The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
che Farm and It's Profits For the Year 1900.


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rather poor lot. The report sbou-y 49,
horses, valued at ST ,547.972. ar e. LIZ
each. Only Nevada and yyz-,,,---!i-'s
place a smaller value on their br'l5
The average price of the mich -
Of the state is one-third more +LL"S
tnat or the horses. Perhaps the ~
horse Is responsible for the low Se
age, and If so, the quicker rna7-
killed off the better are
There IS no reason why the FARM.
OF Utah may not produce as fine hor-'
as are produced in any other s+.-9
GOOD horses are at a premium Just now
and they are likely To continue so r-
some years. In fact, the best aIv-s,-,
command good price In the 17s+ -
years the farmers of the state seen, IA
have neglected to keep up the o175Tit.,
of their horses; in fact, in many DIs.lg.
they have deteriOraJed. retrogression
instead of progress having been rns5e
A loss of this character cannot he ~
paired in year or two.
A Word of Caution.
A word of caution here. BY mar,.
farmers so little is understood If ~.
laws of breeding that too much is ey
pected from certain practices. or on
tirely wrong methods are adoufad AMI
retrOgreSsiOn instead of Improvement ~
the result; and often, worse still rba-1
is a disappointed and discuur7raI
breeder There are a, few things thai
must not be forgotten. Never cross ~
draft horse upon light trottiug srorl.
a good horse may result but rha
chances are too few to warrant RI.
risks Never expect a plug mare f..
produce a good fOal from the best stall
. lion. 1t is largely a waste of money D.,
breed such. The mare should arrrs,--
. on 1F.h in Hrrr1
/ of horse bred to.
Don't expect all fOaIs from common
mares to be first class even il good
horse is used If 80 per cent are good
you are doing wen. Don't swan
T horses in the center of your breedfn-
work. it is only the man who kesr.s
everlastingiy at some definite Zine thst
/ succeeds in any work. and especially is
/ this the case in horse breeding. TO tb.
] farmers would say do not attempt I'D
/ breed tTOUters, that is the sport of
/ ''mOnied kings" WeighJy and stylish
/ drivers of the carriage and coach types
[ and draft horses. the heavier the bet
/ ter viii always sell. and frequently sell
/ particularly well.
/ But good blood alone viii not do. tn
/ get size and muscle good feeding and
/ intelligent care are neCesSar. and es-
/ DeCfally so for the young horse. The
/ cot cannot be neglected IF he is expect
/ ed 10 grow into money for his owner
/ It is better to raise one colt well than
/ three or four poorly. There is more sat
/ isfaction and more money in it,
Hogs for Home Market.
7 am doubtful if it is possible in Utah
/ to feed hogs on grain and sell i'm east
7 ern markets at corn fed prices We
{ should. however, be able to produce
! pork as cheaply as it can be shipped
/ into the state from eastern districts
: we should in other words be able To
suppl your own market. Every farming
( community in Utah could grow and
/ cure their own hams and bacon at not
/ more than one-half the cost of the east
I crn article, and in nine cases out of
ten the Utah fed pork will be superior
in quality and flavor.
In Utah pork can perhaps be most
pTOfitably produced in connection with
the dairy. in no more profitable way
/ can the by-prOduCtS of the dairy be dis
J posed OF than by feeding hogs. and
when supplemented with grain and
/ good lucern pasture, pork of the high
est quality can be produced very
cheaply.
As yet but little systematic attention
has been paid to improving The quality
/ Of the common hogs Of the state. A
few weeks ago 1 heard a butcher say II
! can afford 10 pay . cents per 100 NOR.
for high grade hogs, as they dress a
larger proportion of carcass To live
/ weight" This is not as wide differ
enCe as with cattle, vet il is worth
/ considering, il may mean ali the profit
Again I believe the progeny from The
pure bred hog VIII feel better than the
scrub and thus on this point also i'm
crease the returns from feeding the
better bred hog
The market price for al kinds If anil
mails and animal products IS at
higher level than for several years pas
and this increase has been much mJr
than with ether farm crops. the grain
and folders have not raised i'm proper
ton. This makes the opportunities an.
the profits from animal industry all thu
more encouraging as there viii be Che
more profit in this branch Of farming
The farmer who embraces at once tH
opportunities afforded and lapeS h-
farming operations u the adVan-ag o
the conditions, viii have no occasion q
complain Ct the results from mis- farm
work. Whatever is undertaken it mus
not be forgotten that it is high quail.
that brings high prices. and quality
the result of intelligent and uersis-en
endeavOT.