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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
AN UNDEvEIoPED MINE.
The Possibilities Which Poultry Of
fers to the Energetic Man.

In relation to the agriculturist, poultry
occupies the position of an undevelooed
mine OF wealth says Director Gilbert
or the Ontario college. The farmer asks
the reason for its value. The answer is
because for the capital invested there is
proper management, will return so great
a pront. 1t is the only department of
the farm that will utilize what might be
waste, and give in return for it:
Ffrst-The egg, representing cash at all
times.
Second-The young. which are revenue
producers IN three to five months.
Third-The valuable manure
Fourth-The body of the hen, which will
bring fair price after rearing several
broods of chickens and laying a large
number of eggs.
1t seems to make no difference with
poultry whether they are housed beneath
the slate roof OF Dretentious building
or in deserted pig pen, so long as they
are kept dry. fairly warm and well at
tended The farmer inquiries: What per-
centage of profit may l expect? In an
swer / quote from Stoddard. author of
20 works on poultry. He says "One
dollar per hen profit where large flocks
are kept. is a very good profit; that is
about 100 per cent on the Investment. In
smaller fiocks 2 and even 81 per hen is
realized. But such prices are the ex-
ception and not the rule
You tell farmer that there is money
in poultry, and he replies that there may
be, but it takes a lot of knowledge and
work to get it out of them. 1t takes IN
telligence and trouble TO look after any
nvents a business that will make money
for him while he sits down and looks at
it will be the, richest man the world has
ever produced.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
McMahon's Sad Fate.

Chicago, March 21.-James Mcmahon
of Evanston was stricken with par
alysis yesterday, just as it was moved
in the Republican city convention OF
Evanston that he be nominated for su-
pervisor. He fell unconscious to the
floor in his room and is now lying at
the point of death.
The news that Mr. Mcmahon had
been stricken reached the convention
hall lust as the motion 10 adjourn was
passed. All of the other nominees but
him were present, and they were re-
ceiving congratulations from their
friends.
The chairman raped for order and
made the announcement. From con-
gratulations the members of the con-
vention turned to discuss sadly the
misfortune which had befallen their
venerable associate.
He was one of the number that
crossed the plains in 40 for the Cali
fornia gold fields, where he amassed
a fortue in a few years. From Call
fornia he removed to the south, where
he purchased a large cotton plantation
At the outbreak Of the war, however,
his plantation was abandoned and Mr.
Mcmahon came to Chicago, where, with
It 3. BRYAN. he formed a partnership
in the insurance business. This pros
pered and soon he had retrieved the
fortune which the breaking out of the
war had taken from him.
The Chicago fire proved as great a
misfortune for Mr.. Mcmahon as had
the civil war, for in the great fire he
lost everything. After the fire he re-
moved TO Evanston, where he has
since lived
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22

face we have moist surface of water
above, SO that the water not only runs
down by its own weight or gravity but
is really attracted downward. Now note
the condition of the average field: it
takes but a few days after an ordinary
rain for the sun and wind to- dry the soil
TO depth of from six TO eight inches
ana L IS not uncommon to find it dry
Twelve to fifteen inches. The same re-
sistance to percolation exists all the way
down That is shown by the surface
demonstration previously referred to-
And the great advantage in our moisture
line in taking water into the soil is found
IN the fact that only two inches of dry
SOIL has to be moistened when the rain
reaches moist soil and is rapidly drawn
DOWN while on the other field of ordinary
image, dry to a depth of from six to
Twelve inches. and sometimes as many
rect, before the water can percolate
more than three inches. the resistance
Is SO great that, with heavy rain, the
surface becomes saturated or filled with
water. and the water will then largely
run on If the rain is followed by a hot
sun, the surface is soon dry, and what
IS soaked in is soon drawn up by the
strong capillarity of the firm surface
packed by the shower, and if unstirred
Tor nVe or six days the whole shower
VIII be lost by evaDoration.-Prof II. ~.
campbell, IN Nebraska State Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
The Early Garden.

AS soon as the top of the ground
can be worked, even though the frost
may not all be outside, radish. lettuce
and turnip seed may be sown and
onions planted, as these are hardy
enough to survive light freezing, and
may thus be made ready for use some
days or even weeks earlier than those
grown from the usual time of plant
iEg. If large onions of last years
growth are planted, instead of sets,
they are ready for use earlier, and are
also more prolific, as each onion con-
tains from two to five or more hearts,
each of which quickly develops into
an onion.
l know of nothing that can be grown
that makes such fine greens as tur-
nips. They are not only very pliable.
but their effect on the liver and kid
neys is most salutary. We sow seed
thickly in rows, eight or ten inches
wide. and about three feet apart. When
the leaves are an inch of two in size,
We begin thinning out, gathering the
largest ones for green's. They grow
rapidly and may be thinned every three
or four days, or oftener. if patch is
large, and weather favorable. We keep
gathering for greens until they stand
five or six inches apart, then let those
grow for summer turnips.
BY the time cabbage or tomato
plants are ready for transplanting,
they may be set between the rows of
turnips, thus making two crops on the
same space, provided each plant is
we'll fertilized: for turnips are gross
feeders, and consume an immense
of plant food.-Clara S. Ev-
arts in Colman's Rural World.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
Some Horse Notes.

For 90 years, have used and recon-
mended to others for Scratches a mix
ture of gunpowder and lard, about equal
quantities of each, thoroughly rubbed to-
gether with a knife on plate, making
a smooth ointment and applying with the
hand. rubbing well in. One application
is usually enough
Several years ago, l drove and had the
care of an excellent horse that became
very lame from sweeny. l then knew
nothing of the disease, but was advised
to rowel the horse. This was done by
passing tarred rope yarn under the
skin from one side to the other of the
diseased part This was left in two or
three weeks. occasionally pulled back
and forth, and a permanent cure fol-
under treatment.
When living far from druggist or
veterinary. simple remedies are useful.
After 20 years of constant handling and
observation of horses, / can almost in
variably trace the cause of collie, and
find that it is mere frequently the result
OF a sudden cold than anything else.
Sometimes our horses come in from the
city just at night with manure. Just as
su-ely as they are not blanketed, While
unloading, just so sure are they to take
cold. and have more or less severe at
tacks of collie. if the air is at all cold
or chilly. We now seldom have a case
of this kind, but once in a while get care
results: a case of collie follows. For the
2ast 10 years, L have used as remedy,
one to two heaping tablesDoonfuls of ex-
tract of Jamaica finger in pint or
warm milk, The result is always salts
factory. b. T. w.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
Potato Culture.

Irish Potato Culture" is the subject
Of Farmers Bulletin No. SIS, of the
United States department of agricul-
ture: also OF bulletin S. of Rhode Is
land station, and bulletin of the Mon
tana station. Bulletin rs, of Cornell
station. Ithaca, n. Y, treats of "Po-
tato Diseases, and bulletin IS, of
Rhode Island. is devoted to the Dor
deaux Mixture" as a remedy for dis
eases OF the Irish potato
Northern (Maine) grown seed pro-
duced a greater per cent of merchant
able potatoes than home grown seed,
IN il out of Il varieties tested. and p
larger actual yield of merchantable DO
tatoes in nine OF the Il varieties. the
average increase being II bushels per
acre. in five of the II varieties tested.
the home grown seed produced a
greater actual WELD of merchantable
potatoes than the Maine seed of the
same varieties, the average increase be-
ing q bushels per acre.
In marketing early potatoes. those
most nearly mature brought the best
prices.
Ear|ines ot maturity may be hast
OF water or other favorable condition of
climate, or by planting in greenhouse
pots and transplanting to the open
field when the weather gets warm
enough, or by sprouting in a cold frame
and taen transDlanting TO the open
field, or by "budding'-tflat is, subject
ing the seed 10 moderate heat and light
four to six weeks. till one or two strong
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
Extending Degeneration.

Every cooperative effort on the part of
farmers that contains a promise of sue
cess has our cordial sympathy, and we
look forward in time TO much greater
extension of cooperative effort than is
now deemed possible. Along dairy lines,
M John Gould, in Hoard'S Dairyman
gives expression to the following sugges-
tive thoughts in connection with the CO.
operative creamery.
Can you assign any reason why CO.
operative creamery should stop with the
one object of making butter? Why should
not the possibilities of its operations be
extended? Why not make the cold stor-
age room large and divide it off, and
patrons bring eggs. etc, and count them
m. co-operatively, and hold for a rise,
and, when sold. pro rate? Being in COM
Dany, why should they not buy one hun
dred and one things together, wholesale;
cars of seed, flour, and even meats? We
happen to know of man who has made
a great reputation for his factory, who
buys largely of the things his patrons
want, and sells them out, adding but D
per cent to actual cost, and limiting each
mans purchases to the size of his milk
account. He also buys all sorts of pro-
duce which is credited to the milk ac
count and if no account is run, cash is
paid if desired This comes pretty near
being q wholesale store and has drawn
an immense milk sale to the factory. 1t
IS safe for both sides and is cheaper.
Why can't this plan be duplicated?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
Effect of Dehorning.

An experiment station reports the fol-
lowing on dehorning:
During the year 1895 is steers We're
dehorned. In this work four sets were
taken off with the saw, the other y
with clippers. With six of the steers
extra care was taken to fill the ca"sty
OF the stub horn with oakum. saturated
with veal solution of carbolic 2cid,
and over this q bandage of muslin was
secured by fastening under the throat.
Six others were treated with the oakum
and acid but left without the bandage-
The other four were given no attention
after the horns were clipped off. The
herd after dehorning was turned out to-
gether and all treated alike for the five
weeks following, with results which
seemed to Justify the following opinions:
The cattle dehorned with the saw suffered
more than those dehorned with the
clippers: possibly not more in the same
length of time but certainly as much
for a period of time almost twice as
long The saw did a little smoother job
than the clippers. but there was so little
difference in the appearance of the stubs
that only an expert would be able to
tell by which implement the dehorning
had been done. The animals not treated
after dehorning apparently did as well
as those that were given all possible pro-
lection but the sores did not heal quite
so rapidly The extra care of bandag-
ing the stubs did not seem to be of any
advantage. but the application
of oakum and the solution of carbolic
acid was, ] believe. we'll worth the
trouble of applying"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
San Jose Scale Again.


The recently discovered widespread
occurrence of the worst known insect
fruit pest in America, the San Jose
scale, and the imminent danger Of
heavy and continuous losses resulting
from the common distribution of that
insect, have stirred all the interests
involved to unusual activity with a
view to escaping if possible from so
serious a misfortune.
The Ohio State Horticultural So
ciety has lately issued a call for a ma
tional conference to be held IN Wash
ington with a view to maturing and
recommending national and state leg
islation for preventing the distribution
of insects and fungi injurious to fruits
A preliminary conference of official en-
tomologists and professors of horticul-
ture representing eight north-central
states was held in Chicago, Jan. 29
and important discussion was had of
measures to be taken by the separate
states for the inspection of orchards,
nursery stock and the like, and espec-
tally for the detection and destruction
of the San Jose scale wherever there
is reason to suppose that it may have
been introduced. 1t was the common
judgment of this conference that both
state and national legislation looking
to these ends has become imperative.
L
official entomologists or by their expert
ment station horticulturists, were
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The following resolutions were adopted
at this meeting:
Resolved, That we recommend to the
people of our respective states that in
purchasing stock from other than home
nurseries they require a certificate of
inspection from such nursery. specify
ing that such stock has been inspected
by an official inspector, or has been
grown on grounds duly inspected. and
specifying the result of such inspec-
ton.
Resolved, That we endorse the call
of the Ohio State Horticultural society
for a national convention to consider
and recommend the most appropriate
federal state legislation for preventing
the introduction and spread of noXiouS
insects and fungi in the United States.
The situation in Illinois, while less
serious than in many of the states
farther east, calls nevertheless for i'm
and energetic action. Seven
teen colonies of the San Jose scale have
thus far been detected in different
parts of the state, from Waukegan
and Scales Mound on the north to Villa
Ridge on the south, and from Paris
and Danville on the east to Moline |
Quincy and Alton on the west One
of the areas infested, that near Sparta. /
in Randolph county. is equal to about
half mile square, and includes several
The state experiment station has now
ready for the press a bulletin on the |
San Jose scale in Illinois, of which /
Ii 900 copies will presently be issued. /
In the meantime, those especially con- /
cerned should write to the United /
States department of agriculture, at
D. c., for the bulletin of
that department on the San Jose scale. !
S. A. FORBES,
State Entomologist.
Champaign, Ill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
WHY so MANY ARE POOR.
An Object Lesson For Every Farmer


we wish the lesson conveyed in the
following narrative could be burned into
the mind of every reader. so that when
tempted to buy unnecessary machinery,
tools, etc, he would stop long enough to
consider whether he could not do just as
well or better without them, save his
money and put it to some more profitable
use. The narrative is given by Mr.. w. L..
Anderson. of Indiana, in the Orange
Judd Farmer. under the heading, Why
did not buy the machine
Twelve years ago, says Mr.. Anderson,
I attended the state fair and was much
pleased with the working of a manure
sDreader. The price was s1o0. l be-
shall / invest it in this machine or put
it on interest? l know a safe man who
will give me per cent? that is s. per
year. But ] want to haul about 300 loads
save much time and. work, ii surely will
pay for itself. Let me see. John says it
never takes him over4 Is minutes to
spread a load from the wagon; that's four
loads an hour or 10 loads in 10 hours, and
l pay him 81 day, and il will take him
at that rate seven and half days to
spread the 300. loads. So. it will cost me
$50 year If he spreads it. but IS if |
buy the machine. So l am soc. better off
each year without the machine. But If I
haul on this. it will save my wagon. yet
if | get the machine. l will have to build
an extra shed for 1t, so | Will balance the
use of my wagon against the shed and
call it even. But in Il or 10 years the
old machine will be worn out and my 500
gone, Besides the repairs | have put on it.
But my money on interest never wears
out. So l came home without the ma
cnine and put the 500 out. Since that
time it has brought me 500 in interest, has
rot cost me a cent for repairs and is
still as efficient as the day l lent il. Had
] bought that machine, at that time l
would now be 500 poorer.
This is not only true of this machine
,fra1 7ffal.
the farmer is compelled to choose be-
tween. Some own a self-binder who
would be richer had they nothing but Il
cradle. In attending farmers sales, l
have estimated the average lifetime of
farm machinery and find that for various
causes costly machinery quickly depre-
ciates to almost nothing. In some farms
| find stacks of machinery and l know
from the size of the farm and the char
acter of the man that he would have
been richer had he never owned other
than q hoe. a scythe and a cradle. Some
men are machine poor and some land
poor; they have more than they need.
Yet land. and machinery will make man
rich. if used with good judgment and
close calculation.
Never buy machinery unless you can
demonstrate that in the long run you can
make more money with it than without
it. And when you buy it, keep it always
in good repair. a stitch in time saves
nine. And take good care of it, Wear it |
put. but don't rust il out. Every manu- |
facturer of agricultural machinery, at |
east in the west, knows that farmers |
destroy more machines by lack of care |
than by wear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
A Great Dairy State.

Thirty million dollars represented the
value of the dairy products of Wisconsin
last year. one-third the value of all the
AGRICULTURAL products of the state. One
third of the Wisconsin farmers income
is from the milkDail grain, hay. wool,
eggs. fruit, tobacco, sorghum. vegetables,
meats and hides representing the other
two-thirds. In many sections of the
country dairy products are regarded
merely as incidentals. by-products of the
farm, and accordingly despised. and the
statement that the Wisconsin farmer de-
rives one-third of his income from the
dairy will in many minds put him on a
plane of small operations. But when we
estimate what part of ones income goes
to the dairyman and what part to the
then our preconceived
opinions undergo a radical change In a
family of five persons, on an average
there will be consumed five barrels of
flour a year. Say this flour costs IS a
barrel. which is rather overestimating the
price. then the family's tribute to the
great embarrassing and milling Industries
is SIS year. This same family will con-
sumo five pounds of butter a week. $50
pounds a year, which. at 20 cents a
pound. amounts to $50 year. making the
tribute to the dairy interests just twice
what it is TO the wheat interests. 1t is
not conceivable that this family will go
without milk. More likely than other
wise. it will consume two quarts of milk
a day at cents a quart. and this, with
cheese and cream, will easily make the
tribute to the dairyman 800. or four times
what it is to the wheat-raiser No won
der then, that the agricultural depart
mont of the state university has advised
Wisconsin farmers that the time for
them to raise wheat has gone by and
that they have listened to this advice to
the extent that the state no longer raises
enough wheat for home consumption and
IS rapidly becoming one of the greatest
states of the Union.
The reasons that have made northern
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
Keep Up the Quality.

Turkeys when kept for generations IN
told on the same place, no fresh blood
ever being infused in the flock to stay
the downward course in strength, size
and fertility. will retrograde in all these
qualities until they become so delicate
that IL is a hard matter to raise one
fourth the poultry Matched. Add to this
the Dernicious habit of many farmers in
selling all the largest and best poults each
winter and keeping only a few runts and
late Matched birds to breed from, because
the latter will not bring much if sold, is
it any wonder that many people say
there is nothing in turkeYs?''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
Some Accessory Crops That Paid.


In the present state of affairs there is
need of adopting additional crops, the
cultivation and harvesting of which will
not conflict with that of other crops but
that will bring in money. There is al
ready enough TO do during wheat harvest
and also at the harvesting of corn But
there IS with most of us farmers some
slack time throughout the month of
August and early in September. Now.
will fiji this place. Melons, for one thing,
suggests j. w. Birdsall, of Ohio, in the
American AgriculturiSt, who has been
very successful with melons. The plant
ing comes before that of corn, in the
first weeks of May. and IL is ready for
first cultivation before corn. Then the
harvesting begins about August 10, and
continues into September. Now the re-
Quirements for a good melon crop are a
good light. warm. dry. fertile. sandy soil.
and thorough cultivation. Care should
be taken in the selection of varieties
and planting of seed. Watermelons
should be planted SKIS feet, while musk
melons may be planted 3X6 feet or 4XS.
Commercial fertilizers may be used in the
hill. but not in contact with the seed.
Cultivate thoroughly as long as you can.
Use the hoe. The marketing is an i'm
portant item. Market your own produce
if possible To sell to hucksters takes
quite bit of the profit.
This crop is a well paying one. In 1895
the gross proceeds from six acres were
1920 the expense being. for blowing six
acres $40, narrowing and marking So
planting 50, seed 81. cultivating SIS, boeing
81. determination of pests g. The total
expenses was s42. or 81 per acre. There
was left s63 per acre, which includes the
marketing. In previous years the profits
have much exceeded this. Compare this
with wheat or potatoes at the present
TricRS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22
The Farmer.

covet no mans wealth today, I envy
none his place,
My lineage back TO earl or duke ] fear
l could not trace;
But would sooner fill this chair beneath
the roof / own.
Than have the cares and troubles that
beset a monarch's throne.
My acres are not MANY. but won them
with my toll,
From boyhood with the plowshare have
turned the dewy soil;
I've whistled in the morning with the
lark behind the pillow,
A gayeF lad, brighter boy, the wide
world does not know.
The flag that floats in triumph where the
citys millions swarm
Protects as we'll the farmer on his cosy
little farm:
The stars that gem its azure field in con-
scious beauty shine
Upon this Nations capitol and on this
home OF mine.
IT. c. Harbaugh. in Ohio Farmer.