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Show jiT SCIENCE I DOK IN FARMING W Fanhnrn, who hid the Inception of the scope of an nieilU1 a shown by the Winning which he made d(nt of ,h l tah ABrtiultu. is now 1 monstratlng to juiloa o' f',s ncBhbora nnrt ,j lo his own benefit, that iX'lffid" '" ha""ny ",,h the ,.l?''e. C0"rM ot 'arming mapped out ' f 'Sht year, rotation Com, oats for hay. closer potatoes llunm-nan llunm-nan tlmothj, timothy pasture This .iltcrnatea crops of unlike root aiea. cur development, feeding characters-tics characters-tics an to nltrosen and powei to solve soil. apprizing power, time of seeding Prof. J. W. Sanborn. firmim po and that there nK f r ti abandonment of lirn N rnslind Trof I II th i of his fnrm op-r op-r i n i oncle manner h r M i mil 1'armcr nnd n lt , c to the account tV ir vv lorn In intatlon u( n i n ' 1 1 lo make s rl f rn i, iln ploduitlve h lir k of h s work as idrm n lte ""0 ncrri of r- in I township nn one t pr e lev.itinns. nnrt i f r 'ui - twelve miles P'lk i r n e of rnonntnlns h nn r p lous like many 9'h r f i but tdopca to all ltn r on easllj work- It in 1 up of several " f n i upinl' sought Hf i Hi Wet and In tn ir r wns ahient at ' II i ii J (he place wns Tto ti tnlcs ind Its more Nrd to r tun that at once lt ' eh m with bushes t P ih On m icturn to 1 'ter unit irlly dropping H'tiri of ii rtnh AgrUtiltu-f AgrUtiltu-f n t 0 Id of the tillage P !u a ton of lini per Jl" n r It would reaulie "" ' The whole faun tlm i I i oiild jHil onlj US ,f U romptlslm; about i ' r r bmi toom nnd I'n fi-ni'ic Including two '" inilnlj In in cx-'.'" cx-'.'" id ' 1 condition As tho ff! ) i fioni Its main ' ' n sstry to devote ' Hint nil the con- ' i presented Kew i uliu ip o lortutilty at Its 'r r nn astral acres, nnd ' " cf plilloKophJ as 7" mho and po-iesed " i in part the farm Z r nl il tfst nf the ii'... ,,lr ln Np" 'nK' """ ' paid or could be i' ' i nether polence nnd ! J" l ' i I as to make om 7ti " n",ntn,,'e nni1 nBrl' l'ty th ti tunl ciirlnslt of , ' 1 will stato that s m i nni(d by mi 10m-i,?. 10m-i,?. ' i lound 1 toit ,'Nli I it out a i was l ' lf t- s In in. . r ' ,n ro"r urage, .". f ' ht nues to , sture b. H ' " '"dnned fields gone vim, ' Jouns woods ' nl !ir my ""'" tnxm VH" i .,' KnRland fnrmlni?. ur ' ,,ie 01t and prof-I, prof-I, ' ' " us, and commercial I reduced farming , " luctlnn As this , ...." i minimum of ctpl-, ctpl-, ' r nil purchased man-in man-in I1, '" I motto tmlvcipjl-rniA. tmlvcipjl-rniA. , ' "mail tircaa well !?"" ",RC 1l'"l dccrcoe4 ilnVn.'"1 " elf wa" ",0 out-n out-n ll1' ln f"",,JB tho ,', '",',' ' 0'iducted on the re-, re-, " nit. i d " ' lioulil be both In. 1, ve in that all Its It ii ' c l far "s ''est ser-I ser-I i ,r " ' ri sc1- " will pay 4 ;' ' inagctnent and cur-"' cur-"' ' i cat on capital in- iti'J."'' f us' of cupllnl, It-, It-, '"lunerv and chemical ,,,' hock ciscntlals of 't ., , ''"'"e i , : " 'arming necrssarlly l i, rotation of crop, 'i th y l,rl'oitlon of tllligo j ,h fiopi should bo fod ,n 'r itveml wants, and J I tlllzitlon should be 4 j.?" handled Around uattuc subsldlaxy oporfl.v of growth, and tends to restriln accumulation accu-mulation on a given area o' Insect tnd fungus enemies It Is a half tlllige in-tatlon. in-tatlon. alternntlns. opening and solving solv-ing foil and closing It before wastage of nnterlal It distributes libor and carries three rule tiops-iiotntoes and two crops tlmothj. Fertlllts lor our reluctant ew Tnglaud tolls Is secured b feeding live crops of elRht b annual purchase of ot present of tbout 125 tons protein or nltroginous foods, the use of muck, abundant on the farm for nltrorcn. the minerals being added to It on our own formula the purchase of CO tons searli of chemicals combined on for-mula,s for-mula,s to fit the soil b the "'3'0n and tillage sjstem and b Irrigation-some Irrigation-some 70 acres being now Irrigated - Pasture land that Is free enough of stone for tllhge Is b ng emivetted jmo tillage and rotated with fields SO acres having alreadj been tVen In In the course of four more jears there will be WO acres of tillage area, rraklng fifty acres for eRch crop of the rotation, and 100 actes mote of natural mowing and Irrigation ground At present thre is In tillage use 50 acres of corn 40 acrej of oats 24 of l otatch. 18 of Ilungatlan 125 ' ,"ml1,.h1y and about fO acres of non tillable (vvlth-out (vvlth-out drnlnai,) grass or mowing land Hut thoe areas will toon go bj fifties each The fatm begin on mi return from I'tah eight scars ago with alill ty to winter A0 cows there being nn sjlcs of hi The coming winter theic will ho kept IS) iows. It work horses and 70 to SO calves nnd heifers growing for cows Twenty-six acres of Potatoes will he rold that will s lei. from 120 to 200 bushels per acre and 150 tons tlmothj. tlmo-thj. Ho sells foi from Jit to J1S per ion. and potato. P0 to 71 cents delivered deliv-ered oncf milk fiom 21 lo M icnts per can of 8i quarts This milk Is dc v-ercd v-ercd at the railroad station four m le awaj, for Boston market, M miles dls- 'The Inmine of the farm has eteidlly risen from juon 'V,'s00-I"nl1li,!t,lf.l"n tlmited It will be crppioxlmalelj J1S0.O this sear, whllo tho net Income has gone from eto In a salary for manaiia-ment manaiia-ment of J2000 oi moic and market rates foi lntetest nn twice whit the land woull have sold for at the slnit and Interest on ptreonal ptonertv us.il atoss nnd net Income Is rising rapidly annualls nnd bids fan, I may say sure, to be. sitlsfa. (or. In short, cnnltallied farming pajs In this section sec-tion where It Is populirly leputed to be a hard business, harder than farming farm-ing an where else Indeed so hard Is Its reputation Hut tho fiin that I purchaned had bulldlngi on them that ?ot moio than twlio tho purch.so Pr'l'J0he Plan laid nut contemplates nt Its completion on tho second round of the eight years' totatlon now Just enured en-ured upon, the keeping of 200 tows, 100 helfera coming forward for cows. U to 18 work horses the sale annually of -oO tons bay and SOOO lo 10 000 bushels of Po atoeY Ihl. involves the . annual moductlon of the equivalent of 1W0 to iioo ton of hay and partial pasturato for 500 head of slock The pasturage Is confined to the ro acres In rotation 100 acres that cannot h"epIoughed (this will he treated to chemUal manures) nnd the dlstint pasture for the oung things nnd the cowa when drs The cowB are grained Save In June at p.sturo nnd fed from "ha silo, and hns'.now for part ration. Sly this ssstenr the pastures will be un-der un-der constant ImpiuV'nent. Ecorins; the Dairy Coats, innd I. mp'i . lluldo fur nuasurlne up an 3eeUgh5,ln,e,h1 ' J.I'T f i,Ke rlzo 1nd r pi ilv 4 l lHnl(i'""i H'rel pi i t and of V ne i-tim l put. vn (lfs , ,,,""? ,"d ' "lid Bitlr .xpr.-.lon . ,"'' ," ,,"- n I bnil with llsh. 1 Ii? ii l..l'.n'- rilslng Wfll between the iro e-trs inllidilnt 8" " 1 detelnpmtm t siliiit cord nibs ami vertebrae wld ui art 1 m tall Milcrnal orjtins 5 points Wide nier iirili " roon Ills snd high pelvis Milking marks 10 points Quantlts of flow tndlcited b milk veins long inioked Hiui branching with lurgi. or deep in 'fi. toJ"r, "r nillk-i.Mii of deip ellow Wunitv of llow-udder showing plenty ot siiusunct but not too rntutv or Hvmiin IntlliHtlon of eionomli pro 1m tlon 30 points Spare form vvlth nn absence of ll suiwrHuous llmh as shown bv cb an cut lean face long thin nuk light front quarters sharp withers brisket ll. imps scant Inhollowlng hind quarters with thin Incurved thigh und high arching tlank Testing the Dairy Cows. Jutt at present the Utah farmers are weeding out their dairy herds and converting con-verting Into beef ever unpinntlblc cow The American Cultivator gives some iood advice upon this iwliil u follows Ilcfore weeding out utoik of the ilalrs an actual test of euch cow shsuld Iw made und condLa d over a period or sev rl mouths The tctt should be Imiiar. tlal anil conducted In the Intercut of the iows themselves It will not pu to keep the iows that fill bilow the slon lard of milk nnd cieam production mil It will be. fouiiil that evers veur there will be more or less change In the nnlmnls lows that last jetr hell a good record ma rhow 'Iglis of failure thl season Ihls nu le luu to age the ft oil tr other causea It the tuud, cannit lie re.nnvid or remedied It Is time to replace the animal b biller 1 roducers Just now good milk cows are high .irked and it mn not pa lo be loo exacting In weeding out stock If m-w ines are lo be pur hjsed to tilki their puce On the other hand Ih.r,- win never a Utter time to sell snlmuls which ure not nnjlng lor their keep Market prices are high for cattle nnd b a Utile Judl-.liius Judl-.liius fxUlng an 1 fstttulng un oil m that has lost her usefulness nu Ih ma 1. lo show up well at (hi butchers stall With grain and all feed high I. will not pay to carr on the list longer than lifces-sars lifces-sars any iows which uie not miking good records or showing promise for the future Haloing pajs tod l iind will pay Iwtter In the next cur or two for the lni le reason thai farmers are going to raise beef cattle for m.rket Instead At dull cows 'ihe high prices for beef cuttle cut-tle havo itlreaely stimulated breeders and farmers to grc.te. tffurts ln this direction direc-tion In the desire lo git returns for their money as qulckls as pn-cslble In beef cattle the ilalrs cow will be overlooked anil within a star or so there will tie a ilfarth ef good milkers Then It Is th it tie dalri Interests will hive a lioom riieie will be i premium for goo 1 dalrs cows and trices for butter and milk are tmund to Increase 'Iris neurls ulwns follows n boom In beef ciittla but oftn.-tlmes oftn.-tlmes not until six or twelve months after." The Belgian Hare. ' V hat has t ctome of the llelglau hare' ' asks an ech.nge Here Is a good thing gone to neglect because some hare-brained tipni If rhnike lo i?n eell.1 nci If .im! bllllt up wild expectations In their minds that no nrdlnrs bunnj could ever hope to realize Wo have gone to the either ex treroe now and the Helgtan hare has he-tome he-tome nn object of conlimpt all through our own foolishness And yet he Is as gool on anlmul todjy as he eier wns and theie Is no reason whl these rabbits should not rank with poultrs on the home pi ice and those who have room and the opportunlts lo c ire foi them sho.ld keep some for thlr own consumption The llelgljn hare Is exeeedlnkls proline matures earls Is excellent rating anl if-foids if-foids a gool varlrts to the rdlnnrj hill of fare ln these dajs of ilesr meat onrt henvv butcher hills ft will be fo.nd both einsimlc.nl and eonienlent lo have a few nf these animals around Where one has n place with a sadden or an .alfalfa, patch the hare nn be rnlsed for the tabic at prar Icalli no rust, anl nt least at nn out-lav out-lav of money, a llltle labor In feeding be-IM be-IM all lhat Is reiulred Where all the feed has to be purchased thev n be prepared for tin pot at from 25 to Jf- ia The sills Belgian hire bubble has nurst but there Ir no reason why so Hlunble an animal should tail Into disfavor ind while there no loncir millions In It there Is a gool meal In It and the Ilel His.. h3re should nnd a pi ice among the pnultn and domestic anlma's of eiers isrmsard Country jJiWurles V good many countrs women not prop erl alive to their opportunities feel that thes are entitled lo a great amount of sv months became the are denied cllj luxurV set muni of Ihtm do not mika the most of the countrs luxuries Ihey have or might have On seme farms no errt Is mmie to have no nnrli and long sensnn nf the summer veetables so eoss to glow In the countrs and so Impossible to secure In perfection In Ihe cits and the bill of fnre though served with abundant abun-dant measure ts inoiintotiouMi limited Many farm cooler- hsve no ambition to en birgo their reperiolie nnd ;iaroe! vnr thrlr methods of coiklng the foods thej nrepnre from sear to another It Is bui-nlslng bui-nlslng how much worn in of resource ind skill nn nc nmpllsh with rlmrle inn urlnls Home of the pomr.t cook" the wrll.r Ins err seen wire on Huns where with frr ill milk eggii butler veg tnhles an I fruit one wool I expect to dlno like a prince It was hard in discover the reason unless It was Hint the nil liars ambition lucked Incentive because ihe sturds nppelllles of Ihe consumes mnde fol of ans sort acceptable rh-n. ii thise r nl hmisewlles had fewer op noitimlil' II'"" Ihelr town roctilns to Su th the. skill It the country girls woiilel unite In a determination to excel J, "ooii what eltv girl could compete with ih. m in the matrimonial market, oth r things being equal 1 Piolltn In Poultry. It Is neurls Mine lo dill the poultrs dock and luke out tho unprofitable birds und put them lu a en to fallen for 'llunkimlvlng bi.no nf Ihe hem and also sone of Hi roosters piobublj un overs farm should go to murktt coeh vmr, litre the-v serie lllelr day of usefulness in the Urst two or three vwrs of their Vis on" must give wav In the sounder rood We would be glad lo sei nil ot uur furmcrs who arc so situated so thee can continue however to add new colonies ot pullett o their premises until II.. y have ,t least two huinliid rids number ot fowls divided inlo ,lx dlrferent liouws would slild a nice Income for fli';n.nll farm Theic Is nuthlpg sold off of he faun that is quite us profitable as pefultry i v nnd eggs ixiepllug henus Hones N neurls nil pro.lt, this we nilmlt. since the ,"rl Blither Hi. swe. Is fiom the flowelr. lint would othirwlse, evaporuji Hut when It comes to any kin. of .lock or any kind of irons grown on the fur.n the hen staiuls at the head of the class as a profit-produce profit-produce r ' Bieedlnp Too YountT. Wo hove noticed that there Is a general gen-eral tendencs among fuimers especially those of tho jounger el us to bckln the breeding of animals too joung any seem id think lhat us soon nun animal t somewhere mar a normal site In growlh of outward form Ihes are reads to be mated This Is i mistake and one that should be correete.1 at once tor there s nothing that mas , so affect both tie "arcni und the offspring us that of rriut ng among Immature unlmsls lis ten 1 ncy Is to slum the further iKvelopm iu elf the" mother and glic to the proj.cn j a ccriali. weakness of constitution and vigor, vvlth a lacking of umrly strong phaxactcrlstlcs - . |