Show ioa FOR AND GARDENERS 11 I 1 sorghum cane may be stripped of its leaves with some adian advantages taves especially that which has haa be been A la late planted the stripping allows the suns suras rays frie free access to the stalk which somewhat hastens its maturing 0 itis it is said also that in the base of the leaves thera there ls is a considerable quantity of sap devoid of saccharine which by stripping the blades has a colance chance to evaporate f the opinion tha that t this cane is seriously injured b by frost after being cut is pronounced groundless iz bes les s by more recent experiments as also the common idea that the cane must be worked up after it is cut to prevent decomposition I 1 and fermentation we are aie informed by an eastern writer that the sorghum possesses all the datable da rable rabie qualities of the southern sugar cane the ca cane ne sends up tillers or several shoots from aj ar single seed there is a diversity of opinio ominio I 1 find as to the propriety of removing them some asserting that it is beneficial others maintaining that I 1 it is highly injurious we are V experimenting on this point farour for fon our own satisfaction aa and thus hus far oar far judging from the relative p appearance of cane that has been suckered and thant that which was not in rows adjoining each other to the opinion expressed last spring thit that the sorghum should not be suckered and farther orther that fhe the suckering sucker mg so far from being in the leist le adi advantageous anta 0 bous has a tendency to retard tiie tile vigo vigorous rods growth of the cane by disturbing its roots while the energies of the stalk are at once taxed anew to produce new shoots sometimes 9 throwing 1 out suckers or limbs from the upper 1 joints like ilke the limbs of a small tree which being destitute of saccharine would probably somewhat reduce the yield of syrup 1 I one sugar mill has already arrived in this city Other others sare are near and the probability is that all who hiie have planted the seed carefully tended the crop aan anu ana who successfully harvest the same will have halk some homemade home made sweetening if not more J 4 the th a scientific american the publishers of or this wi widely 11 circulated and popular illustrated W weekly y JO journal of mechanics and science science an ri ounce abat it would be enlarged on the first of f i july a and n d otherwise greatly improved containing sixteen pages instead of eight the present size which will make it the he largest and cheapest scientific journal johnal lo 10 the world it is the only lour jour journal ilal rial of its class that has ever succeeded succeeded in this country arid and maintains a character f for or authority in in all matterson matter sor mechanics science and the arts which I 1 is not excelled by any other journal published in this country or in europe although the pub IV lishers will incur an increased expense of 8 a yea yearly V ay this enlargement they have determined not to raise the price of sub subscription krip tion relying upon meir weir th sir str friends to indemnify them in this I 1 in a crease cr r expenditure by a corresponding 11 increase of su subscribers bribers I 1 terms 2 a year or 10 copies for 1 15 specimen copies of the paper with a pamphlet of information to inventors furnished gratis by y mail on application to the publishers MUNN CO no 37 park row new york farmers failers as well as mechanic sand scientific men bill will find the scientific american a most valuable a to their other sources of information A if it is 13 the most healthful the most use usefully fulia fulla t hd the most noble employment of many man and U we firmly believe the words of the great washington who uttered the above then we ask mild wild not the true farmer be among the 1 foremost in I in encouraging whatever is really useful practical and scientific correspondence to the agricultural department of the deseret news are solicited from all parts of the territory and on all branches of agriculture or whatever pertains to the common interest of farmers and gardeners and all who are interested in the cultivation of the soil we prid print etwo two or three communications in this number which wilch will be found interesting we delire desire tolela to learn of the progress and experience of our farming community will you write and inform us what you are doing in your various localities we dont care if a dozen should write from the same settlement each will have some thing thine to say from which we may glean facts of general interest come rowand it if there be any who would like to communicate with us and do not know how to write of whom we are confident in stating elating that the number among our enterprising far tar farmers mersy is small indeed ask your good neighbor to write for you if not for himself too or go gd to work at once yourself and ruffic bently master maffer the chirographic art to be able 4 t to 00 communicate legibly your ideas on piper paper Youcan you jo do laif ll 11 if you have the will if you are yet anywhere under the he age a e of methuselah Mithu selah let us have the benefit of your experience things that are not profitable to be at the expense of cutting and hauling hay and then stacking it in in such a manner that the first heavy rain ruins from one quarter to one half of it to labor hard during the summer to raise some grain and then for want of a little extra care and labor in securing rg it have it meet with the same fate or be destroyed by your own or your neighbors I 1 cattle to attempt to keep calves without a proper place to keep them by starving them through 9 h the summer on a little milk robbed from the necessities of a family and then late in the he fall when but the shadow of what calves ought to be turn them out on the range never to see them aga again t in or continue to keep them up during the winter in a state of starvation and in the spring drag their carcasses out to feed the wolves to keep several cows where they ha have v e to travel from three to five miles in the morning to pick a few mouthfuls mouth fuls of stunted herbage back again at night as empty as they went and nothing to feed them when cold weather comes still nothing for them but stunted fare and the lee side of a two or three pole fence to shelter them from the blasts of winter humanity forbids this pecuniary interest forbids it better keep but half the number feed and house them well in winter and they will do you more good than the whole under the starving freezing system and the capital invested in the other half can be used in a more profitable manner to keep a flock of sheep in the summer from f fou ou to five in the afternoon till lil lii ill eight or nine in the morning in a small filthy corral covered with manure in a state of decompo decomposition si t on giving them but little time to eat except during the heat of the day when they are tormented by bv flies and seeking shelter from the scorching sun under every bush and bank when the storms of fall and winter come their condition i is made still worse without shelter in the same filthy pen covered with mud and water the poor an animals m als ais stand with their backs humped up and feet drawn together as if in patient melancholy surveying vey lg the he dreary scene around them deter mined to stand up as long as nature can endure before laying down in the mud to rest probably the he owner of that flock of sheep is equally negligent in taking proper care of hig his bucks the ewes drop their lambs in february and march instead of april and may they tiley are poor and diseased without shelter or suitable food for furnishing milk for their young consequently most of the lambs perish the sheep long before shearing time shed a portion of their imperfect perfect m fleeces and to sum it up in short the profits of the flock for the year have been a mere nothing to the owner or he has sustained actual loss let him who has been so unfortunate as to keep a flock of sheep in this manner during the past year endeavor to practice the principles of humanity and common sense duding during he be coming year and see if he cannot at least double the increase increase of that same flock in lambs and wool and thereby bles bless himself and the THE CITY MARKET la in answer kaswer to our inquiries last lost week as to he the whereabouts of the market a knowing one informs us that our market is like the god of christendom whose center is everywhere and circumference no pherell wh ezell erell we are therefore compelled to reply to those who asked as us for information on this subject at that the precise locality of the market has not yet been scientifically defined and with such limitless boundaries it will at once be seen that it is not the work of a single day or even a week to determine it wherefore to quiet all unnecessary anxiety in the matter we will state stale that it if in the course of the next year or even the next ten years we shall be successful in discovering by the aid of or any or all the astronomical appliances of the age or through the agency of our honorable mayor nayor aldermen and councilors councillors Counci lors in city council assembled the exact point of lati iati tude longitude and altitude on this mundane sphere occupied by the city market we will impart the desired information at the earliest possible moment smut has made its appearance in some sections of california the ue of blue stone it itle is stated by some has been of no avail gail as a preventive while 0 her statements attest the ha benefit of its uee use the red bluff cal deacon beacon says lat bat those who did not use usa blue stone a at t a all ali I 1 wil wll have their crops almost ruined while it has made its appearance in fields on which it had been freely used I 1 we believe that blue stone well repays t the e ex 1 tra ira expense and labor of usini using if lf j |