| Show to the saints throng throughout oa t the territory fc of utah an fn 1 A q the tha is scanty anty supply of or food for ia sustenance nce atlie people until the coining harvest is a matter that is beginning begin nin uin to bo be pretty thoroughly understood der hers tood stood and by mady many many rather uncomfortably re it allis his as in fit ail all other there lard lara numars who in all emergencies or to escape pleasant unpleasant mn future contingencies are willing and anxious to put forth their energies to advantage provided they can be wea weh we 11 ll ms assured of the best course to pursue wn tain a asto affo ii j that fil ril much uc h time ia is lost in reflection a hesitancy attends attend each movement and frequently i tha the athe iha results are disappointing or disa arous trous to hare iare foresta t tal such co consequences ii sequence a and with a view to pr promote mote tile tho true interests and welfare cf of the llie indi cious crous a few timely suggestions are now offered year by yea year poor fences rencey hav have e BE ag they always will worked at least a threefold three cold fold id detri detriment detriments ments mento viz training animals to be the tile feel ft eina elna eins nos of and culling cutting off a anticipated 11 ilci supplies er food the great amount an and d variety of libor labor heretofore required at the hands hards 4 of f tr Industrious his has tended to prevent privat building roper proper fe fences ices and wherever this hae bae h e been the te looked and in ili effic efficient lent esa asa they should be to put condition at the tile earliest practicable date for an animals are becoming so numerous and tile the grass in many settlements so scarce that it will not answer to trust to their good behavior in not not in ili upon the ibe growing crops looking after alter this ni matter tatter in la season will leave more time for rightly attending to other important duties in their turn though the he depth oi of snow in the mountain mountains gives assurance of a meral liberal supply of water for irrigation still generally there is already ili in all or nearly all of the settler settlements ants more land under cultivation it ti 1 11 than 11 the water can be made to iril irrigate gate pa with ith our present resent facilities for its application aside from that there is from twice to twenty limes times more aci act acres es ia in ostensible oste ostensible iise lise use than is tilled f to any real profit ardd arid satisfaction it I 1 follows then that there is larr land enough V 11 already under some description of fence and probably enough broken after a fas fast ison llon ion lon to accommodate accommodate the he expenditure 0 all the seeb seed s i imbor laor and skill that can be ap applied pla ed to farming operations this season for in addition to the tiie circumstances already alluded to most of tile the work animals will be in ill poor condition for honoring the draft which arl bo be made upon them for exten extensile she ghe and thorough plowing forage asand is and will be scarce and the early gras grass is not riot of a very strengthening nature r i thus much may suffice ian jon the subject of fe fences rices amount of plowed ili land laud water seed and teams j but there are other othere elemen leme Is the question guestion tion which it may not ie e aress to co consider asid 1 er that food lays at the foun tonne all physical physic ai movements is a truism it t tier eforo follows that unless an ail employer emelay er call can urn fAbis his employees with brov provisions e elther either 1 ither directly I 1 1 or dc 1 ind indirectly 1 realy lie he must cea cease S all operations beyond his individual strength and what nhat hat is true oane I 1 person in q this case is true of all hi in like ilke ik I 1 e c condition I 1 and are not gi almost most thee the entire li ra ca coom COOT arn u 11 it 1 1 this t P predicament redica 1 1 i f I 1 i this being readily admit admitted it directly foll lows that a universal effort must be made V 16 revolutionize the scarcity in ili our breit bred market marker or private and public improvements will be stopped except ohu ahu oh a very contracted scale and the tile people but little removed am the abari gines around us EO far as depends depends upon a concentration centra cent ration of efforts for the accomplishment of the tiie purposes for which wo we ar eliere elere in view iem of these thesa facts what course does wis dorri idom dictate most alost assuredly not only that every farmer use all liis bis skill skill and meads meang means for the prodie 1 an of food but that every cariap mason tailor clerk and in a short every man woman ind nd child put forth ih j ein eln energies towards billic filling the tiie 1 r store tire houses with stith an ail abundance of that w ch will sustain life each tach one that ia is necessary nal nas essary for the support ort of the individual and as ke much 1 I more as may be possible aftin after the lipse of 1 throe thre or four months the mechanics I 1 and orril undred 1111 illi dred patis batir classes a es can again return to their cust customary cus tomay occupations acu ris ils can every one from eight years ears old and up wa d ald aid ili in this am useful and I 1 lec essary u ng yes more or less dire di realy ay A little farm bell tilled has lias passed into mo a proverb 0 overa among among the observing and it has bas already be bem e n A stated that there is now more laud land fenced at a aw d plowed at than will suffice for profitable use b byllee iid lie whole people then let e every very inch of fi fiad ad ail all garden be put in the high highest est state of cultivation i llevat lit those who have more acres than the they thes y can till in that maner mailer manker manen loan ioan or rent lo 10 thase wilo ullo hite have none let ter ker t ti be who have live savel more seed th thlu irwill will supply their wa wan 1 tv impart t thoa those who lach stop floering flouring flou ring wheat until it is known how muc wIil 1 be needed for sowing let abose who wiio have t ibe ng understanding energy and rn I 1 w with 1 t I 1 I 1 gele gelt e the best bes A drilling machines a and a dibbles mid nid le let t 0 our e skillful mechanics at atones once male them that tile tiie seed seid may be deposited in ili then therl economical arll aril inductive in manner and that women men children alli aril and the the rhe inexperienced a may lave nave tin an opportunity for lending e w welcome acome assi assistance stange a the hurry of deec seed I 1 tim time anol let Iet those who wiio have no teams learns 9 troughs rent or borrow V ow of those who have and 1 V where this cannot bearrie beane let the I 1 spades and add d hoes boes be put ut in ili faithful requisition let those who are in tilling filling t the tiie soil seek information from their experienced neighbor oril otil and let all seek out and apply every fertilizer their reach if these suggestions are thoroughly ahil ghil y complied with our gardens will resemble the gerden garden of eden arld and our felds will teem with rich atun louii dance and thecil aly cul cultivated tivIt d gardens of 7 other climes r when the wheat what corn corp and other crops begin to grow ba careful to erad eradicate acate all gil sit suu sun if flowers tind lind noxious weeds of every description shyh h wilt will serve the twofold purpose 1 of affording inore more ight air and nourishment lo 10 the plant and leav leavette lea iea the soil in oar far better plight for another year 1 1 li ii wil wh be readily per perceived that a full ruil develop development of the course now proposed will confine some mechanics pretty closely to their shops at least those who are skillful ful fui in making horse and hand drills alb aib dibbles bles bies ploughs hs grain cradles and other implements of husbandry that class however will probably find more or less lees time to occupy in their gardens or on a small piece of ground and at any rate time enough for direct directing imy tile tiie agricultural labors of their wives and child ren the large number of able bodied men who will leave the different settlements in ili the spring upon various missions speaks loudly in favor of a strict attention to the clourse herein pointed out although many who go to 0 o the western frontiers will return in the tho rail fall and perhaps in time to amford afford some aid in securing late crops but whether r in season to ald aid aid ald or not they will expect their rations to be supplied from what is produced here as will also the large numbers who will doubtless gather to these valleys during this seasons immigration wisdom neglected or dr set at naught profi teth not that such stich may not be tile the case in thu instance I 1 let all who can carefully read this letter until ll 11 they perfectly comprehend the principles contained therein and then explain it to those who do not so re readily understand and let each one at once begin to reflect upon and as rapidly as the season develops opportunity put into practical operation every aid which they can call extend to the tile further furtherance ince of the object in view I 1 BRIG HAM YOUNG HEBER C KIMBALL JEDEDIAH M 31 GRANT N |
