| Show SE HINTS THOUGH it is very likely there may be lie a number of storms yet before w inter can be said to be fairly over and probably of Buffi sufficient elent clent bitterness to retard vegetation we may consider that in a measure spring has commenced the swelling buds tell that the bloom is forming unseen and that only a short spell of genial weather is required to bring out the fresh green foliage and the bloom upon the tho earliest fruit trees at any rate the regular labor of spring will vill be fully funy entered upon in a few weeks and it is time for those who have not made calculations as to the most profitable manner of directing their energies during the coming season beason to do so at once A great change has been brought about within a short time the extreme east andrest and west are now closer connected than south bouth pass and salt lake city were a couple of years ago markets have changed and sa leable products are of a different character prices have materially fallen on nearly everything As an illustration we remark by a western exchange that the union pacific railroad company has haa contracted with lumber mills at truckee for feet of lumber to be delivered at ogden at 40 per thousand feet this lumber is to be used in the construction of snow enow sheds and the erection of fences but bat the price and cost coat of transportation are fire what we more particularly desire to direct attention to this lumber has to be carried more than six hundred miles and must be landed at ogden on a special freight charge for the ordinary published rate would more than cover the she full price this brings to outdoors our doors a formidable competitor to our lumber miles and loggers and others engaged in the business as well as saw mill owners should earnestly and well con elder rider it emt mut and west of us are facilities for producing grain in large irge quantities and at a much lower cost than our farmers fil fit could pro vio produce pio duee duce it for agricultural machinery is cheaper and more plentiful than here the great expense and heavy labor which necessarily attend irrigation in utah are not required besides in the settlement of this territory it was impossible for single individuals to take up extensive farms and commence farming on the large scale which is practiced in some other places the danger arising from indians compelled settlement in numbers close together and the fencing in of a tract of land to be subdivided in small farms many of the settlers had bad to give up valuable property and come here in comparative poverty because of their religious faith which necessitated farming on a scale proportionate with their meads this has made the actual cost of the production of grain rain in this territory greater than it would have been under other and more favorable circumstances cum cumB stances lances and were it not for the expense of bringing grain from the eastern states or california our farmers could not compete at living prices with the imported article we have before directed attention to the importance of stock raising and dairy produce as sources of revenue with the excellent and abundant feed that covers the mountain sides and chich which is plentifully found on our ranges in various parts of the territory vast herds of cattle can be supported which fattening on the purest elements would make as fine beef as could be found in the world the grasses are rich succulent and fattening and the flesh formed by feeding on them is firm clear and free from disease such cattle would find a ready sale at fair prices and to have them care should be taken that calves dropped this Spring and subsequently ly should be preserved and not killed off prematurely but to make a profitable business of dairy produce calculations should be made and arrangements entered into at once by those who intend to engage in n it A larger breadth of land tha than usual 1 planted with root crops would yield lel iel a remunerative return by being c converted niverte into butter and cheese ordinarily the supply of butter during the summer months is considerable though the quality is not always such as it should be but during the winter months all the time the supply is far below the demand the exportation of butter and cheese should become a marked feature of an agricultural country like utah after the home market is amply supplied that we should have to import butter butten and cheese is a disgrace to the territory it is taking away money for the very articles we should be abundantly able to export to bring in money and the quality should be such as would command the highest figure in the market in this thing of dairy produce root crops play an important part several kinds of crops can be grown which make jucy succulent green fodder during the summer and largely increase the yield of milk but when late fall and winter come roots pay well for the cost of growing them when judiciously fed to dairy dalry animals of course bran is good and healthy and increases the supply of milk but the quantity however would not be sufficient for the demand if the dairy business should be largely entered upon but turnips carrots beet and other roots judiciously and not immoderately fed to cows during the winter with the ordinary fodder and an occasional bran mash cause a full fall and regular supply of milk to be given we direct attention to this subject now as the proper season and as an incentive to all who appreciate the importance of dairy products as articles of exportation |
