Show agricultural K LIST OF PREMIUMS continued of 0 the deseret agricultural and manufacturing society So ditty ritty CLASS G PLOUGHING MATCH matoh to be held at or near G S L city sept 1856 1855 beat neat Plou rlou shed hed bed land siver silver medal 2nd ad do 1500 16 00 3rd ard do 1000 10 00 araudi COMMITTEE abraham man inao barn barnabas bas L adams joseph albert P r knockwood nock rock wood a reuben iiii 2111 miller lery lerp and edward lI unter jr CLASS II 11 essays lesle resl amir on agri Aerl culture 1 applicable to this terril territory ry 26 25 00 end ind 01 ni 01 do rio do 1000 10 00 ineat ilet do rdo horticulture do ilo 10 OD 00 do Ionio locy loey do 1000 10 00 da d home biome manufactures do 20 00 2nd and do do 10 CO AWA 1 dina DING COMMITTE EDaniel dallel ir Well weli albert t ony joseph young youns ellas elias smithy and anil george P soles sil As uhn his solely has been established by bythe the tho legislature of B tha the 10 lo territory ifor or the purpose of promoting ille ilie jtb arts of domestic industry Inlo stry and to encourage the he production of articles art arLI otes cles from the dative native elemen elements tt with a view to the ac of these objects we request those teofe who bring brine stock to have kave a written statement ot of their bedl gree greep also how and where they were raised thoss who bring produce will be expected to hand band in a written statement of the time ot of towing the be amount of land laud and aad seed how it was tilled what expense la in ma how often water watered eds what kind of soil and all oller oll er particulars that will be enlightening or interesting pertaining to ta the ittin they may exhibit as far as practicable ti written statements fate fale tale ments meets will also be recel Ted on the methods of manufacturing and dyeing the fabrics exhibited which statement statements will be tiled filed with the papers of the Soo lety or my may be presented for tor publication in the deseret news in case thyre thre dball shail be articles or stock brought which the judges judge do not consider entitled to any premium they may pass over such articles or stock hrock without awarding any ans premium tho it maybe the best ol 01 the kind in the exhibition should there ba s articles brought for exhibition that are not included in the list of premiums which the awarding committee may consider worthy they may recommend such articles to the favorable tavo favo raLle notice of be board m ho nay award such premium as their discretion may dictate inasmuch as those to whom premiums in money are awarded may wish diplomas instead of money it nill will III be la in their option to draw a diploma strawberry 4 few years ego ago I 1 purchased at t a nursery one ono hundred plants of a choice variety of strawberry known under the tile name of methven castl castle tilo the first year a sufficient number of plants were produced from runners to supply a large bed for my own garden and that of a neighbor tills this variety of strawberry is now cultivated iu in neady neaily every garden in ili our village and in conle some gome cases so largely as to supply all an extensive demand for them A at a town marke market ta though not quite so large they are superior 1 in r color flavor and firmness to 1 honeys seedling the next best variety produced here I 1 have continued for some years to raise this fruit very successfully cess fully in great abundance with very little labor compared with wilh the toil of nursing a strawberry bed having the soil a 2 rich sandy loam weil weli spaded and pulverized and appropriately and abundantly mantu marturet red I 1 have llave a bed laid out into rows tows two feet apart the tha plants are set met ili in the row four inches apart ili in this way a bed is easily cultivated the rapid growth nf the foliage prevents tha tho appearance of grass and weeds ili in the ille rows TOWS and an occasional light hoeing iu ill the avenues will keep the tile bed clar clear and thrifty in dry sea ser give the tho plants plenty of water and after tl ll oy ey have ceased bearing which occupies about four weeks wees keep off tho the runners with will good mau man a bed will bear abundantly for three years my aly bed measures mea nea ninety six feet iono lono long iong and sixteen wide consisting of seven rows and containing seventeen hundred and ninety two plants the first year the arod crop was not very abundant but in the it amounted to five and a half bushels and eleven quarts an acre cultivated in thia manner would produce one hundred and sixty five bushels and nine ifune quarts of fruit which at the tha prices usually paid in our village for it would yield the sum of 54 the great drawback to the tho extensive cultivation of this fruit arises from the tho difficulty dd licul of P procuring r hocur in help at the season of bearing and picking 0 g if cowe however verat 61 at 61 difficulty could ba overcome by good management menti I 1 can easily conceive that the he t net profits from one oue acre would amount to between four and five fire hundred dollars I 1 havo hava at present under cultivation a bed IIo lio veys seedlings under a dila diSer grent erent ent arranger arrangement neilt nellt and should the result be worthy of notice I 1 may ma address you again on this subject the unsurpassed delight deli dell glit of seeing half a bushel of delicious strawberries on the family talle talie at one time may perhaps tempt some of your yo ur readers to add to the enjoys enjoyment ent cut of rural life when the tilo snow melts huntington L L 1856 s J 11 n it D JUICE JOICE OF THE wates WATCH 11 melon A correspondent of tho the prairie farm farmer er presenta presents the fol foi following alv 4 method method of using water melons 1 I ende endeavor vor every year to raise a good water melo melon datch natch they area are a healthy and delightful fruit I 1 thinka thinks I 1 cultivate the icing variety plant early in may alay an and d amla again to towards s the end erld of the month so that they may come in succession when they commence ripening we commence cutting cutti rg and use them freely duning during the hot weather when the weather becomes s cool coolin in september we haul a quantity of them to tha tho house split them 0 open en with a spoon scrape out the pulps culps in a cullender der and strain the water into vessels we boil it in an iron vessel then put in anav a apples es or peaches like making apple butter and boil oil slowly until the fruit is 13 well weil cooked then spice to taste and you have bob sob eth ething irig that most people will prefer to apple buttil 0 of preserves or the syrup T without fruit down to molasses which will vill be found to be as fine as any sugar house molasses we have made of a fall as much as ten gallons of the apple butter if I 1 may so call it and molasses which has kept in fine condition until may |