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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25

ANOTHER ADVANTAGE is
location. These bungalows are
within one short block of the
proposed Ninth Avenue car line
and within easy walking dis
lance of the business district
Property here Will double in
value when the new car line is
completed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25

257 TENTH AVE. 5-ROOM CE-
ment and pebble dash bunga-
low. new. thoroughly mOderni
lot II feet 8 inches by l23 feet 9
inches, with drive way. Price,
800.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25

IL YOU WANT A HOME. But
have not the ready money 10
pay for II. we will advance the
necessary amount. and you can
buy your home. live IN it. and
make easy monthly payments on
It to US instead of paying rent
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
HOG RAISING DOWN S)UTH

We often wonder why the southern
folks depend on the west Tor their
bacon. They can raise hogs right at
home and come pretty near making
ns good pork as the west Corn and
COW peas will make hog hump from
pig time 10 the pork barrel and these
crops grow TO perfection in the south.
We have seen the finest OF COW peas
down therein fact the south is the
home OF the COW pea-and they raise
90 TO 100 bushels of corn whenever
they get down to business. We have
before us n letter from Georgia farm
er who says he raised 110 bushels OF
corn per acre last year, and sends a
photograph OF his corn field. II looks
like a Kansas corn field
n good way 10 give the tobacco trust
a blow in the short ribs would be u
cut out tobacco for few years and
go in for hogs. They talk about cot
ton as money crop down south, or
course it is, but II Is no better than
hogs; they are as good as ready money
any time, The southern farmer Is
learning the new agricultural game
very fast. but he is yet bit slow on
the pork question. He VIII wake up
ono OF these days. and when he be-
gins to turn into pork his rape, alfalfa.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
WASTED SYM PATHY

Some I3nglishmen arc constantly
calling attention TO the dreadful state
OF agriculture In America and pointing
To the American farmer as horrible
example of the oppressed and unhappy.
1t may be that the low state of Eng
llsh agriculture and the people who
dig a scant existence out OF the soil
over there breed a bit of bitterness
I'm the criticism of our farmers over
here. Well we are not so badly on.
after all, Since 1900 the number of
farms In America operated by their
owners Increased from 2.9Si3O6 to s.
712,40S. The farm mortgages have
rapidly decreased. and our farm wealth
has increased by bilIons-hgurcs act
ually too large TO be grasped. The
state OF our farmers Is better than
ever before and far better than that of
farmers in any other country in tho
world
English sympathy for our farmers Is
entirely wasted ii we arc so wrctched
here why do a million or more people
OF other countries leave their 'appy
ONES To como over here To share ii
with US?
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
EASY TO CARE FOR BEES
PROFITS RESULTING TO THE FRUIT GROWER WORE Than CON-
PENSA7E FOR ALL THE TROUBLE

well as that stored in the small boxes
seen I'm the groceries
For that reason the honey should be
stored In regular frames OF racks.
as some call them. that hold the comb
1t may thcn be taken of and stored In
the crooks
AT the beginning Of the season one
story Of a langstToth hive viii be
enough. Just before fruit bloom opens
up another story should be added, con-
tanning empty combs. or frames Of
comb foundation. AS the season adj
vances another story should he added
In the mcantimea large unobStructed
entrance should be provided at the
bottom. II the bees cluster out in
front they will bc almost sure to
swarm so at all times there should be
enough room provided so they can be
kept inside Of the hive and at work
Colonies 80 manipulated may store
for the fruit grower. from fruit bloom
and clover. anywhere from 30 TO 200
pounds of fine honey. which viii be
worth. at the very lowest calculation.
I'm the form of chunk honey at the
local groceries. not less than 10 cents
per pound.
IL goes to show. then. that In a fair
season our fruit grower farmer, to say
nothing OF the actual benefit OF the
bees In scattering pollen, may get any
where from IS TO $50 per hive.
Some colonies handled in the manner
explained may swarm but as a general
thing there win not be over per cent
of such swarms.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
NOTES ON SHEEP RAISING

Never mate big ram with a small
eve. Pest TO breed animals OF the same
type
II Your ewes are poor at breeding
time they VIII be greatly handicapped.
Plenty Of good feed TO push the
youngsters Tor market
oil meal VIII often prevent indiGcs-
tion and keep the young sheep ON edge.
Don't guess at the breeding time. Red
paint on the rams belly will mark The
ewes so YOU can tell when they VIII
drop their lambs
Keep the ram by himself In daytime
and turn him with few ewes st night.
After all corn Is the great fattoncr
for sheep az for other animals but fed
alone will cause trouble.
Last winter we saw great nocks OF
sheep in Nebraska that had been
turned into the cornhcIds TO do
their own husking and they were
trampllng about half the grain into the
mud. That did not pay.
The big sheep ranges Of the west are
being broken up and our daily mutton
viii have TO come from the small farm
nocks.
Shoot every strange dog that comes
onto the place.
Any flock OF over fifty sheep ought
20 have a Collie to look after them.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
EDITORIAL COMMENTS

The great scarcity of skilled farm
labor during the last few years has
forced some farmers to take on unde-
sirable men. many of whom arc not
worth much and whose city habits unit
them for country llfc But ! main
tain that the great body of Ameri-
can farm laborers are more intelligent.
more reliable and better farmers than
those OF any other country in the world
And they arc getting better every year.
Most men work on the farm because
they like it. and man who loves ami
mails and rcjolceS In the development
Of good crops OF growing Things cannot
at heart bc very lazy or a very bad
man. Tho other kind are not TO he
considered AS real farm hired men.
The reason some farmers cannot at
ford TO keep a hired man is because
they do not know how to manage their
business 10 make II pay l have seen
farmers with only twenty acres who
kept two hired men all the season and
one the year around. Then 1 have
seen men who owned 100 acres who
could not afford TO keep one. It's all
in knowing how To make the soil give
up every dollar of profit there Is in it.
It's poor farmer who cannot pay Il
man $40 a month and make dollar Il
day profit from his work. Some OF
them make three and four times as
much
Some farmers act upon the principle
that a hired man ought to take the
place of most OF the machinery neces-
snry on the farm, He owns plow or
two. perhaps, and a corn cultivator,
but the hired man IS expected to spread
the manure. husl1 the corn, load the
hay single handed and alone. and do a
lot of other work that a machine could
do five times as fast and much better.
4 good farmer and one hired man with
the help OF 4 manure sprcadcr, 81
secder, gang plows and cultiVatorS. a
hay loader. corn cutter. low wagon,
a cream separator and little ten
horse power gasoline engine can turn
out more work than five men can with
out them In these times of labor
famine the farm and buildings should
be rlggcd out with every possible de-
vice to save hand labor And it Is not
necessary to buy it all a handy man
with $50 worth of tools and a workshop
can make any number of things that
viii save time and muscle, and do IL
on stormy days. too.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
DIVERSITY FARM PRODUCTS
Sure Profits Are for the Farmer
Who Has a Variety of
Things for Sale.
6J Il, H, SHEPARD.

General farming is the most inter-
csting and profitable as well as tho
safest of all farming. If any one crop
Is short or failure there arc others
10 fall back upon for an income. Tho
farmer who grows a variety OF prod
ucts has wide experience and his mind
becomes broadcncd New things Iro
continually presenting now and valua-
bic ideas.
The general farmer from the nature
OF the case. does grow a variety of
products. but the average farmer does
not grow as many kinds OF things as
arc possible and profitable ON tho gem
'ral farm There should be variety
OF animals kept commensurate with
the size of the place and other modi-
Tying conditions. And keeping a va
riety Of farm animals necessitatcs tho
growing of great variety of culti-
waited plants
For healthy growth and profitable
gains domestic animals must be fed
several different kinds of feed In ordcr
70 supply them with the different elc-
ments essential for normal growth and
development In summer with pas
turc this is easy. But there should also
be things grown so that the animals
can have a change and variety of feeds
during the entire winter season when
forage crops are dead. 1t is the cry OF
nearly all farmers that they make no
money on hogs and dairy cows In WIN
ter because they have to buy cxpen-
sive feeds 10 supplement the narrow
ration of home grown feeds This can
be corrected and a great saving made
by growing pumpkins. bcets. mangels
and other succulent crops that can be
kept green a part or all Of the winter
Silagc, OF course Is excellent and Win
nh wide gap I'm feeds. but there are
many other things that can be grown
Gus loss Of time or soil space. Rape
may be sown in the corn al tho last
cultivation and serve Tor green pas
turc TIL the last of the calendar wear.
The same Is true of rye. which Will ar
lord green pasture all through the win
ter.
Poultry and pigs thrive on the farm
where variety OF crops arc grown,
They are able to Glcan and turn into
good money almost every particle OF
waste grain and fruits. They pick up
scores OF dollars worth of waste feeds
In the wheat, oats and pea stubblc and
in the orchard in the summer and
fall. our chickens always increase 10
cgg yield when the field peas arc har-
vested The Same Is true when apple:
begin to ripen and fall. Nothing Il
wasted
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
CARE IN TRAINING THE COLT
Begin Early and Always Re-
member That Kind firmness
Will Give Best Results.
BY JAMES N. BELL
Virginia.

During the first two weeks of han
ding a green colt be careful never To
excite him by loud talking, cracking OF
whips or by throwing his harness on
him
Coax him all the time. Then when
he gets used TO you make him under
stand by hrmnoss what you want
him To do Is right He Will soon learn
Never have recourse TO violence Ii II
can be helped. Colts arc naturally
timid and therefore easily alarmed.
Traces rubbing against their legs, sim
gletrees banging against their backs
when holding back Il wagon when
going downhill getting Il trace between
their legs and many other things OF the
sort frighten them into kicking or
running.
In driving colt to light harness
never tie him to Il post when he Is
hltchcd TO a vehicle. II is best TO
have a heavy halter on him that You
can slip off when you get ready to
hitch him up again. or you can leave
the halter on him when putting his
harness on or tying the rein In one of
tho turrets OF the saddle.
All colts arc inclined to gall easily
WITCH tue lltI ness pItSStS on liltll, anu
this makes the youngstcr irritable
Carbolizcd vasellnc will heal these raw
places.
Two weeks of gentle and Judicious
handling Will generally get a colt quiet
enough TO begin to teach him that all
OF life is not play
The horse does not live that Will not
run away if he Is frightened enough
You never can tell when that will be, so
better never leave him standing un-
hitched,
Before engaging the hired man send
him out with a team for day or two
and watch his actions. II he is rough
and cruel to horses better not keep
him.
Tho demand for mules In the south Is
constantly increasing and prices arc
steadily rising.
New collars should be examined
every day until they are found 10 Mt
the horses neck perfectly. a fat horse
often shrinks In the first few days
work sufficiently to make the collar fit
him badly and produce serious in
jury.
A colts mouth can easily he ruined
by careless man In the first week
of breaking. The greatest care should
DC observed in using the proper bits
Never Jerk a horse. young or old
Always hitch up a young colt with
rapid walker. Fast walking is. like
other gaits. acquired.
II would be We'll il all colts could be
halter broken by wcaning time and
used TO harness. saddle and bride as
yearlnGs. They VIII soon learn driv-
Ing by being used only enough TO rem
Gcr them gentle
Then as 3year- olds. when they are
expected to help earn their living on
The farm, there VIII be none OF the
rough style OF breaking them In with
the Inevitable tevcr-soro mouth, CALLED
ihouldors nervous klckers and runa-
ways.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
Dr. HERBERT w. HuMFoRp,
University Of Illinois.

AZ the present time Argentina eX-
ports more beef TO the united kingdom
~ Great Britain than does the United
States. Since the cattle business is
conducted on such nm extensive scale
hcrding OF large drovcs together is a
common practice.
This minimiYcs the factor OF labor
Il i' estimated that under average con-
ditions one man VIII care for a thou
sand head OF cattle,
The best bred and best fattened cat
tle go To the packing house. or "friG-
prlfcos" for chilled and frozen export
beer. The remainder OF the cattle prod
uct Is used either for local consump-
tion or to supply the extract, canned
beef and jcrkcd beef establishments.
The cattle used for extract. canned
beef and jcrkcd beef are half-fattoned
unimproved grade which are purchased
at a very moderate cost The best
Rteers used for export command $40 To
$50 OF American moncy-this price on
The "estancias" or ranches.
OF course there is a considerable
number of live cattle exported TO
nearby countries.
Alfalfa is undoubtedly tho most Inn
portant factor in beef production in Ar
gcntina. 1t is estimated that some
thing over nine million acres are now
we'll set in alfalfa, and II takes from
one to two acres of this to carry a
mature steer or COW throughout the
year.
In some sections there is a limited
amount OF hay feeding in the winter OF
from forty-hve To sixty days. This. In
most cases. however, is not necessary,
but is usually done TO get cattle fat
tened at periods when the market Is
not glutted.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
DON'T WASTE THE MANURE

a western gardener In Il confidential
mood has shown the possibilities OF
profits from plain. everyday vegetable
gardening, with a bit OF manure on
top He says II Is Il poor acre OF as
paraSus that is not worth S40O In the
spring. He merely hints what an acre
OF mushroom caves would produce nm
nuallN or what would be the product
Of an acre under glass.
1t Is quite certain tho profits from
either would be more than a great
many farmers manage TO get from ten
times as much.
How Is this easy money made? 1t
Is not all easy money Hard work and
knowledge Of the business arc ncccs-
sary- but the main thing IS manure.
This gardener assorts-and we arc
willing TO agree with him-that enough
manure from tho livery stables and
stock yards OF the country is every
year wasted 10 increase crop Yields nm
to millions of dollars.
just common stable manure. despiscd
and wasted by thousands OF farmers
yet II is tho most potent factor I'm his
business. No need OF high priced COM
merciUl fertilizers. They are all right
FOR certain crops or badly worn lands.
but there Is no wOrn-out farm In
America which cannot be brought bacI,
TO fertility and profit by the use OF
stable manure alone.
But tho livery stable Is being sup
planted In somc degree by the auto
garage. and the stock yard waste VIII
doubtless 20 on rs always. But the
farmer who knows his business will
gather more animals about him To pro-
vide manure FOR his lands And II he
he wise he VIII stop selling the fertility
in the milk can and the hay balcr and
I'm this way add 10 the fatncss OF his
crops instead Of taking from their
lc0nncsS.
If nc be not wise he viii. sooner or
later. have his land covered, not with
rich grass or grain or fruit or vege-
tables but with mortgage which
never sleeps, but eats night and day
and which in tho end VIII put him In
bondage for the resi- OF his days.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14

As a Precaution in such cases put
over the entrance of each colony an
Alley trap. This viii allow the worker
bees TO pass out and i'm freely; but
when the queen comes out with a
swarm she Is trapped in compart-
ment because she cannot go through
the same slot through which the work.
ers can pass.
While the swarm is in the air the
trap containing the queen is taken of.
the old hive Is removed from the stand
from which the swarm came and an
other (empty) is put in its place.
When we speak OF an empty" hive
we mean one containing frames OF
foundation or combs
The trap is then placed in front of
the new hive now on the old stand
In fifteen or twenty minutes-possibly
longer-the swarm in the air VIII re-
turn and go into the new hive, hNing
Itself automatically,
The queen is released from the trap.
when she VIII go in to the swarm
The bees will then start housekeeping
anew.
In the meantime there has been no
climbing Of trees. no pounding on tin
pans and no general interruption OF
farm work.
When the swarm comes out the
farmers wife or one OF the children
may make the substitution Of hives as
explained, leaving tho farmer in the
field to continue his work
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
NUBBINS OF FARM NEWS

Mrs. Howic Of Elk Grove. Wis, Is as
sistlng Professor Hoycrstad OF North
Dakota Agricultural college. She is
among those foremost in COW culture
and Is lccturing on the care OF COWS
Her prescription is very simple: Good
common sense principles. soap. fresh
water and kindness"
Thomas and Francis HHuck, two
miners. who keep a garden at Delta
Idaho. experimental In grating scion
OF a i-ycar- old apple tree into scrV-
ice berry tree body, and were repaid
by having the limb blossom and bcai
two fine yellow apples The tree from
which the scion was cut has never
bloomed.
Kansas has two forestry stations
each OF which has a considerable num-
bcr OF young trees at the disposal OF
those who want them. The only cost is
tho eNpresSogc and a guaranty that
the receiver viii care for them for a
certain number of years.
Had United States Senator William
b Allison of Iowa. who died recently
lived TO complete his term in 1909, he
would have served longer than any
other member. having served in the
United States senate continuously since
1873.
The fruit growers OF Victoria havo
long believed that the small garden
for the householder in the suburbs is
Il breeding ground for codling moths.
scale and other diseases of the or
churd. officers of the Department Of
are to mako house to-
house visits In all cities and towns.
and wherever the fruit trees growing
IN back yards or gardens are found
90 he diseased the owners VIII be IN
structed to eradicate TIC disease.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
OLD STRAWBERRY BEDS
How They Should Be Treated and Cleaned Wher
Overrun and ChOked With Weeds.

fruit. How can the plants grow good
crowns with only an ovcrdrown supply
of fertilizer beneath thcm2 Tho top
dressing VIII serve also 10 protect tho
plants during the winter. Thus treated
ono is sure OF a much larger crop OF
Strawberries next year than II tho bed
were plowed up and reset In August o.
September. or course n the plnntJ
have been set too long, so that ihS be-
did very poorly this year. no1 many
berries can be expected next year even
with the treatment above recon-
mcndcd.
For the bed TO be set next spring II
IS well to begin preparations now, OF
us soon as land and manure are avail
able. II the piece Is now In sod. tho
sooner manure Is applied the better.
II will tend to rot the sod and help its
decay after fall plowing. Tho pile OF
coarse manure that lies outside the
stable door may be evenly spread on
the sod. and the rains viii help It To
benefit the land
Flowing should not he deep. else tho
manure and swsrd viii be placed too
deep for the strawberry roots to reach
them. Lot the land be narrowed down
soon after plowing. and then 1t is ready
Tor a coat of ashes as they may be
spared
Better purchase few bushels Of
ashes than leave part OF the ground
unfertilizcd on the surface IL pays
to givc this fruit a good chance, IS It
not only cnriches the table for several
weeks when other fruits are scarce. but
Is a ready seller at good prices For
this reason one should not puttcr with
very small bed which would but
sparingly supply the table and afford
none Tor the market.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
Z. R, ROOT,
Editor GleaningS in Bee Culture

II has been thoroughly demonstrated
that bees play an important part in
pollenating fruit blossoms, and the
fruit grower, il no bees arc Kept
within half mile OF his place ought
TO keep few himself.
When properly handled. bees are
usually tractablc, AS "a general thing
they viii mind their own business
much better than poultry or other farm
stock when left TO themselves.
The fruit grower might be willing to
keep a few becs-yes. he would be very
glad TO do so if hc could place few
colonies I'm his orchard without their
having to "evcrlaStingly swarm" This
difficulty may bc very largely overcome,
Bees swarm primarily because of a
lack of room. If. instead OF using a
single hive. we use one OF double ca
pacity. one on top OF the other. the
swarming tendency VIII Lc very mate
rally curtatled.
therefore advise the farmer and
fruit grower TO uso hikes OF large Size.
or else use hives of ordinary size, one
piled on top of the other The bees
and queen should be given unlimited
room.
1t Is assumed that the farmer fruit
grower does not care for honey I'm
sections. For his own family the
chunk honey stored away i'm large stone
crooks VIII suit his purpose quite as
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14

\ neighbor, a kindly man who has
made a great success OF farming In
nearly all it's branches. never misses
an opportunity To plant trees in every
nook and corner of his farm. He plants
all kinds and says that tree, In pro-
portion TO the expense, Is the most
profitable crop he can raise In many
OF tho corners or the fence there stand
fine apple trees that bear as well as
any iu the main orchard, while along
the line fence which WAS once given
over To scrub brush there arc twenty
three cherry trees that yield abundant
~. OF course. the ncighbor boys got
some of the fruit but my neighbor
seems TO be glad OF VI. lie said once
when ! spoke TO him about it: For
merly this land was all wasted. Now
If VIC get n bushcl OF cherries occa-
sionally we are that much ahead. And
besides he added. Il guess the Lord
VIII provide enough to go around and
give the boys their share. too"-ISdltar.