Show ED ITO I 1 TO RIALS agriculture alid alid THE fain FAIR AGRI is acknowledged to be ba the m most ast ost import important abt of af all industries it is the ba ah of ot nil all safe and certain material prosperity the pro j dictions duct ions of agriculture are ecsi lecessi wea mea while the productions of all other industries i aro are I 1 conveniences comfort comforts luxuries the products of agriculture people must have or must in cease to exist the products of other industries people can oan live without t though hou gh they would be very averse to suella sueila primitive condition of existence the highest lre life consists in a judicious blending in of all useful industries whether that useful usefulness liess iless ba be immediate and direct or remote and indirect hence in jil the establishment and arrangement of the annual fair agriculture aar holds the first pla ceaud is property supplemented by other arts and by manufactures and minting ing matters in the earlier history of the tile territory agriculture was the almost sole employment of the people I 1 and necessarily hoj or they could not have sustained themselves As long as they desire to boseff bo seif self sustaining and to havethe have havo the the territory y on a safe safo aud and steady basis they will continue to 0 give lve ivo a agriculture 0 alar a large largo and aud prom ment place in the industries of the if territory orrl orri tory bestow upon it a liberal amount of capita thought enterprise so and energy and make available the researches of cherni chemistry stis strY and the tile inventions of mechanical ingenuity so far as they can be becio profitably applied the capabilities of the soli soil and of or tile the varying kinds of soil are but imperfectly understood and tile the improve improvements menti which enlightened industry can make in the varied productions of the soil are not much better known we hear of and bee see extraordinary crops of grass hay brain vrain grain roots root and fruits and we hear ear of and see extraordinary mens of the various kinds ot of dorn domestic es animals horses borses mules cattle sheep swine etc but what is the tile proportion crops and stich animals to the whole not enough to very greatly influence the average why are they not more common because the same means are not employed to produce themi anore anoro commonly there nrc arc certain causes which produce these admirable ble bie effects and it is the business and to the advantage of the farmer to search diligently after these causes that the superior effects may rilay follow more commonly than they do what man hai done M man am may do is true in a very large degree if f one man raises a hundred bushels of wheat or corn to the acre as a rule another man can do the same with the same knowledge industry and tact and BO fio of other crops barley oats hay potatoes beets cabbage ori oli onions lons ions fruits of various kinds etc while this country has liag made groat deat progress in mechanics and various other manufactures the usual progress in agricultural matters has been in a 1 1 backward direction A rich and virgin soil has been found by the successive families or companies of the westward advancing population but by the almost universal skinning process that soil has been rapidly robbed of its fertility and tile the crops have as surely diminished year by year few are tile the farms throughout the whole of the united states on which the soil is as productive now as is when first taken up and cultivated and fewer still on which the soil holl has increased in productive ness uess in many cases the crops have woefully decreased this should not be it is the proper duty of man to multiply and replenish lenish the earth carth not rob it and leave leave it comparatively sterile sterlie ster ile lle ninety years ago in new york state farmers were accustomed to reap thirty or forty bushels of wheat to ta tiie the acre where the production now does not average more than a third of that amount the average for the whole state now is twelve bushels to the acre and the average for the united states is twelve and ahall half bushels to the tiie acre this is by no means creditable oil on tile the other othen liand hand let us adduce instanced of bf a df d kind of cu cultivation ti me lasu last three quaT quarters qu arlera Lers tors of a century the average crop production in englan england has lias increase cre ere a t d fi I 1 ta pei cent an and d the tile avera avern luu iwu ci elop eloh ol 01 to ehe acre is now thirty bas bachels bay hels heis during the madle sadie asame time ri has increased her average crop production sixty per cent and the average production of wheat is now twenty eight bus bushels liels per acre in england E in a series of carefully caie cale fully conducted experiments one crop of and another crop of bushels of wheat to the acre were raised this shows what has been done by intelligent farmers but much moro more than the best recorded average is possible to skill capital and industrial energy the annual arpra average g money value of english crops L is za 3 los ios 10 per acre but buti t the he value of the crop crops grown by mr mechi on his liis farm originally or but and unproductive co soil is per acre in the state of newyork new york when the annual average of the wheat crop was twelve bushels an anacle acre william Wili lap hotchkiss Hotch klo kio of or niagara county on six acres raised bushels or to the he acre acie and the tile same geason reason thomas of the tile same mule county on gri seven acres raised bushels or nearly 70 to io the acre in 1870 tho the average of or the corn crop in the united states was 28 bushels to the acre the highest hig liest average for the state was bushels in vermont in isu a crop of bushels us hels heis weighed early in october obtained the premium at the state slate fair in indiana a crop of I 1 1321 bushels raised by wm rabb obtaining the second prem premium iuni luni in 1824 a crop of bushels blis hels bels was raised raise d by C van horn of 0 f nom Kom romulus ulus uius seneca county N X Y in 1869 D H bronson of Guthri eville pa raised a crop of bushels to the acre in south carolina it is said bushels to the acre aero have been beer raise raised 0 these figures are from an address by hon J stanton stani Stanl ton eon gould of hudson NY NY before the connecticut board of agriculture at new haven may 29 1872 and they serve to show the possibilities within the reach of careful and intelligent farmers agricultural fairs show what is being done and they thus incite cultivators to renewed in the direction of improved cultivation and superior crops SOME LESSONS OF THE TIME tire THE chief local event of the tile week is the falkof fair eair of the deveret deseret agricultural and manufacturing society opened today to day but not in full display before tomorrow to morrow A walk through the marious various depar tinen truen ts of the fair should show to the careful observer the condition of the tho vr territory in the various departments of industry and skill materially and to the annual observer ob seiver the progress made from year to year in the industrial du pursuits of the people alid and in the material progress of the territory iii ill the various subdivisions of tha ibe tie tle department part jentof of agriculture the most important ot of all the display this year should show an advance on the exhibitions hibit ions of former years progress should bo be the fact and perfection of production Dro the aim Inc increase reasel in kiu tho the quantity and ant quality pf af the crops is tiie the evidence of good f farming decrease the evidence of bad farming generally speaking our farmers farmer i this year ought a to be able to produce wheat corn oats barley potatoes beets car carrots rots turnips etc superior to what they have produced informer in former years because they have had more experience they ought to know better what varieties of the different crops to raise better how to treat their soil so as to produce supe sure superior chor crops better how honn to treat their growing crops so as to develop their fullest capabilities of production As a help to this kind of kno knowledge cledge these annual fairs are exceedingly valuable they show one farmer what another has done and to some farmers the sight maybe may be a revelation of a surprising nature I 1 if f such uch farmers have any ambition the bhe evidence of another farmers farmeer superior crops must prove a strong stimulus to renewed energy enterprise prise and emulation in the department of live stock it it must do a farmers or braziers gra eyes good to see tee the Ili lii highly gily improved animals of the various various classay which usually are brought together on occasions of this kind the massive bur Dur durham kani nani the compact and nimble devon or the still lighter tersey tensey or ayrshire cattle then there thero are the large cotswold Cots wold the tile heavy beavy leicester l tile tiie neat deat and compact southdown and the tiie curly al ii rino sheep the various improved sd breeds breeda ot or wine wino and horses and which are most alost profitable cabie cable of all tu to farmers failers generally the grades of all grades of excellence produced by the union of good blooded with the common or native stock to see these var various lous ious supa superior arlor specimens of homes horses cattle sheep and swine must give a powerful capul to intelligent stock block raisers to procure tile tho best strains they can with which ito improve their own we Ve Jave not space to illustrate further iu in the various departments but similar remarks mi might ht bo be made concerning the manufactures textile earthen metallic and wooden the fine arts and mining each of which has its orji importance and ai interest nata butia BAta walk through the fair faik will reveal much to be learned iby most people in the various specialties with which each person is most most intimately connected Z OM I 1 MR alp AL r J bof lof the tha chicago chicago tribune writing from fram salt halt lk lake fays fayh the zions co mercantile luti luil in is a armid sr ind inq success und is just what our farmers and grangers brangers Gr angers in the farmers movement have been bueil heerin seeking for without finding it 1 tisa is u corporation i I 1 that has done much good udd for utah it sells goodgal retail at teu tea per cent advance adrance over cost of purchase freights rents and ali all possible ble bie costs and aud charges this estimate Is made so as to leave the ten per cent net not to the stockholders thus far the capital has lias been turned t arec three times a year und the tha dividend dividends hive have h ive lve been beca thirty per t pen per annam Mile while goods hare beca been sold sols at lit less than the old yet the profits on oil the stocks have been large goods arc are all gold cold at the th e one uniform without regard to stockholders mormon normon or gentie gentle ther c is the great central store with all its varied departments at retail and who wholesale lebale with branches in each ward and at all needed points in tory mr Cl clairson Cla cia ansong tyson ivson the manager estimates that this institution has saved the people not less than since blace its tion there are many stores besides this rut nut out this la is the tho stoat greit regulator that keeps prices within bounds it matters not how short the supply may be of any particular line ol 01 goods no lio chan chau change ge Is made in the price agricultural implements 7 or anything specially desired are ordered and the ono one proal charged for their purchase and und ha handling d ling abe the whole thing ts Is a cash system the buying being for cash and the selling for tor cash our farmers may learn from this a valuable lesson it a farmer has grain to ship it Is 13 attended to and a small commission commis charged without einab 1 ing any fuss over jt it the farmers of utah have in this operative cooperative co movement all that fhe aho most sanguine patron of hus HUb husbandry baudry can cad claim as a matter of reform the they V purchase their goods at a nixed fixed per cent and have all the needful machinery to dispose of their farm Po products ducts to tha the best possible advantage Z i 0 tnt TAI I 1 is a operative cooperative co institution sustained by the people it does a very large business in most kinds of merchandise and it can be truly termed the great regulator of prices of general merchandise in the territory its business is sought to be conducted in an honorable manner it does docs not sell below cost nor deal in bargains at ruinous prices neither does it aim to make masle a thousand per cent nor even chent per silent on ou its capital on this account as might naturally bs bb expected it is hot without enemies but they belong almost if hot quite exclusively to the speculative and unprincipled classes upon whose univ unworthy orthy adventures it acts aa a salutary check true it may be that the tile manner in which it is conducted li i i not perfectly satisfactory to everybody but this is nota not a strange matter lor for it is the case with every other institution and business under the sun even with the conducting of a newspaper and results simply from the impossibility of pleasing every body which is tritely proverbial biM and therefore no c causo ause for wonder nor scarcely for remark we vve have invariably supported Z 0 C M L bee bec because ause whether absolutely faultless or not it is one of the most beneficial institutions in the territory and therefore 1 is 13 3 worthy of the support of every citizen and it doeg docs receive the support directly or indirectly of most of them wo wc have never entered into int 0 any all ali y special defence of Z C 11 L nor are we now defending it because wo we have not considered that it has needed any do defence dence fence nor do we now consider that it needs any it t stands oi on its merits which are many and greal great but this much we have repeatedly peat edly said privately and we nave have no objections to sayi saying i n it in public that a thoroughly c co opera live tive institution with a basis like that on which Z 0 M I 1 is founded conducted with anything like prudence and possessing los ios bessing the tile confidence of the public may bid defiance to all panics and crises as well as to the most mali maii malicious blous bious efforts of its most vicious and unscrupulous enemies some of which it is sure to bae have bac FINANCIAL MATTERS ir IT is 13 a thing for heart beart heartfelt delt relt congratulation that the community liere hereabout is enduring the financial strain so well and passing through the crisis which so seriously affects communities in the el bast ast with so little derangement of busi bust ness greenbacks Green backs are tight enough but that is no more than thau everybody every evert body expected and what though th lii iii lil a much lem iem le a deree degree everybody has been complaining Z of for the tho last two or three months thoy They tho arlous various banks are u rilo doing 1 i ier quite creditably i the fl n national u t I 1 i 1 dt jt understood is expected lu to heaume busine business ss in adew a jew day days a large amount of currency being beati c on oil the tilo way here from the easl east t for its ita relief ever de desirous of corm corn mending that which is really commendable we may with propriety SP speak al in terms of approbation of the manful manner in which warren hussey Esq esbon on the unfortunate occasion of tile the Ws suspension penSion of the first national threw throw himself into the breach and endeavored to reassure a essul V the public and inspire I 1 atwith confidence by asserting in hi his wis card the actual ample sol sul solvency veney vency of the bank and that ho he would hold himself personally responsible for its indebtedness |