Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-06

Te,stv 1t gets considerable handling
tsfnre IL gets TO the stock. ana not
,,rfrrauentiy the most mat IL left by
that time Is stalks.
carefully made experiments at this
a,atlon aud also in Colorado. Indicate
fbaf the leaves are the most valuable
port OF the iucern crop, forming from
10 10 80 per cent 81 the total Weight
fnr weight the leaves contain much the
LARGEST proportion OF valuable food
material. and besides % much larger
nrnportinn is digcstiblc, or may be
utilized by the animals.
ENporlmonts made In Colorado and
roportod In bulletin 90, Indicate thut
WITH careless handling nearly onc-half
~ the crop Of lucctu may be lost du,
to The fniiinr or the leaves and small
stems They place minimum loss ut
10 60 20 pnr cent. From many ohHot-
yntops ninde + fear the maximum m
nii too frequently approached on ths
Utah farms. certainly "a very HcruuH
loss A tcllrvd this lusa may De very
largely. n not altogether prevented uy
following ln measure. the mHinud
practlscd IN the Eunt On handling clover
n the iucorn were rukcd up uH soon Ir
Il ia well Wiitcd ana put into Euull
cocks FAY good forkful. in each and
then allowed to dry cut In the cock.
]
WHOM rakod up us soon ns wilt.d the
small heaps win dry well w uur cii-
mate when put up Ia this way too.
leaves do not fall to any extent and Tho
slight shower Of rain but spells the
outside Whereas spread out iu the nold
the whole crop would Doe Injured. ThUu
again the luceru can be- pitched uuon
the wagon with "a minimum Uf pu0rt
and "a minimum Of loss. 4 have talked
ID
method with entirely satisfactory re-
suits.
The farmers occupation Is a business
that calls Tor "a large amount OF labor
both NJ men and teams IN. proper
handling. management and disposal
/ of this labor calls Cor much careful
! planning, " % ls 90 accomplish the
| largest amount ~ work Time lH
money ana yet on too many farms
/ largo amounts ~ 10 are fooled away
or wasted through bad munueemeut.
Modern farming calls Cor q large
/ quantity and great variety uf ma
/ chlntry \ uccesHful former has 90
/ hc good mechanic. II has frequent
/ ~ occurred Co me that the ttah farm.
/ crs are doing their ltvrl best 10 rlvg
/ the machine agents " the state n good
| living; FIRST because OF the amount uf
machinery purchased 60 do the work
| required, and second. hrcaua. Of the
| care or rather lack of earn given o.
/ the machinery. The mast common
/ lmplcm.nt shed was % public one with
| The blue canopy OF heaven above. ] am
| fully persuaded that ono year VI wUt-
/ thcriuE outside VIII do 10 machine, such
aH o mower ur binder. more harm than
/ Two seasons % work cutting one hun
drcd acres year II the machine was
piop,fly cared for 4 littlc more coo
] operation among the farmers uf The
settlements would save thousands uf
! dollars nm farm Implements
/ The Kind uf crops 60 grow on co.
| itrm VIII In % measure depend on tho
market Tor those crops. mr. ln other
words The manner of diHp1slng of tha
] crops, IT the grain, folders and roots
are an 20 Do sold on the farm. two
dangers VIII have 10 bo guarded
| against. first lmpnvorlshmont % tho
soil. ns every crop a1li carries on some
%! the farmers working capital. the
plant food ~ The farm. and mus re-
duccs tho possibility 81 continued large
crops In tho future. In The second
place u cuts down the farmers pro.
| ductlvc season 10 six months OF tho
year and thus lessons his Income 10 "A
/ greater or less oNtent. This practlco
/ which u followed quite largely In the
state seems also 90 dwarf the intoiiec,
| ana contract the horizon 81 tho farmer.
! HIS work seems tu hr merely mcchnn-
teal ana thus dd1as not call for tho *
crclHn ~ the Intellect. I have In mind
n community whore the Introduction
~ new line or work for the farmers
has hnd, or appeared 10 have. n most
remarkable cngct Ia awakening the
/ mind Al this place I have given three
talks on agricultural topics In az many
years. Al the fiiTt two mcrtlnra
scarcely any questions could b. elicit.
| 90, During the past two years "A
cheese and butter factory has started
IN the nrlghl1rh0od. and at a recent
meeting | was surprised NJ tho change.
nt the number breadth and quality of
the questions asked, ana al tho very
/ great interest and attention shown.
| Another drawback 20 the above
| method n dlHp1slnr or the crips Il
thnt tho variety of produce o. limited.
and therefore many ~ the coun-
outside their blrd-ts far fond
| products that could aud should be pro-
/ ducrd In their midst, aud that with
| decided advantlfc. Tho production Of
| dairy products Afforded q striking illus
trltlpn N this, and I was really sur.
pflscd az the number OF places that
! were not supplying Themselves with
/ places even the milk supply was limit
/ ~, In many places too, the quality OF
| the product offered was not such "a 10
| tcnpt large consumption This In not
| uuc tn any llrk or the quality OF the
soil or the climate. aa I atw 10 place
| from Cache county 90 Kane whore but
ter ana cheese Of the best quality
might be- produced. When we con.
| slider too, that dairy productH furnlFh
the cheapest animal fools we can nut
upon our tables thu loss hrr0mcs more
apparent. Some may doubt tho COM
| pnratlve chCapncss OF dairy products.
but the following tahle compiled from
/ the reports % ths u. =. deuNrtncnt ~
agriculture, answers the point: