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Show FARM. AND GARDEN. Correspondence for the "Farm ard Garden" department of tlie U an all is snluiUid from all parts of thi territory. Utah farmers muat, to a great extent, establish a sytlem of agriculture adapted to her ppecinl necessities. Agri-culturistt! Agri-culturistt! will assist oach other by Bonding Bond-ing in for publication, information pertaining per-taining lo farming and gardening, and agricultural purauiU generally. PLANT 1RSES. Considering their euterprieo in aome respects, it is rather surprising tbat our fanners do not plant more trees. From Cedar ci!v i:i the south to Richmond Rich-mond in Uie Dortb, are thousands of larma that would be greatly improved by a f;w large treeg. Not many cl our native trees are suituhlf, though we havb tuapie, boxoidur, qnaking-nspcu, qnaking-nspcu, and several kindsj ol willows thut grow readily; and pine and hal sain tuat require more care, but when once started, make beautiful orna-menlj. orna-menlj. Ofirnported trtva tho elm, linden, poplar, chestnut and walnut are all desirable. There arc mar.y places around our f.irmi whero iivp-t oould be put in and uul inter lore v:ith anything- else. And there are ert:,' oils, not good for ordinary crcp-, that would support an abundance of valuable tree. There is always, along Itrncei, a space four or lii feet wide, that oannot be plowed or mowed, Lut which could bo made to give a good yield if trees were put on it. Planted , one rod apart and near tho outside fenco of an eighty acre farm, about 1 OOO treat nnnlri ha nut. Then thfi I division fences ivould atiord the same chance and without limiting any other product we might have several thousands ot -moat attractive ornaments orna-ments which are also very useful. The value ol most of our country property would be greatly enhanced if each farm contained trees enough to make it look inviting during hot summer months. Every pasture where Btoclc run in cu comer should have at !eaat one clump of treeB, large enough to protect the auimala frcm intense heat. All but two of tho kinds of trees mentioned above, would in a lew years aflord considerable cool and shelter from the sun. Ycu may Bay it will lake 80 long before they make any show. It may be lour or live years, but when once established you have something that will last a life time, and will go down to your chil dren as an evidence ot your wisdom, We should not aim only to benefit ourselves. Those who will eorne after us are entitled to some consideration, and the more we do lor them now, the better opportunity will they have of improving the condition of them-selves them-selves and others. Aa a profitable crop trees are a good investment, making excellent returns lor money spent. Many experiments in Europe and America prove, beyond doubt, that when tree cultme ia properly conducted its success is assured. No other single crop grown, bo completely combines tbe elemsnts of beauty and utility. Tbe scarcity ol timber which is last disappearing should give the subject much consideration from our wide-awake men. At the present rate of consumption it will not he lar from right to say that, tho next generation will have to search far away fur limber fit to use. Tneirwant will likely have to bo supplied from artificial forests, which should be started before the present supply is exhausted. This new timber need not bo grown in large groves nor in the mountains. A few hundred or thousand trees on each farm will in tun years give an immense supply, aud in twenty-five years would be comparatively inexhaustible. You who read this, pleate bear in mind that without five or ten there cannot ho one hundred, and without that there can be no thousands. If you can aflord to put in only one, two, live, ten oi twenty trees, do so and you have helped youraell and the territory ter-ritory to an Bitent. Do not neglect the present season thinking that next year will do. This is tho time to commence, com-mence, as yoa may be prevented by unseen events at any other time. Look around your farm the earliest convenient tim,e, seo how many trees you oan put in, and then make BOina arrangement to secure them before the bpring is too far advanced. If you can do no better get some com- : mon fruit trees. They will eoon make good shade, and will yield a considerable consider-able supply of fuel. THE DAIRY, At the annual convention of the stale Dairymen's association, held at Syrcueo in December last, a paper on winter dairying was read by Dr. Crafts, in which ho remarked that dairymen must not rest content with aii average annual yield from their herds ot 1,500 quarts per cow, but uiuet at least double that yield, and greatly enrich, by appropriate care aud Ictd, the productive qualities of the preseut fluw. The cows must come in during the fall, and be made to yield ttieir largest butter product in llio winter months. Worm barns should be provided, and roots and hay and grain bn furnished to supply the csttential elements afforded hy a forage en summer grss. Cows must bo selected tbat are net dainty in their appct'iles, tut, on the other hand, aro hiely, veracious feeders, and capable cf largo digestive work, and which appropriate the elements of their food to a rich, creamy flow ol , milt rather than to pulling on o! Utah, Tlie speaker insisted upon the importance of warm, well-regulated, and weil-vcutilated barns, for it is already welPestablished by principle j and by xperietjee that to resist phys 'Oillv cold and storms, and bleak winds is a droft upon the food of the' animal and animal heat and anirnxl lift and development must he supplied hi lure there can be a generous uYw ol milk. Aa rwgarda feeding, the eouJi t'.on in which food is given will eim nearly as much influence) perceptibly as the kind ol (otd iUe f. Good hay forms the h.teis ol f-.-eding; but thin alone is inadequate to sustain a profit able supply ol milk. Hence, in c m necLion, feed roots and some) oF itie varities of meal, combined with wheal aud buckwhuat shorts, and take tiie trouble to scald or steam the daily rations of food, in order lo iucreiibe its uulrilioutt and digeativw qu .liiins, and render it more valuable, ilia Liud and quality ol lmd munt be often 1 changid in oidur to utimulate the ap-1 ap-1 pithu and prtvrut the unfortunate circutUHlancu of the animals becoming becom-ing cluytd. Regularity in tbe hours el feuding and milking, and lu all these operations connected with our etock, is second only to a full and properly selected Bupply cf food Cleanliness and the stable com lor Is of the cow must not be overlooked ui cardinal car-dinal points in tho daily management. An arrangement which accomplishes Hucceesfully the double purpose of comfort and cleanliness, was described aB follows; The length of the floor upon which the cow stand is fjur the stall is three lent and a halt, which will very well accommodate an ordi-.nary-sized cow. The manger should he wide and roomy, and feed should . never ho thrown bi-foie the cow in 1 .rge quantities. JiiNTS OS FEEDIXa HOKHL8. In reply to a correspondent who wants to kno how many pounds of first-rate English hay ought to be fed per day, with two quarts of meal, to kep in flesh a 10 year-old horse weighing 950 pounds, the New England Eng-land Farmer says: "Our rule for feeding horses is to give them enough to fully supply the wear and tear of the system, and to keep tbem looking : smooth and feeling well. The amount I of feed, both of bay and grain, must I be regulated according to the amount I of work they aro doing from week to week and trouu month to month; No I change, however, is made for an extra ex-tra hard or idle day. A horse that is being worked and fed lightly, but which ia expected to do a single extra hard day's work, as by going on a long journey, uhuuld never lie no extra amount, either ol Imy or gnm tue night or tnorumy be lure starling. Ten ctniucea to oui the. extra food und soveru kcIioij will produce indi--.-slu n and. weakness, ilivke uoeud-Ut uoeud-Ut n cliange in the f md ( f any ani-:iiil ani-:iiil ifyuu would return ihum in a otitu ut heal:h. Our own hurces eftdotn u.it any li.iy at nil, but, beside grain, uro ted oat or rye straw and millet. These aro cheaper with us than the best hay, unci, wish a judi ciouaalluwauce ol grain, give excellent results. Horses tbat are doing nothing must be led lightly, and hard working work-ing horses, il L'd grain, will digest straw or hay which it would not be profitable to feed to milch cows. Two quarts of corn tneal, with from ten to ufteen pounds of good hay, should keep a medium sized horse in good condition when not at work. If at work, the grain should be increased to four or six quarts. The proportion of grain to tbe nay should be governed somewhat by the market prices fjr , the two." |