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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
SOY BEANS A GOOD CROP
Hogs Take Very Kindly to This Plant and Eat the
Beans Readiy-It Is Great FIesh-Former

ling put them onc-half tho distance
apart
Where the greater distance is al
lowed between the rows the seed
should be sown about twice as thick
in the row.
If the desire is to cut for hay. sov
broadcast with aeeder or by hand
Where sown in drills about one-hal(
bushel of seed should be used per acre
and if sown broadcast about one bushel
Various methods have been employed
at the station for harvesting ans
threshing. none of which have beer
entirely satisfactory. Where grown To-
hay or silagc the mower can be used {,
advantage.
When harvested for seed the usua,
method has been TO pull the plants b,
hand. which entails an unusual amount
Of labor. The self binder and mower
have been used with partial success at
the station.
The soy bean can be harvested tc
advantage by being pastured off with
hogs, and it seems that this will be
one of it's principal uses In the future.
as it is high in protein and a great
flesh former.
Hogs take very kindly to this plant
and cat the beans readily BY planting
a few acres of the early varieties each
year Il farmer cannot only renew the
fertility of tho soil. but have an abund-
ance of feed for fitting his hogs for the
fall market
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
cow YARD AND DAIRY NOTES

While In calf the cow should be
gently treated and all irregular and
violent exercises avoided.
When cows are allowed a reasonable
amount OF exercise healthier and
stronger calves arc usually obtained
A little extra care and food pays big
returns when used TO hasten the ma
turity OF tho dairy hcifers.
There IS d certain class of dairy
farmers who refuse TO sit down and
Ggurc. through fear that it Will upset
a few OF their pet theories.
The best favored butter In the world
is made in private dalries-and the
worst, too,
No man can develop COW into a
high producer unless that cow had an
inherited quality OF development to
start with.
Success in dairying demands that
man breed and develop his own cows
as far as possible. and buy, II he must
wisely.
Common sense is better than the
best dairy instruction of tho day but
II clearly shows lack OF common
sense when a dnirymon discards all re-
cent Investigations.
A few poor cows may do a perma
nent harm to the herd, but Il poor bull
will ruin the chances of improving the
best herd In the country.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
BY PROFESSOR H. A. MOORE.
Wisconsin Experiment Station.

Soy beans were first grown at the
Wisconsin experiment station In 1899,
and each year since tho acreage and
the number OF varieties tested have
been increased
Tho tests at this station have been
made for the purpose OF determining
their value as a forage plant and OF
finding out which varieties, IL any
were adapted 10 our soil and climate.
Twenty-ninc varieties have been on
trial, of these the Michigan green
seems especially adapted to be grown
with corn for silage. This Is a me-
dlum early variety and is noted for its
height and great growth of foliage.
Tho stems arc strong and 1t usually
stands erect so that. .it can be harvested
nicely with the corn binder. or il grown
alone can be cut t5 advantage with a
mower.
II grown for seed or pasture pur-
poses the soy bean should be sown in
drills about thirty inches apart. Where
small acreage is desired hand drill
can be used but where large guam
tity Is planted a grain drill can be
used by stopping some OF the inter
Vcnlng spoutS so as to have the soy
beans the proper distance apart.
A corn planter can be used TO ad-
vantage and the seed sown the usual
distance allowed for corn or by doub-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
WHY NOT RAISE MORE WHEAT?

Inc average yield OF corn in Illinois
lis thirty-hve bushels per ccre, and il
takes about thirty-ilve bushels to pay
the expenses. But good farmer can
produce sixty bushels per acre. and
Mt the average price this would return
a net profit Of IS.
The cost por acre would be: Plow-
ing. S1Oi, dislSlns (before and after,
o. cents rolling and narrowing. 50
cents; seed. SIPS; drilling. so cents.
interest on land, $3.50. cutting and
oihdins. 80 cents; threshIng, S1.2o,
marketing. 80 cents; wear on macbIn.
cry. 81 cents; plant food phosphorus
in crop, $115-total. $1IG2. Thirty
bushels OF wheat at 65.4 cents. the nv
erage price for ten years. Will bring
Sl9-c2 not profit, IS per acr1.
Estimates of this kind nav ho
shitted one way or the other. bur 1, Is
evident that wheat is worth consider
ing. IL may net as much profit as corn
and at present figures it Is likely TO net
more profit than oats.
IL corn can be cut carly a good soa1
oed Tor wheat can be prepared bv dIel-
ing the ground thoroughly. The 2ronnd
should be stirred deeply and made 6na
but compact, and 10 this end must ho
prepared early.
Put the wheat in with a disk drm
one and one-quartcr bushels per &c.
The date for sowing in Illinois eborIa
be near Sept l5.-Albcrt N H.,
University OF Illinois.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
CARE OF THE TEETH OF HORSES

toner would treat locally. possibly ad-
wise different shoes, order tonic balls
or condition powders and few days
rest. The latter would benefit mostly
and give temporary relief.
Now supposlng there were irregulari-
ties of the teeth. as Is usual with all
young horses, the first treatment should
be to get them into perfect order, so
as to promote mastication and good
digestion TO enable proper assimilation
of the nutritive qualities OF the food
and thus insure increased strength and
condition and remove the original
cause II the weakness.
1t may seem equally absurd to some
of my readers to assert that operating
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
WORK IN THE POULTRY YARD

Do not forget that the natural food
of chickens is grain and meat They
Will get their meat in bugs and worms
II they have the opportunity.
More young chickens die from over
crowdlng IN brooders and coops at
night than from any other cause.
Left without proper shelter, we have
sccn as many as 100 young chicks piled
on top Of one another in fence corner
at night. with from five to fifteen dead
ones in the morning.
A very little artificial heat In the
broodcr is sufficient and this should
not be turned on except in cold, damp
weather.
II the young chicks show signs of
gaPeS, change them to other grounds at
once.
Milk should always be fed In metal
pans that can be washed and scalded
afterward.
Wet feed in wooden troughs nearly
always produces bowel trouble.
Doubtless your experience last spring
has convinced you that tho broodcr
beats the hen every time, both in the
saving OF temper and the production
OF chicks.
The lazy. goodnaturcd hen does not
make as good a mother as a cranky
fighter. provided the latter Is not so
nervous as to keep running about all
the time.
Whenever you see young chicks
crowd around their keeper without
fear. feeding from his hand and climb
ing upon his person. be sure they are
we'll managed.
Better go without garden than
without chickens il you have no other
range for them
1t costs no more to raise thorough
bred chicks than scrubs. and the arIs-
tocrats will bring four or nye times as
much money
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
AMERICAS SUPERIOR HORSES

America to-day is producing cross
bred draft horses superior 10 those
bred In England. France and Scotland
as a direct result Of the growing de-
mand OF farmers throughout the great
agricultural sections of tho country for
a higher type OF utilltarian horses.
The scientific breeding of draft
horses has gone forward by leaps and
bounds within tho past few years.
Farmers have found out that it was
the highest degree of practical econ
omy to breed their cross-bred mares
with the best stations obtainablc,
In the International 1.-Two Stock Ex-
position of 1900, 1901 and 1908 tho first
prizes for Geldings went to animals
from Canada. England and Scotland.
In 1904 the gelding classes were
about evenly divided between America
and imported horses.
Since that time the American-br
horses have captured tho lions share
of the prizes and awards and have cs-
tabllshed clear title to supremacy.
The Six-horse draft team shown by
Armour &c Co. q year ago at the Lon
don exposition aroused the amaZoment
and admiration OF Englishmen. who
Hau ho iucS tldl 9uch iudShlHccit
horses were being produced in America.
Their amazemcnt WAS coupled some-
what with chaGrln whom nothing ap
preaching the team In the way of Eng
lish-bred horses was shown.
And now even this wonderful team
has had to take second place. Morris
& Co.'S superb sixehorse team taking
first honors at the last Chicago Expo
sitIon.
Henry Ward Beecher declared. $50
ciety owes to the horse a debt of graft
tude thousand times greater than 1t
does to thousands of men who abuse
hiro
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
WHEN TO CUT GRASS

AS 10 the best time for cutting eraas
1t does not pay TO be in too big n
hurry. Whom the grass is young and
lender and seemingly succulent in tho
1Eesh state 1t is harder to cure. drics
and shrlnks moro, and has not nenrIv
the food value OF the moro mature
crop.
While tho opposite extreme should
be avoided, cutting before the seed
is so ripe as to scatter. there is much
more nourishmcnt In the maturcd stalk
and ono farmer who was compliment
ed for bringing his cattle through tho
winter on minimum amount OF grain
and yet Keeping them In good flesh. at
tributes his success largely to this
fact,
Haste makes waste when the cron 60
hurried TO the barn not fully cured
Hay cut green requires more thorougb
drying than that almost ovorrIpe.
II the season is a wet ono hay can
be mown and taken In the Same do,,
when pleasant day comes. even v,tb'
out tedder, II manured.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
ERADICATION OF BiNDWEED
THIS INJURIOUS MAy Be EX7ERMA7ED IN or ORCAARD
IF THE PROPER EFFORT Be MADE

part II must he understood that such
formidable enemy as this weed re-
qurcs heroic treatment. Other farm
crs have gone at the problem less heed
lessly, as in the case OF a man who
followed the root of a plant to the
depth of four feet and then applied a
large quantity of salt in the hole.
Various methods have been tried
TO keep down the top growth. and hence
starve out the underground parts
There are three methods that have
Glvcn satisfactory results. namely.
clean cultivation, alfalfa growing and
hog pasturinG There are other meth
ods that have been tried. but not with
a large measure OF success. These in
clude the placing OF building paper.
beet pulp. apple pomace. straw or ma
nure on the ground to smother the
weed growth. and also the application
OF chemicals Conditions in irrigated
regions arc complicated by the feet
that bindweed is often allowed to grow
along irrigation dItcbes. the water in
which distributes the seed The water
of streams. especially at nood times, is
also factor in distributing the seeds
and roots TO other land.
BlndWecd can be eradlcated by clean
cultivation if thorough and persistent.
The case requires going over the land
once every week or ten days during
the entire growing season of the weed.
which is between the spring and fall
frosts. Two years of this treatment
will accomplish the result in most
cases, and 1t is probable that one year
will suffice where the plant does not
root too deeply. The difficulty is that
many farmers Will not cultivate as
thoroughly as IS necessary. Even a
small top growth is enough to form
somo new underground growth and re-
juvenate the old roots or root stocks
thereby carrying the plant over to the
next season. Cultivation has the fur
ther advantage OF inducing n rapid
termination of all seeds OF the weed
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
BEES AND WILD HONEY
Bee Hunting for Profit Is Thing of the Past Owing
to the Passing of Great Forests.

most like brown smoke escaping from
the rock. These bees are out of reach
of man and the amount OF honey they
have stored within this rock can only
be guessed at, but II must be large
The old time bee hunter knew his
business well, and many wcrc the ways
he had of finding the stored sweets
One of the most used was the snow
hunt in early winter. when tho first
snow fell. The hunter went into the
wood. going from tree TO tree looking
about the roots for dead bees upon the
snow, as 1t was known that all dead
bees arc removed from the hive and
dropped beneath.
Another method was the placing OF
sweet slrup or honey on log near the
wood and then following the bees when
feeding.
Sometimes -four was dropped upon
the bees. making them white and more
easy TO follow through the shade Of
the woods. The nour would also be
thrown off when entering the tree. and
this often helped the hunter to locate
the bees
After a bee tree WINS found 1t was
marked, and that mark was thought 10
protect the tree for the finder until the
coming of cold weather. when the
honey could be removed.
Sometimes the finder got all the
honey. but often he had to share with
the owner OF the land on which the
tree was found.
The cutting Of a bee tree was no
pleasant job, as the day was never so
cold that the bees would not try to de-
fend their home. and often the hunter
got more stInes than honey.
But if tho tree was large and the col
ony had becn in IT for several years
the honey would pay we'll for the gath
ering.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
VALUE OF MULES

II costs about s35 to raise mule
ready for market. and it finds a ready
sale at 5 years old if of good size at
prices ranging from $50 to $3.50 singly.
For good matched pairs sales have
taken place lately as high as $1,000 a
pair.
The mule has been until lately es-
sentlally Kentucky and Missouri
product, but the breeders and
farmers of the middle western
states have had their eyes opened to
his value by the demand and quantity
required and purchased by the agent
of the British government. who came
over and purchased everything In sight
under the name mule.
The Importance of the mule has
never been fully recognized. but Intely
agricultural fairs in several states have
hung out money for, r,mule exhibits upon
plan equal to his Importance and In
trinSic value.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
BY R. B. RUSHING.

AS much plowinG as possible should
be done in tho fall The soil thus
turned up is exposed TO the frosts of
winter and they penetrate 1t to con-
siderable depth. Soils that arc covered
with sod are not penetrated more than
half as deep by the frosts as arc those
soils that are recently plowed in the
fall
1t Is desirable 10 loosen the earth
below the depth TO which the plow
goes This is especially valuable In
clay soils When ground is plowed
well before the coming of frost the soil
will often be frozen to the depth Of
twenty inches. This means that every
particle to that depth is moved TO u
certain extent Tho expansion of the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
By THOMAS NJ. oIsEL-

1t is commonly thought that with
the passing away of larger timber tho
wild bees would have to so; but such
Is not the case. There arc more wild
bees to-day than there were thirty
years ago.
At that time trees had but little
value, and the bee hunter found no
trouble in cutting a bee tree wherever
1t was found. and many men followed
bee hunting for profit and pleasure, and
as the bees were most often found In
large trees with decaylng limbs or
trunks they became an easy mark for
the hunter who understood their habits
Now all timberland is under fence
and the cutting of a tree on another
mans land often ends In trouble.
Bee hunting is thing Of the past.
but the bees are here more. plentiful
than ever, Tho old time colony with
80 and 100 pounds OF honey is not
found. They have been compelled to
use the smaller trees for storehouses,
which soon become overstockod and a
new home must be found. Thus the
colonies are smaller and more numer-
Gus.
In removing the timber from three
acres of lnnd the owner found nine
trees with bees and honey. OF these
nine trees the largest amount of honey
stored was about ten pounds, and on
two of the trees the bees were storing
honey by building 1t fast to small twigs
outside the hollow In a tree.
The largest colony OF wild bees ever
saw was in Pope county Illinois. This
colony was using cavity in a rock
bluff as q hive, and was told it had
been there for fifty years.
When looking at the entrance the
bees leaving and returning looked al
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
TO KEEP TURKEYS HEALTHY

A good and cheap all-around remedy
and preventive OF disease In turkeys is
the Douglas Mixture" 1t Ia also n
good dlsinfectant and is so cheap that
IL may be used freely in coops. build
ings or on perches.
The formula is as follows: Ono
mound OF copperas, one ounce OF sui
phuric acid Coil OF yisriol). two gallons
of water. Give one teaspoonful to a
quart Of drinking water. 1t should not
be given continuously. but once or twice
week
1t is as good a remedy as is needed
for roup. but II the turkeys quarters
arc kept clean and dry tho mixture
need only be given as preventive
Another preventive of that dread dis
ease roup is to smudge the turkeys oc-
casionally with sulphur fumes, but they
must not be subjected to the fumes for
more than n few seconds at time. or
tho fumes Will kill them.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16

on the teeth will prevent pulling and
other Vices. but that this is so Is proved
by the following incident; a pony
that knew of, one that no one had
been able to drive with ease. although
various bits and coDtrivances had been
tried, for the above reason changed
hands. The primary cause must be
discovered, which In this instance was
a decayed tooth, the removal OF which
caused an instantaneous cure. The pony
was then driven In plain straight
bit with curb chain by the new owner
an elderly man. who so appreciated the
animals quickness and dociIity that no
amount OF money would have parted
them.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16

particles Of moisture pushes apart and
breaks up the most rctentlve soils
Clay soil that has been well drained
is in this way made moro friable to a
great depth. and when spring comes
and the frost goes out of the soil it
will be so loose that air can penetrate
to a great depth and chemical action
be better.
The manures In the surface soil arc
disintcgrated and some of them arc
washed down 10 the depth the frost
has gone
The result following Is that the roots
of the plants seek the cool. moist earth
below IL there be in it plenty of plant
food. and the plants supported by the
roots are the more able to resist many
drouehts that may como in summer.
Where droughts arc common IL is de-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
CARE OF THE SOW AND PIGS

1t is good plan to rcbreed some
sows for litters to come not later than
September.
Let the young pigs learn to cat with
their dams and as soon as possible put
them all on pasture.
Tho cream separator has greatly re-
duced scours in pigs because the skim
milk can always be fed while sweet
March Is too early for pigs to come
i'm the north. Tho latter part of April
or first half OF May is better.
Too many farmers feed their brood
sows any old grain or other feed that
is knocking around or that has been
refused by other animals. and then
they wonder why they fail to raise good
pigs.
Keep tho boar In an inclosure by
himself and turn the SONS in TO him
to be served.
for hog forage. II viii make The
youngsters hump along late in sum-
mcr.
Grain is high and unless we grow
substitutes In the way of forage profits
Will be reduced.
If the pigs show signs of thumps
cut down the sow's sraln ration. They
are too fat
a sow that Is too Fat when with pig
VIII be likely TO lose more than she
would if she were lean. Any surplus
fat beyond enough to give her strength
and a foundation for milk giving Is
dangerous
The big. -boned hog has gone
out of style. Ike the Merry Widow hat
and tho hair rat"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
FLOWING IN THE FALL
Advantages

sirablc TO have plant roots go as deeply
as possible,
Fall-plowed land will also be found
1reer from cutworms and other inju-
rious insects In the spring. Some of
these insects try to get below the frost
line or at least to a point whero freez-
ing and thawing In the carly spring Is
not possible. The plowing of the land
turns up these insects and. though they
may be still covered by the soil, leaves
the ground so loose about them that
they freeze, and in this way they are
killed
While fall plowing does not entirely
wipe out all the catwormS that may be
in the ground, 1t win greatly lessen
their number.
This point alone Is enough to justify
the plowing Of land I'm the fall.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-16
A FEW GOOD SUGGESTIONS

Dirty water troughS breed filth and
disease very quickly these hot da,,s
Keep them clean by pinch OF con
peras now and then.
It's downright cruelty to put youne
calves Into bare lot or pasture viii
out shade or running water 70 noI',
flies ~
Get busy with the wobbly colt and
teach him that you arc his friend and
master II will be easy.
Tho lambs arc three or four months
old now and they should be eating
some grain along with the pasture
grass.
We won't be SO free in feeding old
corn to the young pigs now. In view OF
tho high price OF that old standby. All
tho better for the pigs