Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-10-29

Good cows as rule are raised. not
bought.
The troughs must be kept clean
during the hot days.
One good cultivation during dry
spell is as effective as a shower. Try
It.
Liberal rations ana commodious
quarters make for splendid sheep
gains.
Filthy troughs are sure to breed dis
ease among the hogs. Keep things
clean.
Very little more trouble or expense
to raise a blooded animal than 1t is to
raise a scrub.
Poultry confined to run must have
green food supplied them II they are
going to thrive.
The mouse In the granary Is a Wis
itor which the thrifty farmer will not
suffer TO remain.
The nearer poultry can be kept In
the natural state the harder they will
be, and the greater profit they will re-
turn.
Been swimming or fishing this sum-
mer? Take half day off and go with
the boys. It will bring dad and the
boys closer together.
High prices encourage sheep raising.
but don't jump into the business too
brashly. Begin in a small way and
work up. Buy a few ewes and a good
ram.
II Is the thriftless farmer who Is
certain that farming does not pay.
Neither would any other business pay
handled in the same way as he does
the farming.
The dust bath must be provided for
the fowls They will cooperate with
| you in keeping them free from lice.
They enjoy rolling in the dry dust
and IL drives away the vermin.
Plant roots find feeding ground at
| much lower level in drained than
| undrained soils, as they find condi.
(! tons favorable for such growth.
| Worms, ants and other insects burrow
| deeper. These worm holes and root
channels permit a more perfect AGRA.
ton and oxidation, until the whole
body of the soil down as deep as IL
has been drained becomes a fit home
and feeding ground for the roots Of
our plants.
| Don't use binders, for these relics
OF barbarism there is no possible ex-
cuse. They are entirely unnecessary
and decidedly hurtful to the best serv-
ice from the wearers. They detract
from the natural beauty OF the horse
and prevent the full use of the eye-
sight that Nature endowed him with.
Instead of acting as a preventive from
fright at the sight of strange objects.
they render him suspicious of many
ordinary things coming within range
of his obstructed view, thereby max
ing him unnecessarily nervous and
over excitable II he is a creature OF
mettle. Man has no right to deprive
the horse of one of his keenest senses
through the use of the Furnishing
binder.
While there is still a difference of
opinion as TO the best method of or
chard management, yet 1t would seem
as though the cultural method gave
more profitable returns than the sod
mulch method The New York expert
ment station after a FIVE year expert
ment had demonstrated that at least
on clay loan, tillage is more profitable
than sod mulch. II remains to be
said that in certain conditions sod
mulch Is the only feasible method.
and, therefore. where II is a case OF
this system or no apples. then OF
course the inevitable must be &C.
cepted. In doing this, II does not fol-
low that the grower will not receive
profit from his labors: but II does
mean that where tillage methods are
possible, they usually bring larger
returns than any system of sod cul.
ture which has been tested thus far.
The wheat straw infested with Hes
sian fly breaks over just above the
joint, which. while II varies consider
ably in location, is usually a relative
ly short distance above the ground. II
the grower will carefully pull the leaf
away from the stalk where it Is
broken over he will find lying in