness T. the best mode Of get.
ting I'D Of odors. but even With the
greatest care In tina, respect odors wifi
often prevail. The beat remedy 10 10
burn q spoonful Of sulphur In the
poultry house once q week, fret clos.
Ing u. The use Of q tablespoonful Of
earbolle acid In a gallon Of water,
freely sPrinkled In the poultry house
once a week, will be found very enec.
tive In dislnfeeting.
The ideal location for an apple
orchard, Miss Cutler told the Boston
farmers at their meeting a week ago,
Il on a hill. The advantage In this
over a plain being that the trees are
more open to the light and air, giving
better color and favor to the fruit,
better natural drainage and freedom
from irosts.
For .he table nothing equals tho
Budlong, or a. some seedsmen eata-
logue It. Breadstone, turnip. This Il
the sweetest turnIp grown. and u
planted late. not earlier than July, and
on rather poor land, or on sod land,
II will not grow large. and when once
grown, "~w ne sivuys srowu" EVery
one should try this.
a Phillips county settler named Fred
Boreland, OF lIolyoke, Mass. writes: "Tn
1888 Invested 5000 IN sheep, sheds and
eorals. The number Of sheep pur.
chased was 1i4, for which I paid $500.
! kept this flock and Increase until 1890,
without adding anything to my invest.
ment, but during that year Invested
$500 more In sheep. During soi sold
the entire herd for $1,000. In the mean.
time, ! made my living and kept up all
the expense OF running the band out OF
the sale OF mutton ard wool from Il.
Last season ! re.entered the business,
and have purchased 1900 head Of sheep.
know OF no business that yields such
satisfactory profits with as little risk"
After repeated efforts In packing Ice,
u IL found that there should be openings
In the gable ends over the sawdust. I
lhink that II the building IL fully ex.
posed 10 the sun, two feet IL better than
~ Inches OF saw.dust around the sides.
We have no inside partition, simply pile
up the Ice cake on edge. and keep filled
'olidly all around with sawdusi, prefera.
bly, pine Use an adre to keep the up.
per surfaces even as each layer IL put In,
10 that there will be no erevlees. Plae.
ng the cakes on edge does not eneour.
'ge melting as does placing them Fat,
BECAUSE preeolation IA more rapid
through the pores by the latter method.
I is essential to keep the sawdvst we'll
rodden down as the Ice Il taken out.