The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

tons 1t viii support two COWS. 1t fol-
lows. logically, that with such an ad-
vantage stoCkraising on the farm can
be made exceedingly profitable, for it
is about the most certain method the
eastern farmer can adopt to secure 4
competency. Here the practice Of the
earlier years to depend wholly on the
public range for stock feeding has es-
tablished a habit which must be over
come before stOckraising on the farm
with less cattle but more profit win be-
come popular. Some OF our range men
arc discovering that it is the feeder
who buys his bunch OF steers that he
has wintered and summered three
years, and feeds them for three months.
who secures the larger share of the
profit At the same time the fact need
not be overlooked that there may be
combination OF TIE two methods here
at home which will hold both ends Of
the profit in Utah. and this is posi- Bile
because of irrigation.
Again. our lazy. thoughtless farmers
are prone TO indulge in raising wheat
a crop that does not call for much hsTI
work. and that for only a brief part OF
the season. But the production exceeds
the home demand and consequently the
price is fixed in Liverpool and cOnse-
quentiy, too. the Utah farmer must
submit to paying the freight from here
there. As a result, nc receives not
more than 80 cents per bushel on the
farm. \ crop Of thirty bushels to the
acre yields him less than SIC, after de-
Quoting the seed. sacks and incidental
expenses.
He can do far better than that if he
will plant lucern. for with reasonable
care and no more labor the crop can al
ways be sold for SIS an acre, in the
stack. or for twice that if il is Judi
ciously fed, or a well tended crop viii
yield S25.
If he has children enough so that he
need not get on his knees to do the
Inn rar~ = h1f tor f-arr
beets. which yield an average of S55 to
the acre or a possible $40, and not
work much himself. In this he gets
the advantage OF irrigation, which the
children can also manage.
Raising oats or barley is more SEN
sible than raising wheat. because the
home demand insures better prices. but
il requires more thinking to raise them
successfully, and thinking is hard work
Potatoes are profitable crOp-Sone-
times-but there is wide liuctUation in
the price ard demand for them.
It is when we leave the farm and go
to the garden and the orchard. where
n, lazy man need apply. or hope for re-
ward. and where intense cultivation is
relied on, that the benefits Of irrigation
are most apparent With water when
YOU need and want it, the gardener
controls his season; SO also does the
small fruit grower and the orchardist-
one. two or even five hundred dollars.
may be realized from a single acres
product. and the work done this year is
50 much for the future that in addition
to the direct return from the crop Their
is also a growth of capital value. With
ten acres, unner Irrigation. with ten
years of intelligent. not har' labor
put upon IL. there may be an invest
ment established that viii pay all labor
Z expenses and yield a net return Of $1,000
10 g 900 a year for the balance OF a
lifetime.
Irrigation viii not SO much beneht the
lazy and the shiftless. but IL is distinct
lively one OF the agencies that help
3 Utah with mild. even temperature, con-
! tfnuOus sunshine. rich soil. and plenty
OF water. the conditions are easy for
the Industrious and intelligent farmer.