Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-09

flattering success. They are turning out
twelve barrels Of vinegar daily and pro-
ducing three cars Of pickles a week.
The cornmeal used with the malt in the
production Of low wines is being imported
from Missouri. Evidently the Nebraska
corn men are allowing this trade to escape
them by their failure to recognize the pos
sibilides of this place as a consuming CEN
ter.
There are nineteen large watts for pick
ling the cucumbers. There are fifty gen.
orators filled with beech shavings for the
percolation Of the alcohol in the last stages
Of its manufacture. There are mammoth
storage tanks and much machinery, some
of which is employed in operating the agi-
tators where the mash is made.
There are tanks for sauerkraut cauli-
flower, onions and cucumbers; in fact, for
! everything that enters into the making of
the products OF a picking works.
Ed hchliter, one OF the experts, says
Ogden was selected as the site for the fac
tory owing to the excellent quality OF the
cucumbers raised in this neighborhood, the
local article comparing most favorably
with the best produced on Minnesota farms
The yield Of cucumbers is proving a sur
prise. Peter Metus Of Wilson Lane, one
Of the farmers supplying the factory, OBJ
tanned 1887 from less than an acre of
cucumbers
| The Rose Preserving company is headed
| by J. c. Rose as president and manager,
with George w. Goddard vice president
and Ed Lchliter and c. w. Firth in charge
Of the factory They have four statesmen
on the road and are encouraged to believe
they are laying the foundation for a big
labor employing industry.
Alfalfa in Dry Farming.
On the outskirts Of ogden. 20 the north
and east alfalfa is being raised by dry
| farming and excellent results are being
obtained ON a piece of land OF less than
seventeen acres. Thirty-four tons of al
falfa was harvested in one cutting and
four crops OF hay were obtained during the
season. the last three crops being, Of
course, less than the first. but all aggre-
eating an exceptional yield.
The land was not Irrigated and as but
little moisture was precipitated during the
late spring and summer the roots = re-
celved only such water as was stored in
the ground from the winter storms.
There was time when the farmers after
/ seeding their land TO alfalfa did nothing
more than irTigate until by excessive up
plicatons Of water they either drowned out
the roots or ruined the land by bringing
| the dissolved alkan to the surface. Now
little or no water 10 Grtiflcislly applied. but
the ground instead is cultivated in the most
approved Campbell method.
The land which produced four cuttings
| without irrigation was narrowed early this
spring The teeth were sent down four to
five inches in the soil regardless OF the
disturbing effect on the alfalfa roots. This
treatment left what is locally termed a
dust mulch and which upset capillary at
traction and acted as q conserving cover
for the moisture stored in the soil. As
the growing season advanced, the alfalfa
forced Its way through the light covering
and developed strong stems ana rich,
nutritious leaves.
There was time when q farmer who
attempted TO cultivate alfalfa without ir-
rigation would have been avoided as an
eccentric OF questionable sOundnsss OF
mind. but that was before farmers gener-
ally got out OF the rut they were in and
gave less thought to the scientific side
Of their most scientific occupation.
New Line for valley.
Salt Lake valley will be traversed from
one end to the other by an electric line
before the end OF another year. The inter
urbans now extend from salt Lake City to
ogden and from ogden TO Brigham City.
distance OF sixty miles, and franchises
have been granted for a line as as far
south as Provo.
The interurban, known as the ogden
Rapid Transit, lately opened between Og-
den and Brigham City, is being well pat
ronized and is drawing trade from the
north TO this city.
Local merchants are availing themselves
OF the opportunities TO reach out for bust.
} ness and on last Saturday the house OF
W. II. Wright s Sons. which Is conducted
as a department store. gave free trans
portauon one way to all prospective pur-
ohasers and return tickets 10 those who
traded with them, and. as a result, the
enterprsing firm overwhelmed the cleo
tic road with country folks going to mar,
} ket."
ihe trolley service has made possible q
market day ana twice week special rates
are 20 be In force intended 70 bring the
farmers a. a distance In closer touch with
ogden