The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-22

those recommended at the institute, I
could make up the amount of the pay
meut out of my chickens alone.
"And you want me TO accept the
offer.'
Honestly, dear. do. 1t will give
us room TO keep few cows, and LII
never think we are really farming un-
til we can do that.
"That settles it!n nc replied. We
will 20 to the city tomorrow and close
the deal. -
Thus it was that they began their
third year with double the territory
to that with which they started. He
felt, however, that he was better than
n novice at his work, and viewed the
future calmly.
The winter passed much the same as
the one preceding it. lie was now IN a
tion 10 his reading on plant life and
soils he made study Of horticulture.
| This naturally led to study or insect
pests, and he plunged into tho study OF
that most intricate science. entomology.
Mary be said one night, laying
aside his books, 81 used to hear it said
=, that anyone could farm. Perhap5 they
keeps up with the times and wants TO
really succeed. ] have learned just
enough TO know that he must be scien'
| tist,'
"Perhaps that's true, DEAR she an
swered with o smile, but you are not
discourageds
"No, love; l used to pore over col
umus Of dead figures, day in and day
out, until my mind became as dead to
| outside impressions as they. were, |
am starting lifo now, and ] feel that l
have only just begun to live
Mary's poultry houses were not for
| gotten. By visit to an up to-dato
poultry farm he learned the mode of
construction lie was surprised nj their
construct them himself. This be accom-
plished, and his good wife could now
increase her hocks to four times their
orr ginal number.
She did not set out to be o poultry
| fancier, but while John was poring over
his studies in general agriculture she
had been equally busy with her poultry
books and periodicals. 1t naturally fol-
lowed that she should know the fine
the best, that she should take an inter
est in the proper mating of her charges.
The outcome was that John persuaded
her to exhibit pen OF chickens at the
next poultry show. Much to her sur
prise she brought home three first prizes
and sweepstakes as the best pen OF
fowls of any breed exhibited.
She found that eggs from her prize
hens commanded fancy price and this
added TO her general profit, made her
close the next season with enough ready
cash to meet the payment on the new
| tract and leave enough over to clothe
herself and John for the year.
Johns operations had been equally
successful and he felt they were on the
| high road to independence.
John Russel nov: now had perfect CON e,
ing of the land, and 80 he decided TO
plunge in small way. he felt that
the orchard was to be his greatest
profit, and so he obligated himself for
enough money to purchase nursery
stock for the planting of four acres
additional orchard, making his area IN
fruit eight acres IN all, mostly apples,
His first acre planted had shown white
with blossoms the third year, but he
only leaving one or two on a tree TO
see if they bore true to variety. HIS
small fruits, however, bore heavily,
and after be paid all the expense Of
picking, Grating and marketing he
found that his fruit had produced
nearly double the profit to anything
else on the farm in the way of
crop.
animals was gratifed. Being distrust-
full Of ANYTHING less than thoroughbred
he purchased couple Of pure bred
Jersey cows. AS his space was limit
ed he SET aside a small tract as mini
ature pasture, making up the deficiency
by cutting alfalfa and feeding it green
during the growing season, and TAX
ing them through the winter on corr
fodder, hay and grain. The milk wa:
sold TO creamery that had been es
tabTshed on the irrigated tract, anc
he found that owing to the excellent
care the animals had received, thai
they had returned to him their origina
cost, leaving him two fine calves a:
perquisite.
That season nc also experimental
with swine, again choosing pure bred
stock. These he raised wholly on al
falfa, thus starting what afterwards
proved one of tho most profitable ad
juncts to his farming operations.
AS we'll may be conjectured, Russo
found that his two hands were made
quate to see after the farm. small
though it was. \ young Swede haC
for a year been in his employment
and under John careful tutoring hat
developed into q first-class farm hand
This necessitated the building of al
addition to their little house, but til,
expense had been light, and he did no
feel it.
The fourth year from planting, hi
first acre Of orchard came into bear
ing. The season had opened early, Z
be followed by a cold snap when tn,
trees were in bloom He was anon,
the few who had anticipated such
thing as possible, and was supplied
with an orchard heating apparatus. b.
working three nights he saved his crop
Apples were very scarce that year, anc
his trees were loaded with all that b.
thought was advisable TO allow then
, to bear. The result was a fancy pric,
for his fruit and he found that h.
acre of orchard had cleared him abov,
all expenses nearly FIVE hundred dol
lars.
l Tho manager Of the irrigation com
} pany was correct in his prophecy Tht