Show fob IOB FARMER SI iid IND GARDENERS f deterioration of fruit and anit grain rl Z I 1 an on this subject which is 13 one of vital importance having 0 a bearing 0 alike upon all classes the artiman and mechanic as well as tise tire farmer and fruit grower a rower we print the annexed short pointed and practical hints from our well known long experienced and scientific gic fic horticulturist mr E sayers by an observation of the fruit and grain in various parts of the states it will be seen and is readily admitted that in many cases fruit and grain is fast deteriorating into a sickly meager ineal mer state or as it is generally ter termed nied worn out 71 7 it y i T THE CAUSE if nihls this decline if in grain I 1 think may be partly attrib attributed led to the continual growing of the seed I 1 in tire same soil and climate we all know th change of pasture is essential to the y stealth and well being of animals and it is held heid as amaxis a maxim by physiologists that the chan chane change e of air and climate arp no not nob el esken Ho to the restoration to health of sickly people yim biln tim REMEDY EXCHANGE OF SEED now noir this theory has been for many years acted upon by the best english agriculturists who annually exchange the seed of wheat oats barley peas ac with farmers at a distance in the exchange it is considered necessary by the parties that the lands should consist of or a different quality of soil hence the farmer whose land consists of a heavy loam or clay always prefers to elchan exchange L e with one whose land consists of chalk sa band sand 4 or of other light texture S THE RESULT by keeping up this requisite correspondence and the care each party takes in cultivating 0 well the grain for seed a healthy crop is produced for fon a long iong course of time without any material decay We appeal to the farmers of utah and ask Is your wheat your corn your barley yo your V oats etc deteriorating have you observed from successive crops grown on theama land any visible decrease in the yield per pey acre or in the size and plumpness of the grain if you I 1 have perceived all of these symptoms of degeneration e ehe ration there may probably be found a remedy forthe first the diminished yield in the adoption ado eption of a system com tonly called the avati rotation on of crops that is planting f n w or sowing a as a the case maybe the same ground for daffier ent crops each year fals lais tills system ha has been found highly advantageous ta N 0 us to the farmer and has hag been een long practiced with success among 0 extensive grain 1 f growers tn in the east it is claimed that thattie the rotation system appropriately carried olit exhausts thestil the soil less while it largely adds to the crops for instance we are informed that corn yields well weil w when lien llen planted where po potatoes inoes gr grew ew the preceding year but bat planted as a succeeding crop to tw 1 l hew hea heat the yield is mate materially bially reduced llo lio Ilo however weier aeder we in tins tius rep ree region ios lon the 0 most o serious injury to the will A ailse ans efrom from inattention an and ank I 1 ne ilece to J gi fi adopt 14 T the means by wisdom and add dp experience ermence approved for propagating and perpetuating V grains groihs jn in their most perfect type IVA i de 1 ia to C compass lipase 0 O thi this a very simple and it is said effi ene eue ectal cual method is recommended J yur sayers it through 1 a judicious kutiner routine ot of exchanges 0 which he states has for many years been practiced in england 0 with entire entire success in the united states there has been on the part of farmers in general a criminal delinquency qu e ncy k ic in this respect they have bave had kad a an i n eye only liy lit ily to resent remuneration regardless or unconscious of the incalculable junies junnes juries th that A would follow in consequence to tb be entailed upon ithe the community in subsequent years thus the son reaps the diminished crop i whose beed seed 4 all dyl the father aided in degenero degenerating k nm in some portions of the tha states summer fal lowing has been successfully practiced but thi this bahas achas has generally been confined to small email farms while e the extensive grain growers have almost universally failed to 4 use any aby exertion either to rau re i lir mir heir ia lands ankor nair or secure good pie pure seed we have seen large fields sown eown in wheat 1 11 year stir after aften year wit without A hilt manure urd uri or any other oiher return renan to the soil to make good the annual exhaustion caused b by y cropping tilt those fields were almost as incapable of raisin rai ral binga singa bi wi 61 a cipp crap rop of 0 1 grain glain as the barren beach of the ocean ocea n when a field was thus disabled it was thrown out to common or suffered to lie perhaps for many years without a sidn tio n another er field held is doomed to the exhausting iroe proc ess which also in its turn becomes sterile steni stenn lendis and is soon abandoned in a ls 14 f feo the farra farm isi ia bold boid sold fora oria orla tulie tulle being considered nearly worthless and the avati arati despoiler wends bends his course westward to the Mississippi valley where he ha has 1 s been told the land is rich and ineth inexhaustible B but U t even there his impoverishing practice soon brings into bad repute the section or quarter section he occupies and he is again 0 prospecting in for richer and more profitable lands which in all probability he may not find j hence the nomadic character of a large pro portion of the population of the western and middle states i in thus seeking their fortunes they become 1 bankrupt themselves them selve seive a and leave behin behind d them the unmistakable signals c of their ruthless ravages imperishably written on those bleak unfruitful fields that with the renewing 7 and enriching t treatment of the prudent industrious husbandman might have have dazzled the eye with their theil full golden grain i to this wholesale and wanton neglect 0 of their lands by the farmers of the east for the past few years may be traced the steady ris rise in the market price of breadstuffs bread stuffs and the evil is becoming widespread wide spread prices there 1 fore will of course continue to advance farmers are to all appearances departing from the time honored and well proved practices so long 0 and encouragingly 0 successful and transferring themselves into the more precarious field of random culture some indeed 1 have forsaken their noble honest and independent calling and turned their attention loii to gambling and counterfeiting professions not I 1 I 1 a altogether incongruous with and evidently I 1 somewhat allied in spirit to the philosophy of deterioration which many of f them seem to have practically embraced we are informed that in some localities in western new york where but a few years past the best grain in the world was produced pr there is now little or none grown the fruit trees also in the same reg rem region on and in other parts once celebrated as fr fruit it grow ing districts fail to yield in their thein strength bength as formerly the the delicious fruit with which wont to be laden is rapidly declining in point of flavor and size what the I 1 lade late and early frosts pass by the blight and mildew devour the complaint is general especially in the eastern states insomuch that new york and arid 0 other seaboard marts are 1 1 principally supply supplied e d the present season from the southern states south carolina georgia and alabama what are the conclusions to be drawn from this complication I 1 of evils most plain plainly ly in our opinion unless some favorable reverse t akes takes place a general famine is inevitable the tha haggard looks of famishing multi tudes audes even now almost us in th the ef face dace ace it is not a dream a dismal dis ma foreboding of evil eva to come vitt it is a reality y so po stern all shall be shrivel compelled led to meet it ere loaz lon ion should nothing 1 occur to give jav a suje asu checkl check t to 0 the 1 rapid degeneration 1 0 o vegetation and the 1 alarming decrease of crops both in fruits and nd i grain we call upon the tid farmers fkr far perol agriculturists horticulturists and all ail who have any part or interest in cultivating the soil in the vales of utah to arouse to the importance of st securing euring C themselves so faras pruden prudence ct foresight skill and strict adherence to known axioms and approved rules 0 af i f 1 culture jitu e will go against 0 the th e i distress of famine an lil agent of death more terrible in its operations than the earthquake or the plague and chore relentless with suffering in m humanity because brought to our doors 0 or r at least agg aggravated rava ted by our own imprudence fail not farm farmers ersa ersi to use every means within your powei power io 0 preserve your grala grain from d genera generation iiona liona and always s secure good seed beed and seek to improve it yearly if it possible those who are wi ase seand and observe these things 0 alwa always y s remembering a to take due care of their product amay be sure of having 0 something to eat tho the foolish and lm improvident pl ovidene ov ident should want |