Show abe X jearm arill alib irrigating young alfalfa BY aheart 1 ol 01 time with alfalfa la is tilt harpt eix six weeke of ltd its growth gron th flooding during this period is quite certain to give giffe the tile plants a from front which athly seldom f fully ally recover pr the second and sometimes not until tho tile third year and it 1 14 13 3 not often in lit the and arid states hint that rain fulls falls with sufficient frequency to dispense with ith the necessity for irrigating the plants while small by soaking the tile earth before bett beetling ling lion however e er the plants will mill inake make vigorous Nig orous growth until they are un to twelve inice int b s high which they inny may be irrigated with safety under ins system I 1 neer failed to take fall amo crops the first season perhaps a ton and a half of hit hav to the acre provided tho ill heeding wan was done dorio not lot latt I 1 i than tho the 2001 of may from front the tile first crop of the second season onward the yield was full alfalfa should not be sown until tho the dang r from froin hard froste frosts is 14 past I 1 ila have e it N cry oung oun alfalfa sur our N idt frost and I 1 lim e it coni com destro td by it it is not wise miso to take the tile risk A point se escarc arLel el second in importance to that of irrigation before seeding sieding is that of bury burtnik ing the beed seed to it euf suf fluent and uniform depth for this pur purpose post I 1 know of nothing equal to the areri u drills frills the seed should bo be put into the grain box and be run down domn tho sIx ivits but with tho the drill great care must be taken not to bury tho the seed sled too deep for a deep die seeding ceding is quite as fatal to a shallow A depth of two il lelles ii about right when ft a good grain drill is not some implement bould hould bo used v inch bich tan all be 10 depended upon to cover tho the wed seed to the depth named nig ing harrow for tins this is to court fail it lire re whatever er tilt implement may be used us d for coi o 0 ring the si edit should bo be follum cd by tilt plank dreg drag to smooth the surface when the drill iq used twenty twant should ile 10 sown gown to the acre or thirty pounds if sown after r alfalfa has einab li glied a single copious irrig irrigation aiton after ench cutting will mill ordin ordinarily aril y bo found irrigation before cutting is undesirable because it leavis the earth so soft na as to interfere with tile mm moving rig of cot loads I 1 have first and last in lit my lily grader bam business ness reee ltd inin in rainy in requests t from men who tire bringing new land mul und f r alfalfa for helpful eug sug gest ions as to how low to proceed were I 1 to attempt to condense my suggestions into a brief paragraph I 1 should say first subdue the land by one or more grain crops then carefully lay lily off ott the affirm by a system of fields and of farm roads ba einung alig special reference to convenience veni Neni ence end economy in lit handling the crop next ext grade the field eo so perfectly tl eliat bat tn lit irrigating when the tile water ii hirt itil on from the ditch gravity will mill do the rest then irrigate the tile land and bow the geed and finally lei let there be one man on oil the tile place who will shall make it inn his business bus nies to waster the details of irrigating curing and stacking alfalfa and who shall exercise personal mer oversight sight of these processes and let ebli roan man if possible be the proprietor himself when to call a doctor give physicians a show allow by con suiting them then in lit tune time the man wit who ivnits until his ills house is is halt balf barnd before ailing alling in the fire nun w would bo be ciolll an all idiot but how flow about the man inan ft ho ito allows dis ease to sap hie ills I 1 vitality to tho the dan gor wr line bufore bt foro calling in the enfin of medicine aitu tile doctors tit d nt jilt know it all any man of in telli yence gence who has ling lua his life to one calling knows enough about hie his specialty to a able and necessary adviser hie courier is prom 11 tle tu to ghisi 4 1 by tilo acl f that ilia gra Krai a oarda ards are full of grownup up people 0 M attlio wr would tild L I 1 b alivo alive to jai day had thea the consulted physicians in ill onto farming in utah I 1 tab wh ie is destined to boli only go to I 1 tle he front in ml fiat nusi tig but ahe she will lead load and that in it the very ut ar f future I 1 amys N if H itoe ill help out it will ill us as more piopio will mill caulk out and find bt etli here nud and that mill ill dev develop e I 1 op our lands men alie they tire dou tip loped all abt 11 den develops in lit proportion and anti utah will mill be 1 the o 0 gai nerin in tr suise Of ourse state statehood hoid dont duat mike oud laud mid but as we wo already luio hun 0 the latter tho tile former will help out larrel largel utah is a fr nt lit cou country that has to thour our it IH is likewise it I 1 inning country couii tr nud null s beyond bcd ond doubt as I 1 esula clearly show T want mant to oh tito one in statie in lit l to tiny this last april a davis county barint r took fort dierf s on ocr er I 1 in it t the it e boar I 1 liner I 1 I 1 er nallen valle and biake thirty of it he ile liao bofil seed for tho ground to commence with anil find that wart mas fur rushed him Yette iday lit summing up ins assets lio ito found that ho lie lind 1500 1 busl itla of oaty bushels bus liela of cf wheat beat ho ito had lind sold worth orth of orn lorti ami and 50 0 orth of squads besides Be aides lie liaa has clou enough li potato s to carry hini ono one year a now nom with oate oats at 35 cents and wheat at t 10 cents it shows that lie hart has made ansh on oil that thirty acres the first season I 1 think that illustrates fully that any faim i alio wants to to gt 0 o into the tile busina u u will ill get returns that lie cant get ei in lit the old so states ra m notes A new potato post has in lit the houth south of cating the I 1 iv ELN es tilt puncture the groin ing causing tho to wither ither and die A held field of alfalfa that shows bare spots liere here and there may bo 63 ered h by seeding tho the spots with barley and alfalfa as its early in tit the tile spring as possible the slot should be well harrowed after ceding E find the rains rams or irrigation may bo ba depended upon to do tho the rest its a rule the limit of profitable coining I 1 ia amount one man lan sell and when it cornea comes to pe periods rhods of glut a man mart with it succession of crops covering four or five months will make inake more clear profit than he lie u whom akca a specialty of one or two perishable products that must bo be sold day da by day lay with in two or three week weeks the color of milk la is no safe fe guide to its richness in fat contents the strIp stripping pings of milk are usually from front at six to eight times as rich in lit butter fat aa as the milk given by the same LOW cow when sho she ie is fresh there is very little dietert lice in tho the co color i or the babcock test is the only indal libl libi method of determining the richness rn aness of milk Lacto chromo ia is the scientific name forthe fur the coloring matter I 1 in it in milk ilk and the tile amount de tie pende on oil tile individual character of the cow first and upon the com po bents of iier her food in tho the second place pickling cucumbers tl TI e follow follo ing hu ret retire 1 10 for pickling pic klinn uL umbers la is an tilt old re liable one although process tedious and arid protract i d the results will compensate for the labor gather the cucumbers in lit the tile morning and sf elect lect for canning those that tire from front one and a halt to two inches in lit length wash and lub tub them dry and anti smooth with n aou cloth then pack them inn in a stone jar for every enery hundred over tle ts too four tabi spoonfuls 0 silt ailt then cover with boiling water put on oil a weight to keep them r the brine then tio tie a cloth or t er tho jar in twenty four hours pour off the brine irani drain the tile cucumbers on a it cloth or ill lit a colanda r return them to the jar ami and sprinkle offer tho the ramo quantity fit salt gait cover with I 1 bailin bo to lut ilin I 1 lie up and lot tilt thain tit stand stan under twenty four houra hours the morning wald this brine pour i ito t over cov contents ten ti of the tile jar jrr III this seven lays leeping ho file jar tul tho tile eig hill morning rinse the en helln calil att r coyer them with half vinegar 01 w ind half water L bated abed to to boiling and let atheni remain in this twenty y four boura bourn take tho of old lit cider v lit gar and put into it a i 1 acce of alum the BIZO size of a in bt nn all f airn of stick cueua linn mn broken tin title two thirds of a spoonful ful of pepper corns and N ho 0 chii thuds ds of a teacupful of brown brom it o 0 sugar simmer Sit timer ten tell thin bring to a will and pour itoN it over erthe the previously packed in ade 1111 bottles or jars find stal the amount of sugar and spices can bo be changed to suit individual tastes put up it in this way will ill not grom or lose au their piquancy nud and will keep indefinite select miscellany Mi cellany forty years cara ago the cheapest I 1 din dawne ome cost t 1500 lotion liaa has been con convoyed Noyed by electric wires a distance of miles the afie average rage tourist trip around tho horld orld in iles of tra travel ea AN hen n child dies in 0 on ri inland riland alio t to natives bury a live dor dog with it dog do to bo be escil an as a guddo indu to the other world yearly all the that is asid in ill tile united baates comes froni front france in it tote state fit for im 1 mediate I uso use for decoration A now washing machine is run over tho floor like a im mower and docs does the soaping Hon ping scrubbing anil and dry dr ing in one or two opera lions to cable a nies sago to london or paris costs thirty one cents a word it ni 3 word to contain more than ten tell idlers the letter lie e in tit I 1 ble for example cooling costing thirty or one a cents extra the windmill which is so conspicuous in dutch and belgian ener id likely to be seen in india it ie is proposed to drain the unhealthy flats around bombay b by Y means of Win windmill dimill on oil the tile extern of the lo 10 low countries I 1 oh oil mr do I 1 bad hue eccli a timo time finding your painting at ihu tho exhibitor exhibit on to dayl it w waa as hung away up in an obscure corner 1 yes I 1 am ant disappointed I 1 shall quit art and start a laundry il mr ir da do cromo yes then my work will always be bung on oil the line he ile if I 1 were a poor man nian you m would never ila hae ef married ine would ou on she certainly not I 1 hove love you ou the tile way you are and if you had bien poor ou would have been beet so unlike your present self that I 1 have haie loved you you see my dear it tant the tile money trione its the combination om how ilow is your health eaid said the tile caller at the 5 tea ten very delicate dc licate replied the hostess lan guiday or am kept on the strictest 1 and then elio she leand town I 1 ilio the table and began to elt wit a dainty luncheon lun cheo including ces ices macaroons macar rickles ric klee strawberries marmalade ohnes chocolate char I 1 J te ruo anti liaw w |