Show DESERET NEWS SATURDAY MARCH WHEAT far FAn or DESERET it is high time to begin to look after your wheat crops amo A moments reflection on the past and present is sufficient to stimulate every citizen of the state to the utmost exertion on this important subject from the first settlement of the mountain vallies rallies to the season now passing want or fear of want was looking in at our doors while hunger and scarcity were looking out and meeting on the thresh hold hoid greeted each other as old acquaintances but un unwilling cillino friends and wily this theroun the country was new and untried year after year of f toil and experiment were necessary to locate farms erect fences and devise the most judicious method of cultivation to produce an abundance for the immense population here and coming and travellers trav ellers passing through an and d previous to the last harvest there were not laborers enough in the vallies to accomplish the desired object but by the great blessings of the heavens beavens on the experience and diligence odthe of the faithful the past year suf sul focient was produced to cause fear hunger want and scarcity to shake hands and dc de pirt in peace le leaving iving all to enjoy to their fullest satisfaction the comforts and blessings of tables loaded with bread while the amnun mountain rills caused their cu cups p s to overflow with pure water which are the promised blessings although althou gli our heavenly ilca lica venly father has given us usi in therewith many others and what is tile the effect joyful hearts and cheerful countenances surround us on every hand we have bread to eat and to spare and is this tins to continue yes there is an abundance of wheat if taken care of till wheat can crow grow row again and what then famine will again bead be af ter us u unless we look after our crops right early quickly effectually some may suppose that the immigration wa was so extensive and the consequent increase of labor so great the past season that an abundance will be produced this season with little exertion but have not caters multiplied in a still greater ratio certainly if we calculate that mechanics shall go goto to their several callings for the purpose of multiplying houses which are almost as necessary as food during C a cold winter and of increasing domestic manufactures fac tures generally all of which is very deai deal rable rabie ra ble bie and necessary for the growth and final prosperity of any country and further many who have recently arrived have located on new ground where with all their necessary labors in building and otherwise providing for their families it cannot be expected they tiley should produce much more grain than others did in a similar situation two or thre three years since while many others together with many of the tile older citizens have re moved entirely to new settlements at at lon con con sid erable distance which lias has occupied the time they might otherwise have employed in preparing for ploughing sloughing hing and from such but little can reasonably be expected this year i more than to raise their own supplies cultivated land has increased very little since last harvest and there is very little seed in the ground at this time when compared with last year at this time and with the prospect of immigration this season far greater than the former season what is the duty of the citizens of deseret what tile tiie most roost important mission now to be committed to the tile elders of israel in tile the vallice of the mountains the raising of wheat to feed those that are here and also those to whom we are arc stretching ching ebing forth our arms and crying come and help heip us build up the waste places in the mountains of ephraim we have said come and you shall find food for yourselves and your households there therefore forel if we have not nt already begun it is i time to begin beggin to fence and ditch and prune and make every thing ready for the plough against the time when frost shall leave for the winter is past and the time of f seeding draws nigh and greater exertions are arc now needed by all to insure an abundant harvest and supply for all who wilo will want to eat thereof the coming year acari than was required the past year now is the time drawing poles repairing ploughs wils hs drags rakes harnesses yokes ac ac so that when frost shall disappear there will mill be nothing to hinder sowing all the grain possible w while h ia e seed ahn time e last a st th then en w water a the same as it sh shail shill al need sow all you can and this tilis is now the tile great mission of the elders in deseret Des eret cret no matter if you e c annot innot la harvest arvest one half of it there will be help heip enough here by the time of harvest hartest harv harT Cst cultivator CULT CorT ivATon ivator we have a few late numbers of athe the cultivator published at albany new york by luther tucker and edited by luther tucker and sanford howard the cultivator has attained to a high reputation so far as we can learn and is deservedly popular in the states and elsewhere treating on all subjects relating to improvements ments in agriculture horticulture domestico dome stio zoology ac and as the warm season is approaching pro aching 1 we give a few extracts in this paper hoping they may be found by experiment to be profitable to the farmers of oades des deb eret ea a the last two nights in february were the coldest known in in our valley the present winter so far as our observation has extended az athe the mail left the office saturday morning march tra velling east the sooner onion seeds are sown the better and those sown last fall are better oft off still there are some soils in the valley that will soon admit early peas to advantage tf uwe ewe we understand the deseret pottery is 13 nearly ready for burning and that a great po portion artion of the moulds are made madey ready for manufacturing a variety of f earthen ware the pottery is under the superintendence of ralphs two experienced staffordshire potters capable of doing any thing in a pottery that can be needed by lis uis at present and from re ports we consider them truly master roaster workmen success to the deseret pottery we want some plates platea and we expect soon to see a basket of crockery at our doors knocking for admission in true english style |