Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-10

ALL BRANCHES PROFITABLE.
suppose that low would dispute tho
atatem'nt that In the long run almost
my branch OF farming IN profitable,
nnd The auccoaa III so larre por cont
% those who follow thla calling proves
IT, ana N this lH true. those who produce
about 20 much wheat and no many
catU" and huFH each year vet an the
rrnaporiiy that thorv ~. Tor thc good
years balance the bad ones have
ln minu now uu energetic farmer ~
about thirty-nvc Year, old. who has
committed the hlundor ~ selling on
hin stock hogs because pork was low,
tWicc. IN the past ten years, aud IN
both cases he not only lost "a year NJ
good prices for pork but had 20 nay
about double Tor The HowH ho BOUGHT
10 make start again that he received
for hIs own
] met young fnmor recently who
WIS Impressed with the idea that no
could soon make n small fortune grow
lnF broom corn. aud No. asked my nd
vice about u. and I gave him some ~
my own experience Of long ago with the
crop, Tor I grow It Tor about ten years
IN my younger days but have never
regretted that ! gave II up. said to
him u u rarely prudent To- en-
gaEo lnrEcly IN the production
~ corp which requires spec
cial knowledge ana nkili In handling.
aud on which you have no knowledge.
nH Il viii cost you much morc TO pros
ducc u than u will the man OF eNperl-
rncc in handling H. Il II also tho
worst possible time 20 start when tho
crop ~ on n boom nad commanding .x-
orbitant prices, Tor d a. sure 90 tempt
many othcra TO plant It. and the result
VIII very likely be- that whom the crop
% 1907 ~ put ON the market u will not
bfing cost ! recall year that broom
corn sold at $500 a ton. and year later
u sold for $50. AZ the first price there
was net profit sufficient 20 buy tho
lana u grew on, while nt the last prize
u dld not pay the expense N growing
ana preparing Tor market.
! have known farmers 60 so into tho
berry business with little knowledge of
how Co grow thcm, and SIN less of how
suit would be- only disappointment.
Imagine q farmer with three or four
acres Of Strawberries beginning 10
ripen. who had not oven provided him
nclf with baskets and crnton 90 handle
them Ia, ana who had made no arrange.
mcntH for selling thcm. and I have had
them write 10 me asking whore and 10
whom they should ship no the time the
berries were rlro.
There r. another point which requires
good Judgment ana which greatly nf-
fects the cost of some product and
that u the ability Of the farm DO
his work al the riHht time. ur tiiH
point have known some far. To-
fail and meet with great loss. although
In many rvHpccc1u they were excel.
lent farmers, l can give an llluHtrn-
ton OF this that VIII show clearly what
] mean, farmer OF my acquaintance
IN ia the bcrry business. and has an
average Of ten acres 20 pick and mar
kct each year. ana Tor ak weeks or
more To- the boat growing season ~ the
year he must work about thirty pick
ers, and hts teams. and at least two
men must b. on the road early and late
marketing berries.
ATTEMPTING TOO MUCH.
Now. Il ought 10 be plain 20 anyone
that the work on the farm during berry
time should be kept within the closest
limits and good Judgment would be
shown BY avoiding planting corps
which call Tor "a large amount OF work
"a this season of tho year. but this man
plants o. half acre % sweet potatoes.
from fourth to a half nf onions aud
half acre or more ~ ncld boets each
year These arr an crops which call
Tor u good deal uf hund-work and II
u Is not done Just nt the riFht time Il
IL often qundruplcd, and u neglected
Tor two or three weeks the crop viii be-
greatly injured. ! think lt safe 10 say
that two years out ~ thrcu his onion
crop does not pay for the labor put ON
10. and while the other crops probably
pay, q takes moro than twice ns much
work 40 Il would " the work could be
done Just when Il a. most needed. II
10 not often that hands can be- hired
90 do this kind or work that under
stand how To do q 10 tho best ndvun-
taHc ana The presence OF tho boss"
with them means that moro and better
work win be done but he must give
his personal attention TO the berries.
ana cannot be IN two places az once.
and 20 he must put men at this work
with no one with them to zee that II
n done rapidly ana well
The money paid out for extra labor
on this farm is enormous. and eats an
all the profit on the extra crops. aud
~ fact leaves little " any from the
horties In the growing season weed
that IN not KILLED before II N "a week
old becomes tenacious OF life. and com.
blnlng with millions Of others soon
makes formidable army 10 fight
believe that on this farm and many
others the attempting 20 do too much.
or having too many things 20 look after
IN the busy growing season. adds ~
the cost " everything the farm pro-
uucoa and Keeps the owner ON tho farm
not only nvorworkod and worried but
poor also Waldo n. Brown Ia Louis.
Vile Homo and Farm