Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31

Exr riment ss1tfuf, az Logan fei .wo
cow fcr four mCrsha. and obtained
Sin.sefflm $500 when he buifer-fat
ihi tows proaucad WAS sold FER flftaen
cef'.s psf pctai. Il Is a record that |
hivs utvtr ettu eauAiled. fifiy such
aeTss would rivc farmer an lr'-ome
x <l.tuv ysar.
Al ab - icui,urif meeting rtcfr.iy.
] aHkfd lhcse prtEili. Nciff was shcr
yie'i q lutfrE per acre Der year In their
iagul.ty. Two Crtps were gsuwr and
the yllid rspdi.cd WAS ffon three to
I'VE s.cs per acre VI trfigattd lard. The
cstse = she dlfitrfisce was rot ~
poif' a. brt % ilssHd AZ Hast furnish
fe.l for oiJusgt.
The difference ~ the returns Mt Ogden
Prices, fancy " yer son. mani 80
pr acre. IN fuTaicr sfcu1r.on OF the
Huhs,s. ! duss;'lrcd whether Z was the
btst plan - market the iuccrn by
drawing : 10 ogden. twelve miilz. o.
.ie prizes s.ase,i. Az the eSpsrim %.
s,nfcl ths r,surns Tor feeling uceTn
60 god rcN7 wcrt from 81 20 81 per
ton. FOR lrg.lrce a gcoi COW fed On
cklfiy psNr-s - Mcifn per day wii
riOdute fton IL scven.s;tths Of a p1un,l
~ butter fN ,1 ur average Tor 800
days. W.'h husstr RAJ ui sixteen GEMS
per pound tiiis m 1ir iwtive cents for
ftty pounds uf irccrn or - per ton.
-
his Np9ficfcl hfi b tn FIfne. This
o.. the Larger ylei word Nuke IN acre
N luccrn worth go or Tor nriy acres
5000. u u chiao. " course shat the
ftld af'l cure Tor clttie ~ cans work,
what clsc u % re 10 do during the
wlnier3 However. there seems 20 be
mary who would rrhcr dinw the lu-
Germ twelve miles Tor 50 than turn II
pN.r 20 She uWa lrd take Y out In
mix. TAey are wiicome 10 their
% Ice. W. viz rot dirruss ~ wisdom.
Durlrg hsi September | visfed
Mtf1ft. Slrpltc couf.y. Af,cr a meet
lfg. az w'f.;h I aHcurse1 the aivau-
,arta u fco.lrT "a. hri ard maintain.
'ts ~ ffw Ivy. ntssnan who was
pf-sef: ici me v striking lllus,ra-
ton - tn pffrt . isoursal. F,r many
yours :h1fe had Ivel IN IN. rqlghbor.
hc1r man who was remarkably sue.
cfssful a. wheat gryWef His yield
n rely nan ~ to from sixty-fivr 10
stNerty.nN0 buiueia per acre. whereas
ihf yleldr On o.hfr farms ran from
~iriy 10 forty buAhois per acre. The
iSpaf'rtcn given " the large yield
obtlirid Was tl1g the man fed hi
land. Cultivated ard wasered l. skill
FULLY. lie uscl rot si0ns all the nsnur,
pfoductd on his own farm hut bouRh,
nom hls rlighbors WIN were anxious
| 70 get ria ~ q a., their land was tn1
"chtD The moe, 81 I,ie nvEhbori
attributed the results 20 the farm hui
my Informant thought II was the man
ana believe he was correct Same
say such yields are impossible but /,
seems TO me they are Just ~ possible
here M In England and France whore
such returns are not uncommon. Araln
az the lowest yields with wheat worth
fniy cents per bushci We have sss. 80 pei
acre or I.ess from any acres.
While In ogden recently talked T.
man who produced twcnty-six tons Of
sugar bccta on one acre II land. while
others present told me Of Yields OF from
| twenty To twenty-five ions. These ar,
truly surprising returns and Illus.
tfatc the wonderful ndaptability of
| nur soil and climate Tor this and sim.
| liar root crops. II IL a crop thnt rnii,
for large amount OF labor. and Vel
when permanently undertaken, I'm.
proved machinery and q study OF econ.
ON methods ~ handling will much
reduce this Item. Twcnty-HiN tons ol
sugar bects per acre a; 81 per tor
/ means sios per acre. Even N ID cost,
so per acfc FOR extra labor. the invest.
Z ment II yet u very good one. ON thl,
same occasion | was commenting or
III. possibilities NJ Utah agriculture
but my estimates were nut quit. IN IN.
shade by an old gentleman STANDING
near who said he had taken, II
! gross receipts from twenty-five acre.
OF land. SLIGO or $50 per acre. Il wa
garden. field. ana fruit.
/ a short time aso I received n letter
from a Ecnilcman who recently left this