Show abe farni bavm aab didome spry spray the trees about the first of april i is a very appropriate time for spra ing trees nu no one otie who ling has gi gim giu u the subject oni reflect lou will deny the th a being done 11 among niong the orchards harda of utah it is a disgrace thour to our territory that fruits should be wasted masted every year un oil account of the lack of proper atten attention tiou small cheap spraying if s arc are sufficient for moat most of the of the territory the spraying solutions coat cost but little abid a few houra labor devoted to nn till orchard liard will mill effectually dee des troy the moths leaf roller rollers and other peete posts large shipments of frudd could bu bo made from the orchards harda of thid this territory yearly if a little attention was riven given to the subject of spraying small fruits vegetables and floer how er plants can bo be sprayed very aebly and cheaply the same spraying mae machine bille will do the work for all in tit california and the east where fine file fruit fruits and good legeta bk bb a are grown extensively many thousands of dollars are expended annuala annu annually all in tit the destruction of in sects and hefts thie this be done in ili utah ne as well as other places we have halo tho the soil and climate suitable for asgood as good pro dictions duct ions as any section of the and west why not dev elop the natural resources u care for the and make a fruitvale fruit vale of every valley planting the root of the or sour dock id is now I 1 eing extensively used in the manufacture of tannic tannie acid this acid is nn tin excellent thing in tanning hides where it la is possible ba to establish a factory for the reduction of the roots to acid tho the growing of enn ingre ie is an all import ant ind industry witry A large amount of cattai gre grow wild ild in ili thin this tern terri tora tor in ili some icet ions it la is a perfect in tit the cultivated fields tho the plant grows like the ordinary sour dock lock its roots r StAll ble sweet potatoes it is a very itic crop especially espeLi ally on sandy soil and where cultivated is valuable in ili mexico ex extensile tensie fields are planted to and the dried roots ore are shipped to now york city yielding immense profits to the growers A factory haa has beet established near eddy and tha the industry is 13 becoming almost equal to the sugar beet production the warm sandy valleys of utah are tire suitable to this plant millard county would be a famous can aigro section loll if some enterprising men would start alo business 88 ere long it would be a erlat rat farm product lifting water devises there are mail many places where thousand thousands of acres of and arid lauds could 61 reclaimed and brought under a high elate state of cultivation by tho the use oatlie of the various methods for lining rater water in many cases wal wat r for fot irrigation can be raised from ten to fifteen feet much cheaper than dams danis and canals can be constructed where sufficient fall is obtainable in a stream b hydraulic pom power er can be used with but little coat cost the water can be made to lift itself into reservoirs or canala canals where is may be conveyed by mains and laterals lat erale oer oner the firm windmills are excellent lifters an ordinary ten tell foot mill will furnish enough water for arri gating from ten to twenty fire fir 0 acred many thousand of 0 f these mills are in operation throughout the and region and they prove very valuable wherever need used Gi Ga solene asolene engines are good cheap machines for lifting water the outlay at first may seem somewhat large but in the course of two or three years the farmer can cai a figure figur 0 that the cost of furnishing water by hie this means ie is very low current wheels placed in streams having enough motion of water prove of good service in raising water these may be made cheaply and properly handled will iaac for years electricity is the coming power tor for raising water running machinery and driving much of the farm implements it can be c at very little copt cost and can be used everywhere that power it is needed with nn an kind of power there are a dariety of pompa pumps that can be used water lifted from front ponde ponds streams tr eams mere rivers or springs is fre cheaper than ordinary grade canals S selecting fru t trees apropos of the tho approaching planting sea u boll the lelia tion of trees is the moat most important matter to be consult rt n 1 I 1 and it may be said in tit this connection that tho the best tres are tho cheapest chen peet in ill the j long run ruji it oatta of it 11 happens that cheap an art it 11 botill or a total failure and ha ila e to be bo finally dug up BUI and replaced with 1 belter ater art ia 1111 4 matter of BI lection tion ie in of ital important importance even the roots on oil IN ahn h tho trees tree i have lime been grown will offitt oft n determine the quentian quent iun of failure and it is necessary necess ari to take into 1 what the peculiarities of soil sod tiro in tit order r tu to mako make a right of root alidia fed swine an ali agricultural exchange i ill thero there is it growing demand for less lard and more itan it an meat in ili the market hog it if this is the case the hog raisers now no have an opportunity for business sJ the chief difficulty in III prow grove ing hogs for market with T utah farmere farmers had has been the lick of corn for fattening they produce tho the lean on oil alfalfa alone b it did not have tin tho corn coruto to produce fat and lard now tho the conditions arc are changing tho cotton beed lard compound ie is becoming mort popular for cooking purl mes and the real hogs lard lant in is not in tit demand alfalfa mind with ith sorg sorghum liuni pro du dues eq muscle better than any food ever 1 ii it the hog it line has brov en a su cesa fed guminer bur niner and winter fur for pigs and grown gromi hoc in arizona new mexico an and d call cali forma fornia hog rai snig on alfalfa alone hae bas de eloped into a most profitable industry indu str the roots euch as turnips beets and rutabagas rutabaga a are used in connection with alfalfa feeding where pigs aro are small up to six weeks old bran and snorts shorts are added to their fuld after that they are kept on oil alfalfa till about pounds in ili vi weight eight m here sorghum la is used in fattening thil this food makes more meat ineat ani lesa less fat hoga hogs fed in thia this way may m will ill meet the dd of the coming market potato culture some fe few practical farmers farm well understand that ft a anuth larger crop of potatoes can call be obtained when the manure la is of a long stringy character than when well mell rotted manure or special fertilizers lizera are introduced but um thi knowledge haa has not yet spread to the vegetable grower T oner critically critic all so callad yet it is amazing what an all enormous crop of potatoes may bo be produced by the uso use of euch such material if rily olour of our amateur re read adeis eie who want to the envy of their neighbors by growing superior crops will our the potato sets with mere inere straw or some other kind of litter leeral 1 inches in d depth etli before tho the earth is drawn drown over them then they will ill certainly have thia this personal sato Bat faction draw out a tre trench tich eay say four mabes in depth put the potato ibets about 11 a foot apart coytr r the whole of this trench in tit four inclines deep with straw or litter and then draw three or four inchez of hartli oer it and the product will bo 1 it surprise not only aro are the potatoes large and produced in quantities under this treatment buethe but the skins of the potatoes themselves ies have a bright and clear look which makes them an object of beauty aa as well wall as a desirable crop crol from the purely vegetable point of view farm note notes there are many things that should be carefully observed in the education of horses that are entirely nave the new england farmer too much dependence pe pen dence ie is placed in the bite bits linee lines strength of the harness har nese thea the use of tho the whip and the ability of the driver to control tha the horse by abaer brute force hence there are eo so many fatal accidents the merchant an Ilin inventory ron of hie his gordia at least once or twice a bear ear why should not nta the farmer do the pame fiame and eoll sell of hie his culls cults the merchant gets rid of artic artices ls by otT offering ering them at a low figure replacing them with goods goode that are in demand the farmer can do the same and he be will find that it will pay for he will then theu be improving every year |