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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

morning and gather the milk, which Us
strained into the large cans by the far
mers. After separating at the ream
cry, the Skinned milk is returned to
the farmer regularly before noon each
day. The milk is tested periodically
and weighed daily, so thai Zach gus
toner is paid according to the amount
of butter fat his cows produce. 1t is
estimated that the separated milk is
worth about s cents per hundred
pounds as a part ration for fattening
hogs.
In dollars and cents the earning ca
pacity of a good dairy COW is briefly
given by Professor Linfield as follows:
"A good dairy COW of 1000 pounds
weight will produce from $50 to 800
pounds of butter fat in a year on a ra-
ton Of twenty-five pounds of lucern
and corn fodder and six pounds of
grain a day during the winter, and on
pasture alone supplemented by a little
grain in the falD during the summe
season. On this basis, with lucern and
corn fodder at 81 per tor and grain at
&c cents per hundred pounds, we can
feed one good COW one year for $3.50.
AT 10 cents per pound for butter fat
(Which is nearly two cents below last
years average and fully n cent be-
low the average this Year, at n fac
tory, the cow producing 800 pounds OF
butter fat per year returns $40 worth
of tina product, or 81 for every dollars
worth of food given her. We have in
addition the "a and the skim milk,
which at this years prices adds $12 to
SIS to the total" AS a financial propo-
sition the above is hard to beat. Say
the cow costs S45 as a investment. The
calf pays for all trouble Of handling the
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telligent withholding of water at the
time of ripening as to the application
Of moisture during the growing period.
Years of practice and close observa-
ton are necessary to produce the Utah
vegetables in perfection, yet the merest
tyro may engage in gardening here
with the assurance OF a livelihood
while learning the art.
HORTICULTURE.
While beet culture, dairying and gar
dening are more enticing to the farmer
who counts on speedy returns, still, as
an industry guaranteeing large and
certain profits after a few years of
waiting, horticulture takes precedence
in Utah. The excessively fertile soil
that may be made to yield eighty
bushels of wheat per acre, worth $50;
or ten tons of lucern, worth $40; or
twenty tons of sugar beets. worth $50,
will sustain a sufficient number of trees
to produce $500 worth of apples, prunes,
pears or peaches, and $500 worth of
grapes or any of h berry fruits.
Granted hat the fruit orchard must
be eight years old and represent an
outlay of time and capital before such
production is possible, there remains
the fact that during this period of
growth the land between the trees may
be made to pay for the original invest
ment and interest thereon for each
year.
The excellence of Utah fruit, so long
known and favorably commented upon
by tourists from every cline, is now
recognized in every important market
in the United States. Other states may
have the soil, the water and the sun
shine equal TO Utah, but none COM
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bine with these the other requisite
found in Utah, i. e., an equable climate
at an elevation of 1000 feet above the
sea- All else being equal, the peach,
pear and especially the apple grown in
the peculiarly rarifed atmosphere in
the high altitude, with the ever-present
ozone and the cool nights as a check
to the too rapid growth, will invari-
ably stand the highest test for color,
flavor, texture and keeping quality.
Such is the verdict in every impartial
test that has yet been made where
Utah fruit has been put in competition
with that of other states.
The fruit belt of Utah is not con-
fined to any particular county, valley
nor section of the state. Peaches do as
well and are as certain in bearing at
Brigham City, sixty miles north of Salt
Lake City, as at Richfield, Mt. Pleasant
or Manti, nearly 200 miles to the
south. Throughout all that scope Of
country from north to south, in every
valley, apples, pears, prunes, apricots,
cherries, ounces, grapes and all the
small fruits yield abundantly of every
desirable variety grown in the United
States. In the extreme southern part
of the state, particularly in Washing
ton county, all the standard fruits
grow in almost tropical p%rofusion, and
also figs, pomegranates and the finest
raisin grapes.
Until recent years comparatively lit
tie attention was paid to o~rcharding in
a commercial sense in Utah. The pio-
neers planted trees of nearly every va
riety, thinking only of the home de-
mand for fruit. Consequently the ex-
cellent fruit that has contributed SO
much to the delectation of visitors a
not been of suitable varieties to ex-
port to distant markets. During the
past six years there has been a lively
interest in orcharding, resulting in ex-
tensive planting of apples, pears,
peaches and prunes. with a view to
shipping the product to principal
American and European markets.
Varieties most popular are. in APP
pies, Ben Davis, Jonathan, Winesap,
Greening, Newtown Pippin and Wolf
River; in pears, the Bartlett, Anjou,
Howell, Sheldon, Vicar, P. Barry and
the Easter; in peaches, the liberia,
Champion and famous Utah Orange
Cling. and, in prunes. the French
(petite), German and Italian.
In each class of above named fruits
the annual expectation is now consid-
cradle. aggregating about 100 carloads.
To this statement exception should be
noted as to very bookkeeping apples
and pears. In these two fruits, While
early varieties are in excess of home
demand, the local market has never
yet been supplied by homegrown fruit
in March and April. However, the
thousands of acres of orchard that
have been planted since 1890 will very
soon remedy his and make an annual
revenue to Utah farmers of hundreds
of thousands from winter apples
shipped out during the spring months.
AS a financial proposition. orcharding
is one of the most attractive. Land,
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resents an investment of $75 to $500 per
acre. During the first five years the
space between the trees may be util-
lied in the production of one-half a
full crop of vegetables or small fruits,
thus more than defraying running ex-
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twenty bushels), and seventy-five trees
to the acre, the product amounts to
$50 bushels, worth, at 80 cents a bushel,
$175. Still further reduce the price one
half, and the acre of apples is worth
more than the best acre of wheat in
America.
Methods of orchard culture are being
~noticeably improved in Utah, especially
the work of disinfection for the Grad
ication of injurious insects and dis
eases. There is a state board Of horti-
culture, consisting of three members
from different sections of the state.
The law under which this board Oper-
ates contemplates the fostering of the
fruit industry by the adoption of all
approved methods as practiced in the
most progressive fruit districts of the
world. One duty of the board is to
disseminate knowledge and informa-
ton regarding Utah horticulture. All
inquiries on this subject, whether from
residents of Utah or from outside the
state, will be answered in detail by the
members of the board of horticulture.
BETTER METHODS.
The limited amount of arabic land in
Utah, as compared with the square
miles of territory, calls for utmost
economy OF effort in agriculture. The
situation demands the application of
greatest intelligence to all operations
on the farm. The extravaganza of
mere surface cultivation is becoming
annually more manifest. That progress
sion of ideas which relegates the gang
pillow to the rear and brings the sub
soiler and the spading fork into use;
which demands the scientific fertiliza-
ton of soil and rotation of crops;
which causes fence rows TO be cleared
and ditch banks confined to the min
imum; which wages war upon the in
sect foes of fruit and vegetables-the
spirit Of utilitarianism is seizing the
husbandman of Utah. With the ex-
actions of the sugar beet managers and
the realization that intense cultivation
brings ample reward, the habits and
methods of Utah farmers are yearly
improving, and there is noticed a con-
sequent thrift and financial independ-
ence amongst the rural population.
NEW FARMS.
Under the benefcent provisions of
the Carey act" through which the
state may become the owner of i'm
mense tracts of public land whenever
it is demonstrated that water may be
carried over the land, there.wilI, within
the next five years. be added, probably,
a half million acres TO the farming
lands of Utah. Briefly stated, the Carey
law, as passed by congress-, provides
that the state may apply for and have
coded to it any particularly described
lands, which either an Individual or a
corporation stands ready to reclaim by
means of irrigation canals. The state,
after approving the plans of the under
taking. then sells the land to actual
settlers at 81 per acre, stipulating that
the settlers buy water rights for irri-
cation from the builders of the canal
covering the land. The state the
right to demand that the price of
water rights be reasonable, and that
the ability of the water company to
supply the water be manifest; also thai
the terms of payment be equitable.
By this plan the settlers on land re-
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AN CENTER.
Salt Lake Does the Business of Inter
mountain Country.

During the year 1898 the insurance
business took on new prosperity. The
agents and companies in Salt Lake
City report the condition of affairs as
very good. More policies have been
written during 1898 than in 1897, and
also the companies have paid out more
honey for losses. Salt Lake is an in
a center for the intermountain
country and h Board of Fire Under
writer's of the Pacific has offices here.
There are over twenty agents in Salt
Lake City besides the home companies.
which are backed by Utah capital and
these do all Of the insurance business
of the CITY and state. From here
agents are sent out TO different parts
of the country and policies are written
in many places throughout this region.
Every branch of insurance is repre-
sented by the agents and companies
here
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COW, and the returns give a net profit
of $22. 80, or 30 per cent per annum on
amount invested in the cow. Even af-
ter setting aside 121A per cent per an
mum for the depreciation Of the herd,
there is still a fine profit to the owner
of the dairy cow. These figures are not
extravagant, as hundreds of cows in
Utah are yielding returns % per cent
in excess of the estimate here given.
There is room and demand in Utah
for a dozen more creamerieS at the
present time. With the increased at
tention given to the matter of breeding
for dairy purposes, the milk cows in
Utah will aggregate in value ten times
as much in 1900 as when the census was
taken in 1890.
POULTRY AND BEES.
The greatest cause for reproach to
the Utah farmer is the fact that each
year there is imported into Utah nu-
merous carloads of dressedtpoultry from
Kansas and Nebraska to retail on the
local markets at 122 to 20 cents per
pound. 1t is difficult to assign a cause
for the lack of home production in this
important factor Of the farm. The eli
mate of Utah is most favorable, food
stuffs are abundant n cheap, n the
depredations of wild animals are no
greater here than in other states. The
| FARMER WHO gives Tic dlicAllOL lIldl the
business demands invariably reapS
large profits from poultry.
No product of Utah takes higher rank
in ITS class han the honey gathered
from lucern. The three annua bios
somings of this species of clover, to-
gether with the extensive natural flora
and thousands of fruit trees of endless
variety, makes the working season for
the honey bee longer and far more pro-
l,rnfiua thnn in onU of the p1SrarN
states. In every instance where rea-
sonable care has been devoted to agri-
culture in Utah the results have been
highly satisfactory. Stands of bees
costing So to 81, yield annually from
fifty TO one hundred younds of honey
worth, generally, 5 cents per pound at
wholesale.
MARKET GARDENING.
No one distinct branch of agricul-
ture demands closer application and
none gives greater returns than market
gardening on lands adjacent to the
larger towns and the numerous mining
camps in Utah.. Visitors to this state
have assumed a look of i~ncredulity min
gled with pity for the narrator, when
told that certain choice garden tracts
brought an annual rental of S. per acre
to the owner and that the renter, in adj
dition expended a like amount for fer
t~ilizers to apply to the soil. The propo-
sition, however, seems more reasonable
when considering that the acre of such
soil produces vegetables worth from
$500 to $500. Instances of even greater
yield are recorded, one gardener
near Ogden having grown cabbage
n celery on one and one-half acres
to the amount of 81, 800 worth. In no
branch of farming is the benefit Of
irrigation more strikingly manifest
han in the growing Of vegetables. The
peculiar crispness of Utah cabbage,
celery, cucumbers. beets and melons is
specially remarked by visitors from the
humid farming regions. This desir-
able quality is due as much to the in
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SER|CULTURE IN UTAH
Silk Industry Promises Much to the
State.
GRATIFYING PROGRESS
EFFORTS HAVE ALREADY MET
WITH SUCCESS.

State Is Adapted to the Industry and
It Is Being Extended by a System
of Bounties-Commendation Re
ceived at Omaha Exposition for
Utah Silk.
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claimed under the Carey act will Sc
cure farms n water rights at prices
ranging from SIS to $50 per acre, with
twenty years times to pay for them.
Already contracts have been made
with the state for the reclamation of
a vast tract of land in Willard county
that. will make 10,0 600 farms of the aver
age size now being titled in Utah.
Other lands will doubtless be reclaimed,
until the additions to the farming lands
will equal the total of the area now
under cultivation in this state. With
the intense cultivation of all the lands
in Utah, the next generation will see
a veritable garden of 1000, 900 acres, di-
vided into loo, 900 small farms, making
homes for 800, 900 people and producing
food stuffs for a population of several
millions.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
A guarantee of the intelligence and
progressfvenesS of the future husband
man OF Utah is found in the magnifi-
cent agricultural college of this state.
With an endowment in lands from the
general government, and a liberal an
nual appropriation from the state, the
college is as well equipped in proper
ton to its needs as any similar institu-
ton in America. A large and able fac
ulty, with specialists in every branch,
enables the agricultural college to i'm
part scientific instruction 10 the 500
students who are annually enrolled in
the various classes. Courses in theoret-
zeal and practical agriculture, horticul-
ture, veterinary science, dairying, do
nestle science, engineering and me-
chanics are provided. All theories are
tested by practice on the farm, in the
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-04-07

Found in Bradford village March "a,
a purse containing sum of money.
The owner can have the same by call
ing at the OPINION office. proving
property and paying charges.
A tenement for a small family to
rent. For terms apply to Mrs. Pollie
F. Woods, Bradford, Vt.
WANTED. Ten young women to
join summer class in stenography
and typewriting at Wells River, VT,
June l to October l. to prepare for
fall engagements in New York City.
Salaries from $40 to $50 per week.
Address with stamps) Miss FARwELL,
2114 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
The managers of the White River
Musical Association have engaged the
following artists for the May Musical
Festival at White River Junction: So.
prano, Mrs. Caroline T. Shepherd of
Boston; contralto Miss Lillian CarlL
smith of New York; tenor, f c..
Towne of New York; basso, d. NJ. Bah
cock of Boston. Other talent will also
appear.
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BRADFORD.

The spring term of the village
schools begins Monday.
F. A. Carter of ot. Johnsbury was
in town over Sunday, stopping at G. e.
Doty's.
David s. Conant was in North Thet.
ford over Sunday at the home of his
parents.
G. E. Mann has been confined to
the house several days on account OF
sickness.
Mrs. Charles Jones and daughter
Miss Mary Ellen Jones are spending
the week i'm Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Childs of Lyn
dOnville are spending few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. &. Doty.
At recent meeting of the school
board of trustees Charles Jones was
elected president and v A. Doty
clerk.
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Montpelier & Wells River R. R.

Time Table, Corrected to Feb. 2, 1899.
GOING WEST:
Trains leave WELLS RIVER delays excepted)
at 6.15, 1888 A. NJ, 80 p. NJ. for South
Ryegate, Groton, Marshfeld Plainfeld, Mont
pelier and Barre.
Arrive at MONTPELIER, 9.1O, 11.25 A. NJ,
SOY p. M.
Arrive at BARRE, 1905, 11.45 A. NJ, $40
p. M.
tConnects with trains north and south on Pas.
sumpsic and White Mountains d visions of
the B. Il NJ. X. r.
GOING EAST:
Leave Barre, ~ 80 A. M, 1890, **3 so p. NJ.
Leave Montpelier, 1906 A. NJ, *1.1O, **4.15
p. NJ.
srrive at Wells River, $50 A. M, 2.sO, 6.45
+. NJ.
*Connects with trains north and south on Pas
sumpsic and White Mountains Divisions.
+*Connects with trains north al south on Pas
sumpsic Division, and with trains north on
White Mountains Division.
w. A. STOWELL, Gen'l Manager,
F. w. STANYAN, Superintendent,
F. w. MORSE. Gen'l Pass Agt.
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August Flower.

at is surprising fact" says Prof.
Houton, that in my travels in all parts
of the world, for the last ten year.,
have met more people having used
Green's August Flower than any other
remedy, for dyspepsia, derangpd liver
and stomach, and for constipation. l
find for tourists and statesmen. or for
persons filling office positlnns, where
headaches and general bad feelings
frim irregular habits exist, that Green's
August Flower is great remedy. 1t
d. rs not iniurs the system by frequent
use. and Is excellent for sour stnmaths
and Indigestion Sample bottles free ut
J. NJ. Tavlor's. Bradford, and G.. l.. An
drews', Newhury.
Sod by dealers in all civilized cuun-
tries.
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Nancy Caldwell jan99

Vermont
Mil Supply Randolph, VT.
New and Second Hand
ExCIldllSS Machinery bought, sold
or exchanged. /.
Oak Tanned Leather Betting, Lace Leather,
Rubber Goods, Oils, Greases, Steel
Roofing, Roof Paint, Etc. 8
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Special Announcements.

Obituary Notices and Resolutions, cents
per line. Reading Notices under Special
Announcement 10 cents a line, each inser-
ton; among locals, go cents. Card of
Thanks, 90 cents.
All purely business notices published in
our reading columns, and all advertise
ments of church, Sunday-schOol and other
fairs, excursions, etc., where money is ex-
pected to be realized, will be charged for
at our regular rates. Editorial notices of
such affairs will be published free.
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Col. c. E. Clark is confined to the
house, sick with tonsilitis.
M. G. Flanders reports no material
change in the market, prices paid same
as last week.
Mrs. e. H. Curtis makes her spring
in another column. She
returned from New York last week
where she spent ten days studying the
new styles and purchasing her spring
stock of goods.
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Boston & Maine Railroad.
PASSUNPSIC DIVISION.
In effect October 3, 1893.

In effect October 3, 1893.
TRAINS LEAVE BRADFORD-SoUTHB Bound.
For Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
AND BOSTON, I.55, 1923 a. M, 1880 p. m.
For Worcester and Providence, I55, 1923 am.
For Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, Greenfield,
NORTHAMPTON, SPRINGFIELD, HARTFORD, New
HAVEN, New YORK, 1855, 1923 a. m.
For North ThetfOrd, Norwich, White River
JUNCTION, I.55, 1923 a. M, 7.3o p. m.
For Way Stations to White River junction,
1923 a. M, 7.3o p. m.
NORTH BOUND.
For Wells River, McIndOes, Barnet, st.
JeHNsBuRY, LYNDoNvILLE, BARTON, NEWPORT
I.55, oI3 a. M, 2.55, 6.o5 p. IN.
For Way Stations to Newport, o.I3 a. m, 2.55,
6.o5 p. m.
For Montreal and Quebec, 1855 a. M, 2.s5, COS
p. m.
d. ]. FLANDERS,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt.
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The ladies' prayer meeting will be
held this afternoon at n. w. Cunning
hams.
Get out your wagons. 1t begins to
look as if spring had become tired of
winter and pushed it off its lap.
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ocrats, individually and collectively, and
also Vermont. For fact he don't like
Vermont little bit. Somebody promised
him Vermont, and then you will remem-
ber that the state elected Mckinley dele
gates with whoop. Tom hasn't forget
ten it, and never WILL Vermont doesn't
exist on the map for him. Seriously, he
is q biti er, sneering, jeering grabbed aud
disappointe ed old man, spiteful, vindictive
and with no good word for anybody or
anything. Pity the temper of soured
old man.
Another bat ch of representative of the
so-called Cuban government are here but
your Uncle samuel doesn't know them
and they are officially uurecognized And
so the Cuban business drags along, and
mat uers are no nearer a settlement than
ever. just here let me make a prediction
based on close observation and the best
information obtainable here. 1t is this:
The United States has no intention of
recognizing any Cuban government now
or ever. 1t may possibly be compelled to,
but probably not. Uncle Sam-or Uncle
William-wants the island and is going to
keep it. The United States can use it in
its business and is going to. The CubanS
be blowed! Meanwhile immigration from
the states is pouring in, capital is rushing
over there, and the intention of this coun-
try to keep Cuba is as plain as any action
without words can be. Wait and see.
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Lewis Bushaw, 81 years old, died
last Friday at the home of his young
est son Henry on the lower plain. lie
had been confined to the bed only
two days but had been an invalid for
number of Years. A resident of Brad
ford for about thirty years he was a
well known figure on the streets. He
leaves large family of children, grand
children and great grand children.
The funeral was held Monday, Rev.
A. H. Webb officiating and the inter-
ment was in the cemetery on the up
per plain.
A CARD-To the singers and bearers
at the funeral and to all others who so
kindly gave us their aid during the
sickness and death of our father We
extend our heartfelt thanks.
Mr.. AND MRS. NORMAN JACOBS.
Mr.. AND MRS. LEWIS BUsHAw.
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One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That Is what IL was made for.